You know that gut-punch feeling when your team can’t seal the deal? For Cowboys fans, it’s become a soul-crushing tradition – one that even their iconic Super Bowl-winning QB Troy Aikman can’t ignore. At a recent cancer fundraiser, Aikman didn’t pull any punches on the Cowboys’ playoff flameout against the Packers. “Nobody was more frustrated than the team themselves,” he admitted.

But it was his next lines that landed like a haymaker: “Unfortunately for a team that’s won so many games, they just haven’t played their best football when the games have mattered most.”As Stephen A. Smith ranted in a recent episode of First Take, “For starting quarterback he (Prescott) is at two and five in his playoff career to worst record by any quarterback in the NFL postseason with a minimum of five starts along the lines of Billy Kilmer and Alec Smith”

The perspective initiated by both comments reflects how the team has failed to capitalize on the important moments, despite matters being more in their favor than against them with the players and consistency they portrayed initially in the seasons.

Aikman’s candid commentary echoes the harsh reality – for a franchise that sells itself as “America’s Team”, failing to show up in the big games just doesn’t fly. It’s a wake-up call for a squad that dominated the regular season at 12-5, only to pull a classic Cowboys playoff choke job against Green Bay.

“I didn’t make travel plans [for the NFC Championship] ’cause I planned on going to San Francisco,” Aikman revealed, underlining just how confident he was in this team making a deep run. But in classic Cowboys fashion, they “fell short.”

The remarks also crank up the heat on Dak, whose underwhelming 2-5 playoff record has fans questioning if he’s the guy to get them over the hump. Yet Dak Prescott remains defiant…

Dak Prescott is fearless but can he be a game-winner?

Let’s keep it real – Troy Aikman commenting about his disappointment from the side hits different as it is a remark coming from an all-time Cowboy great. His criticism stings more than a losing team’s locker room. Aikman carved out his legacy by leading Dallas to those three Super Bowl rings in the 90s. The million-dollar question is – what does this mean for Dak? As the face of the ‘Boys, the weight falls on his shoulders to silence the haters and exorcise those playoff demons once and for all.

With that $55.4 million cap hit brewing, #4 will be under a DEFCON 1-level spotlight. Can the guy Texans like to call “Scratch-off Prescott” finally strike it rich and cash in with a deep playoff run? Or will he pull another playoff disappearing act, leaving Cowboys Nation to once again lament “what could’ve been”?

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Adding fuel to the fire, Prescott declared at the same cancer fundraiser, “I’m not trying to be the highest-paid, necessarily. I obviously want to put this team in the best situation.” Yet with the Cowboys being “pretty passive” in pursuing a contract extension for him beyond 2024, the pressure is amplified for Dak to prove his worth on the field.

“Right now it’s with the Dallas Cowboys. This is where I want to be,” Prescott affirmed. “If the future holds that [staying long-term], great. If not, we’ll go from there.” The Louisiana native who grew up rooting for Tony Romo shows no fear in confronting the ever-mounting expectations.