The secret is out: The Cowboys suck on third down.
Their conversion rate for the whole season is 33.3% (34 of 102). That’s hideous and ranks the Cowboys 28th in the league, just ahead of the inept offenses of the Browns, Jets, Bills, and Cardinals.
Here’s Calvin Watkins of The Athletic, laying the blame for the Cowboys’ third-down woes squarely at Prescott’s feet.
Prescott’s biggest issues this season have come on third down. He’s completed just 59.7 percent of his passes on third down, with a 74.