- Dak Prescott had missed the final nine games of the 2024 season with a right hamstring avulsion.
- Dak Prescott finished 21-for-34 with 188 passing yards and no touchdowns in the 2025 season opener.
- A couple late drops by CeeDee Lamb thwarted a fourth-quarter comeback attempt by the Cowboys.
PHILADELPHIA — Dak Prescott’s first game in 10 months ended in disappointment.
The Dallas Cowboys quarterback, who missed the final nine games of the 2024 season with a right hamstring avulsion, mounted a fourth-quarter comeback attempt but didn’t receive much help from his favorite target, wideout CeeDee Lamb. A pair of Prescott passes hit Lamb’s hands on downfield attempts, but Lamb could not complete either catch, and the Eagles drained the clock in a 24-20 victory for the defending Super Bowl champions in the opening game of the 2025 NFL season.
Prescott finished 21-for-34 with 188 passing yards, 127 of which came in the first half. Lamb had 110 of those yards on seven catches (13 targets). Prescott led four straight scoring drives in the first half, but the Cowboys scored zero points in the final 30 minutes. A one-hour, three-minute lightning delay did not help in matters of momentum. In the second half, he had six completions for 34 yards until his team’s final drive; Eagles cornerback Quinyon Mitchell bailed him out by dropping what would have been a game-ending interception.
Prescott rebounded by making a tough throw to George Pickens on third down for a 15-yard gain to keep Dallas’ comeback hopes alive. He delivered a beautiful deep ball to Lamb that the receiver inexplicably dropped and would have been a massive gain into Eagles territory. Prescott’s last-ditch effort to find Lamb on the team’s final play out of what felt like the fastest two-minute warning ever, was too far from Lamb’s reach, even though Lamb laid out for the ball but once again could not bring it in.
The pair were paid by the Cowboys’ front office prior to last season with lucrative contract extensions.
The game had barely started before Prescott found himself at the center of controversy. Eagles defensive lineman Jalen Carter was ejected after the opening kickoff for spitting at Prescott, although Prescott appeared to have spit first, albeit not directly at any person.
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