Dak Prescott offers brutal answer to questions about Dallas Cowboys' identity following loss to Broncos

Winning NFL teams have one thing in common: They know their identity. In 2023, when Dallas Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb told reporters he didn't know the offense's identity, it was clear the team had a problem. Earlier this year, cornerback Trevon Diggs had similar words about the defense.But on Sunday, following a 44-24 loss to the Denver Broncos, quarterback Dak Prescott had a brutal answer that presents a harsher reality than an unknown identity.“Our identity? Inconsistent," Prescott told reporters via Patrik Walker from DallasCowboys.com. "And that is unacceptable… Step up and shut the talk up.” Prescott is spot on about the 2025 Cowboys Prescott is right. Unfortunately, the Cowboys' 3-4-1 record is evidence of inconsistency. If anything, he's wrong about the defense because it has been consistently bad. They've made Russell Wilson, Caleb Williams, Bryce Young, and now Bo Nix look like Pro Bowl quarterbacks. They've made just about every running back faced look like Emmitt Smith. On Sunday, the Broncos averaged 7.5 yards per play, their highest since 2016. But not all problems were on defense. The Cowboys offense had one of its worst days of the year. "What we've been doing, what we we're capable of doing, we really didn't get it going," Prescott said. "Having an opportunity right there in the first drive of getting right there in the red zone, being able to have a chance to put seven up and settling for a field goal. That was the start of it and the rest just kind of followed that." Dak Prescott's no-pick streak came at an end with two, one of which was a forced throw and another was a result of miscommunication with CeeDee Lamb. The offense went four-of-11 on third down and Javonte Williams averaged 3.2 yards per attempt. Inconsistent football. Everywhere you look. And the worst part? The Cowboys might sacrifice future draft resources to try and save a team that has no saving, complicating a long-term rebuild. Jerry Jones told reporters postgame that the loss didn't change the team's stance ahead of the trade deadline. It sure feels like it should have. window.addEventListener('message', function (event) {if (event.data.totalpoll && event.data.totalpoll.action === 'resizeHeight') {document.querySelector('#totalpoll-iframe-375').height = event.data.totalpoll.value;}}, false);document.querySelector('#totalpoll-iframe-375').contentWindow.postMessage({totalpoll: {action: 'requestHeight'}}, '*')