It’s early in the season, but the Dallas Cowboys are looking like the class of the NFC after a pair of dominant wins to start the season. Yet, even though they made easy work of the New York Jets on Sunday, the respect was real between Dak Prescott and Sauce Gardner.
He was extra appreciative of the one play that Gardner certainly would have liked to have back.
During that 30-10 Cowboys win, Gardner had a golden opportunity to give the Jets a lead in the second quarter when he jumped the route on a pass for CeeDee Lamb. Gardner couldn’t hold onto the ball, and Prescott basically avoided throwing in Gardner’s direction after that.
So, following the game, Gardner asked Prescott about the lack of action his way … and, of course, he brought up the dropped would-be touchdown.
"Why challenge the best player on the team?"@dak has the ultimate respect for Sauce. 🤞#InsideTheNFL Tuesdays 8/7c on @TheCW pic.twitter.com/LwnLayXXuB
— NFL (@NFL) September 19, 2023
“If I need to, I will. But I didn’t have to. Why challenge the best player on the team,” Prescott said of throwing in Gardner’s direction.
That was when Gardner responded that he was thinking about the touchdown before he actually caught the ball. And you know what Prescott did? He thanked him!
Cowboys fans were thankful about that drop too. But in all, NFL fans enjoyed hearing the mic’d-up interaction between the two star players.
This was how Twitter reacted
😂😂 I owe you something [for that dropped pick 6] https://t.co/EogLooiONH
— $ingle Entry $wami (@LBoogieOnSports) September 19, 2023
Well played mr Prescott 🤝🤝🤝 https://t.co/Ud5W82gJIu
— DEION (@TurntupDeion2) September 19, 2023
Great answer. Respect the best player on your opposite team, nothing wrong with that. DCB4L https://t.co/RVK2eani8h
— Gabriel Bolanos (@gbolanosrealtor) September 19, 2023
Dak knows wassup https://t.co/afE0FYUtAu
— Ken💫 (@MeloEnthusiast7) September 19, 2023
https://t.co/gJiaU35JOR pic.twitter.com/SMKqpBEgv6
— Dlungs 🫁 (@sweaty_legs) September 19, 2023
Dak say i appreciate that 🤣🤣 https://t.co/wUHhGU0764
— supad3z burner account⭐️ (@supadez3x) September 19, 2023
“Preciate that…I owe u somethin” 🤣 https://t.co/2gVpnrrxpO
— Mel J. (@melloj56) September 19, 2023
Pretty cool interaction between @iamSauceGardner and Dak after the #jets game https://t.co/F5m5KXpDI5
— Nick Shine (@ProudNYJFans) September 19, 2023
nfl casuals are ripping sauce because of ceedee lamb’s yards not realizing dak prescott was simply not throwing sauce’s way that game https://t.co/4lW2bPFAUV
— jets west (@jetstothewest) September 19, 2023
