Week 1 · 2025–26 season
Cowboys
L 20-24 at Eagles · Sep 4, 2025
Misery Index · Uneasy
Cowboys fans torn between a D.Prescott masterclass and C.Lamb's bricklaying in a one-score loss to the champs.
The emotional rollercoaster
Fan misery across the game window. Up is worse.
What happened
D.Prescott was throwing darts — the 32-yard strike to C.Lamb at the PHI 1 in the first quarter was the kind of throw fans have been begging for — but the drops piled up and the loss will get pinned on him anyway. The real dagger was J.Hurts uncorking a 51-yarder to J.Dotson before the half, turning a competitive night into a chase. Quarterback play wasn't the problem. The hands and the secondary were.
What fans said
“Dak was ripping the ball the best I’ve seen in years.”
u/CoyoteHP▲ 279joy
“4 drops (3 if you don’t count the last one) is just embarrassing stuff for the second highest paid WR in the NFL.”
u/Kdog_79▲ 106betrayal
“Feed GP until Ceedee can prove he can fucking focus”
u/kheit7▲ 174rage
“Dak was excellent. Best offensive and defensive player tonight.”
u/HeyItsChase▲ 397pride
“What hurts the most is tomorrow the pundits will say that it was a bad Dak game”
u/UpsideTurtles▲ 123despair
“Well fuck man. We could have won that. I dare say maybe even we SHOULD have won that. On the road against the reigning champs. And we could have won that. Fuck.”
u/isharte▲ 175frustration
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“"He needs to find a way to win" - dumbfucks”
u/Then-Contract-9520▲ 57rage
“Damn CeeDee ruined a Dak masterclass”
u/KanyeWorshipper2▲ 501frustration
“Put CD on a greyhound bus back to Dallas.”
u/Acreativeusername69▲ 46rage
“He was fucking slanging that thang. Felt different.”
u/absolutely_not_ATF▲ 75joy
“Dak was fucking great tonight.”
u/Self-Comprehensive▲ 22joy
“2 drops that CD catches 9/10 times, and miles sanders still fumbles the football. Lost us this game.”
u/JadedCycle9554▲ 87frustration
“Everyone, including most Cowboys fans expected to get their asses kicked, yet they stayed with the Super Bowl Champions for 59 minutes.”
u/kingajeezy▲ 45pride
“Dak played amazing tonight.”
u/Vanilla_Minecraft▲ 25joy
“CD off to build a wall with those bricks.”
u/Unit22_▲ 71frustration
“CD dropping multiple passes that were back breaking drive enders was not something you wanna see from your #1 receiver”
u/ThatOneGuy831▲ 38frustration
“EAGLES STILL HAVENT SCORED SINCE LAST YEAR COWBOYS LEAD THE NFL IN POINTS SCORED”
u/TheF1LM▲ 23rage
“damn it dak”
u/TPGStorm▲ 23rage
“Dak was dropping dimes. Multiple guys missed balls that he dropped in.”
u/DaddyDontTakeNoMess▲ 35joy
“The tush push can go straight to hell. Dumbest fucking play ever. Should've been made illegal.”
u/Chase10784▲ 17rage