Yes, the Dallas Cowboys and Dale Prescott are mad. And impatient fans want Brian Schottenheimer sent packing — now. The tough loss to the Ravens has things in an uproar, and here are the Cowboys most to blame for the Week 3 loss.

The Cowboys had a chance to take the game by the throat with a four-point lead and fourth-quarter possession. But they went three-and-out, and the Ravens responded with a touchdown. An impressive drive put the Cowboys at the goal line in the final seconds, but they had to settle for a field goal.

And then, with just seven seconds remaining, a defensive nap allowed the Ravens to hit a long pass to set up Tyler Loop’s game-winning 56-yard Brazilian boot. It’s fitting that the first game in Brazil would be decided by a kick.

So who dropped the ball for the Cowboys?

Cowboys HC Brian Schottenheimer

There are many things wrong with the Cowboys' approach with seven seconds left on the clock. First, Schottenheimer needs to coach with an eye on the NFL rules. It’s simple math and percentages.

Do you want to give a team the ball in a spot where a roughly 20-yard completion gives them a chance at the win? Or worry about a tiny percentage chance of a kick return touchdown? Just for laughs, one-third of one percent of kickoffs went the distance in 2025, according to Pro Football Reference. Six TDs out of 2,076 opportunities.

Because of the NFL’s silly ball-placement rules after kickoffs, combined with the ridiculous distance of kickers these days, teams need just one completion to be in field goal range. It’s even more stupid for teams like the Cowboys and Jaguars. In that same situation, they would have a shot at the win with a 12-to-15-yard completion. It’s laughable.

Schottenheimer should know this. And he should coach like it. Squib the kick and play the odds that your defense can prevent a miraculous kick-return touchdown.

Nah, we'll kick, Schottenheimer decided, according to seattlepi.com.

“We felt like, let’s boom it through, put them out there, make them throw the ball short, and we’ll be fine,” Schottenheimer said. “Play for overtime. That’s what the plan was.”

Giving the Ravens the ball at the 35-yard line took away their need for a miracle. It gave them an open door for a win.

And the defensive approach of Christian Parker needs to be analyzed. Knowing what the Ravens needed, they could have played more of a “sticks” alignment near midfield. Instead, they left the middle of the field wide open for a catch and timeout.

Schottenheimer lamented the tough loss, according to ESPN.

“I am hurting, they are hurting,” Schottenheimer said. “It is a long trip (to Rio), but no one cares. We also have a long flight back.”

Cowboys QB Dak Prescott

If you look at Prescott’s final numbers, they were not too bad. He completed 25 of 40 for 276 yards and a touchdown. Not outstanding, but he led the team to 31 points.

The criticism comes down to one decision. On third down and goal from the 2-yard line, Prescott chucked away a potential game-winning score, according to a post on X by Nick Harris.

“Cowboys HC Brian Schottenheimer took the blame for this 3rd-down throwaway, saying he ‘overcoached’ Dak on what to do here. Dak’s comments: ‘The coverage that they were playing, 99 out of 100 times they're supposed to cover GP. That corner is supposed to be outside leverage, funneling him inside to the safety, GP’s GP. He did a great job of winning regardless. I said, I wish I would have just sank on my back foot and just threw it to the front pylon and trusted it. But it's one of those things you read the coverage, you say, well, they're not giving you that. And unfortunately, I threw the ball away.’ ”

Of course, it may not have counted. Pickens clearly pushed off on the play. So it may have been offensive pass interference. But then again, maybe not. CeeDee Lamb got away with something just as bad to set up the situation.

Prescott left the game unhappy and frustrated, according to The Athletic.

“Embarrassed,” Prescott said. “We don’t call ourselves the best offense, ‘GOTI,’ and we get down there to the 1-yard line and don’t put it in. It just sucks. Not a lot of words or full explanation of it. Defense shouldn’t have even been in that position. Those guys are over there saying, ‘It’s on us.’ Absolutely not. We’ve got to put the game away, period.”

TE Luke Schoonmaker

This is assigning blame in a very tough way. However, it’s the NFL. And a false start at the 2-yard line in the final seconds can’t be swept under the rug. Even a Schottenheimer conceded the penalty made a dramatic difference.

“It can’t happen,” Schottenheimer said. “Schoony knows that. At the end of the day, we were down there low. I liked the call that we had. But you move us back. It definitely hurts because there’s a couple of things that we had that we felt really good about down there low.

“No one coached or played a perfect game tonight. And, unfortunately, that was a big play in the game — just like some of the mistakes I made.”

When you’re the third tight end on the depth chart and barely made the 53-man roster, this is the type of mistake that can stick in Jerry Jones’ long-term memory.