Cowboys at 49ers stock report: Dak Prescott down, Chauncey Golston up amid loss

TheDallas Cowboyslost on Sunday night to theSan Francisco 49ers. On one level that is very frustrating. On a different and perhaps deeper level though, it is troubling. It’s not that the loss itself was troubling, but that it was as predictable as it was, and that the Cowboys were blown out in the second half is highly concerning.

Consider that nobody, generally speaking here, believed in the Cowboys on Sunday night.

At the moment the Cowboys are a group that everyone gets to walk by, point at and take their turn humiliating with the whole world watching. It is a weekly tradition that we are constantly on the wrong end of.

This entire disposition is reflected in our latest stock report. Let’s get to it.

Stock Down: Dak Prescott

There have been many an argument over the quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys and his merit to hold the position that he does, and that is true for Dak Prescott in the way it was for his predecessor Tony Romo and anybody else who has had to wear the crown that Roger Staubach and Troy Aikman helped make so heavy.

But this isn’t about pity or self-loathing. All arguments and debates aside, it is universally agreed upon (at least it better be) that Dak Prescott is playing bad football right now. Awful.

There were a number of reasons that Dallas lost on Sunday night, but he was certainly chief among them. It can be true that he has very little to work with (generally speaking), but at the end of the day he has to find a way to thrive or at least not make the situation worse. Both of Prescott’s interceptions on Sunday night were inexcusable in every single sense. He now has a three-game streak going with two or more interceptions (so does Tampa Bay’s Baker Mayfield, coincidentally) which is something that the franchise has not seen since Troy Aikman in 1992 (which the broadcast noted).

This season is far from that one and the Cowboys seem destined for