after leading the Cowboys to a victory on tnf Dak Prescott solidifies his position as the MVP favorite the Dallas Cowboys defeated the Seattle Seahawks on Thursday Night Football despite a terrible effort from their defense who to be fair made some huge stops towards the end of the game even though the defense performed admirably when it counted most Dak Prescott is the reason the Cowboys are even in the game for the fifth game in a row Prescott was outstanding with three touchdowns and 299 yards he completed 29 of 42 passes without the two interceptions in the second half by Tony paard and CD lamb he would have completed five touchdown passes in the fourth quarter behind 35 minutes 27 Prescott produced two consecutive scoring drives if not for Lamb's decline that deficit would have been overcome sooner because of Prescott's fit between three Seahawks defenders in the narrowest of Windows Prescott solidified his position as the MVP favorite with this effort surpassing quarterbacks Patrick Mahomes and Jaylen Herz for weeks now Dallas supporters have have been defeating the Prescott MVP agenda despite the weak five setback against the 49ers he has been the finest quarterback in the NFL for more than half of the season if not the entire one on Thursday he once again put on an MVP caliber performance Prescott disproved every myth that is used against him in the MVP discussion in a one game a winning team was defeated by him in the pinch he delivered despite not having a lead he prevailed he triumphed over an allegedly Superior defense by putting up a vapid defense against the prior Seattle offense additionally he completed the task without once flipping the football once more what further needs to be done by the guy Prescott has completed 70% of his throws for 2,173 yards with 23 touchdowns and two interceptions in his previous seven games the Cowboys have a six minutes one record throughout that time yo performed jayen Herz in that one loss and Dallas came within a hair's breadth of winning on the road we comprehend in the NFL close doesn't matter but Prescott is currently the best quarterback in the world that has persisted for the past two months although the statistics for tonight are not in yet he now leads the league in touchdown passes ranked second in qbr and leads in qbr versus Man Blitz outside the pocket on third down what's more he ensured that the Cowboys would still be in the NFC East battle when they play the Eagles in a huge rematch in Dallas the following week Prescott made his case as the clear favorite for MVP on Thursday regardless of how the game turned out