Lamar Jackson or Dak Prescott? 👀 Who's been MORE DISAPPOINTING in the NFL playoffs? | First Take

On First Take, Stephen A. Smith, Chris “Mad Dog” Russo and Ryan Clark debate whether Baltimore Ravens QB Lamar Jackson or Dallas Cowboys QB Dak Prescott has had less postseason success in the NFL playoffs despite elevated expectations.

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[SpaceJamSunny]

Lmao Ryan put his head down as SOON as Molly asked that question 😭😭 and completely destroyed both of their takes and I LOVE that Ryan knew it 😭

[DavidLee-vpnr]

Lamar in the regular season=Gohan SS2

Lamar in the playoffs=Yamcha

[gaelrangel]

Stephen a literally said Lamar did a choke job the next Monday morning after they lost against the chiefs.

[dalewatkins]

@1:02 "The Unclutchables" is a crazy headline 🤣

[EdTex]

Lamar Jackson has a passer rating of 75.7 with 1, 324 yards, 6 touchdowns and 6 interceptions in 6 games in the playoffs in his career.

Dak Prescott has a passer rating of 91.8 with 1, 962 yards, 14 touchdowns and 7 interceptions in 7 games in the playoffs in his career.

[mccainbros]

Stephen A: it was an absolute choke job

Also Stephen A: it wasn’t like it was a choke job

[GoatedAtNFS]

I could’ve sworn SAS said I can’t think of a single analyst on national television who criticizes Lamar Jackson (yesterday). oh wait, *he’s standing right next to you SAS* and Ryan Clark!! Hypocrite!!

[Richie_porter]

Stephen a at the end actin like dak 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣😂

[TeddyO]

Black QB's taking over the NFL & i love it 🔥🔥✊️

[kxngmuzikig]

Prescott is worse than Lamar in the playoffs. when you look at Lamars playoffs, its easy to not put the blame om him. his 1st playoffs, only played half the season and was a rookie. afterwards, the offense was ran by a caveman that was easy to plan for. last year, they went away from the gameplan that took them to the conf finals. No other QB would succeed more than Lamar if you put them in the situations he was in.

[freddygaulman]

Stephen A: "I got 10 QBs above Dak, but here's why i'll continue to make excuses for them when they come up short in the playoffs"

[jokerworld]

Stephen A talking about box office appeal, lmao bro we taking about playoffs

[leetraviusmckay]

"we'll go as far as Dak takes us" 😂

[bogi]

The people Harbaugh were talking about included SAS and Mad Dog…. a lot of the post season criticism about Lamar is fair but everything else is off base bc of his playing style

[dantheman]

Only a question ESPN could come up with. But a lot of quarterbacks will face the heat this

[Cwalkie]

I dislike QBs getting all the credit or blame for something the Team is responsible for. Wins and losses are a team thing from GMs either personnel
, to coaches calling players to the 53 players that travel

[kiyonfoushee]

Look at the talent dak had compared to Lamar

[jonathanmuldrow]

Crazy how revered Harbaugh is conpared to McCarthy the Cowboys coach and they both got the same amount of Superbowl rings. Y'all got so much to day about Doc Rivers coming up short tho 🙄

[natedesh]

I vividly remember Stephen A saying Lamar choked in that game

[goldenstatewarriors]

Let’s break down each Playoff game for these QBs.

Dak Prescott:

2016 NFC Divisional vs. Packers

Despite being a rookie, Dak played very well in this game, just ran into a red hot Aaron Rodgers.

2018 NFC Wild Card vs. Seahawks

Dak was mediocre in this game but they won.

2018 NFC Divisional @ Rams

Was not Dak’s fault they lost, the Rams ran all over the Cowboys, Zeke was stuffed all game including on a critical 4th and 1 in Rams territory to potentially cap off a game tying drive. However worth noting, he struggled early which led to the game being 23-7, but then did play well for most of the game and other factors prevented them from winning.

2021 NFC Wild Card vs. 49ers

This is the first game where Dak was actually bad in. Started completely flat, did nothing in 3rd down, took some bad sacks, threw a pick deep in Dallas territory which allowed the 49ers to make the game 23-7, before racking up some empty stats nad making it close due to a terrible Jimmy G pick and an untimely false start by the 49ers on a 4th and 1 to end the game, culminating in him not sliding quickly enough and the clock running out.

2022 NFC Wild Card vs. Bucs

Statistically this is by far Dak’s best game and he was amazing in it, but it was against an 8-9 Bucs team that didn’t deserve to be on the Playoffs.

2022 NFC Divisional @ 49ers

This was a complete disaster class by Prescott. The defense played great, but Dak threw 2 terrible interceptions in the first half. The first one handed the 49ers 3 points and the second one took at least 3, if not 7 away from Dallas and gave the 49ers 3. He almost threw a pick 6 to end the game, and did nothing in the second half.

2023 NFC Wild Card vs. Packers

Dak’s numbers look a lot better than he was in this game. He was not the only problem, the defense got torched by Jordan Love and Aaron Jones but Dak was just as bad. He set up an easy Packers TD early in the game with an interception and then threw a pick 6 to put it out of reach before the half. The Packers took out their starters once they went up 48-16 in the fourth quarter and Dak padded about 211 yards and 2 TDs in garbage time against their backups. Another terrible game.

Lamar Jackson:

2018 AFC Wild Card vs. Chargers

Lamar was not good in this game, but he was a rookie who started halfway through the season and was going up against a far superior Chargers team, so I’m not sure how fair it is to hold this one against him.

2019 AFC Divisional vs. Titans

This is a tough one. Lamar’s numbers include over 500 total yards, but he did not play that well and had 3 turnovers in the game and some of those numbers are padded by garbage time. However, the main issue in this game was brutal red zone shortcomings and failed 4th downs. They failed an early 4th and 1 which led to a Titans TD. Ravens should’ve gone for it from the 4 yard line before the half, then on the first possession out of it, failed to convert a 4th and 1 from the Titans 18. They had a chance to make it a game again, but then failed on a 4th and 5 from Tennessee’s 16 and another 4th down from the Titans 21. All in all, not a great game from Lamar.

2020 AFC Wild Card @ Titans

Lamar‘s passing numbers were mediocre but he ran the ball very well. Overall played solidly.

2020 AFC Wild Card @ Bills

Not the best showing. Lamar didn’t do much on the ground, and threw a brutal pick 6 to make it 17-3 when the game could’ve been tied instead.

2023 AFC Divisional vs. Texans

Undoubtedly an amazing game from Lamar. Was efficient as a passer, ran for a lot and had 4 TDs against a young but solid Texans team.

2023 AFC Championship vs. Chiefs

This was a rough one but wasn’t all on Lamar. The Ravens couldn’t keep themselves together and got a half dozen unsportsmanlike penalties, including the one in the Chiefs red zone after a great play to Flowers that set them back and ended with a brutal fumble at the goal line by Ze. They also threw the ball 37 times, which is not how Lamar, even last year succeeded. The game plan was terrible. That being said, it was not a good game from Lamar. He seemed out of it after his he early fumble despite the Chiefs not being able to capitalize on it. After that drive they went 5 and out, 3 and out, and 3 and out. He then took a terrible sack on the next drive to take them out of FG range. Then came the Flowers fumble which wasn’t his fault but then he threw a terrible pick into triple coverage the next drive to essentially end the game and then got one FG on their final drive. Throughout that entire stretch the Chiefs got 3 points right before the half.

So overall, Dak has been better than Lamar in the Playoffs because he has more good games. However, right now, I would definitely trust Lamar more in the Playoffs, because as if recently, Lamar’s track record has been better. Dak’s had a terrible Playoff game each of the last 3 years. Early on in his career he was decent in the Playoffs but recently, the only good game he’s had was against an 8-9 Bucs team. He was terrible in both games against the 49ers and in the most recent one against the Packers. Most of Lamar’s bad games were as a young player, and he did have a great game against the Texans in the divisional round to get to the Conference Championship which Dak has never done.