Dallas Cowboys WR Noah Brown accepts blame for costly pick-6 against Jaguars
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott has received a lot of heat for interceptions on his stat sheet over the last few weeks but on Tuesday, wide receiver Noah Brown accepted blame for his part in the costly pick-six versus Jacksonville on Sunday.
“I think I misjudged it a little bit,” Brown told reporters, via Todd Archer. “I didn’t see the ball come out of Dak’s hands, which is completely normal, doesn’t always happen. By the time I saw it I wasn’t really where I could reach out for it. I had to kind of catch it like this and it hit off my hand and hit my arm and bounced out.
“It’s a play 10 times out of 10 I expect myself to make and I have to make. There’s no excuse for it.”
Prior to the ricochet that ended up winning the game for the Jaguars, Brown was having one of the most productive games of his career.
Brown records first two-score game prior to pick-6
After watching the Jaguars score 21 unanswered in the second half, Prescott capped a scoring drive with his second touchdown of the game to the former Ohio State star.
Leading up to the score, the quarterback threw an interception under pressure in the red zone that spurred a wave of momentum from the Jaguars. He took the Cowboys offense down the field on a 13-play drive that took seven minutes off of the clock.
After spinning out of pocket pressure, Prescott found Brown in the left corner of the endzone for a 13-yard touchdown. The Cowboys retook the lead to make it 34-31 with just three minutes remaining.
Brown finished the game with six catches on nine targets for 49 yards and two touchdowns. It was his first two-touchdown game in his six-year NFL career. This season, he has 40 catches for 533 yards and three scores.
As for Prescott, of his 11 interceptions this season, six weren’t deemed turnover-worthy throws, according to ProFootballFocus. He is tied for the most interceptions that weren’t directly his fault this year.