The Dallas Cowboys are cooked.

Dak Prescott did not finish Sunday’s 27-21 Cowboys defeat to the Atlanta Falcons. This is not why his team lost.

Prescott’s departure merely hastened a narrative that began unfolding sometime between Jerry Jones’ decision to hire Mike McCarthy as head coach and his decision to let the embattled play caller sweat through a lame duck season this fall. It accelerated when Jones mentioned he’d go “all in” this offseason before spending the first week of free agency watching his free agent starters depart.