Ever since their frustrating loss at the NFL divisional playoff, Jerry Jones’ Dallas Cowboys are attracting a lot of attention but for the wrong reason. The team faced a lot of heat from the fans and across sports for blaming their quarterback Dak Prescott for the defeat. Further NBA’s Miami Heat also trolled the Cowboys for their action. Following the Heat, Los Angeles Lakers legend Shaquille O’Neal joined the bandwagon to comment on the Cowboys. Moreover, he dragged NFL legend Shannon Sharpe into the conversation.
The Cowboys recently ended their three-decade-long dream to win the playoffs after losing the divisional playoffs against the San Francisco 49ers. Following the defeat, the official Twitter handle of the Cowboys blamed Dak Prescott with a tweet. The Cowboys faced a lot of heat for throwing a player under the bus. Contrarily, the Big Aristotle had a varied opinion on the same.
Shaquille O’Neal backs the Cowboys
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In the recent episode of ‘The Big Podcast’, Nischelle Turner, the host brought up the trending Dak Prescott diss tweet to the conversation. Shaquille O’Neal earlier in the podcast had said, “I am always with the Cowboys.” When Turner and Spice Adams, sided against the Cowboys’ tweet, Shaq went on to drag Shannon Sharpe into the conversation. The big man said, “Criticism is criticism. But before I get Shannon Sharpe, before I start going crazy, I have to see if there is some truth in the criticism.”
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Notably, Sharpe hit back at the Cowboys for blaming their star after their defeat in a recent show. He said, “This came from a team official that runs the social media account and thought it was okay to throw Dak Prescott under the bus.”
Shannon Sharpe calls for the #Cowboys employee who posted that tweet to be "fired" and believes the team threw Dak Prescott under the bus. pic.twitter.com/iSfiKw5YqF
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) January 24, 2023
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Sharp further added, “ That employee should be fired.”
Miami Heat trolls the Cowboys with a cryptic tweet
After their impressive win against the Boston Celtics, the Heat took to its Twitter to share a tweet resembling the Dak Prescott diss tweet. The tweet read, “Celtics gave away the ball 17 times in the narrow loss to the HEAT, in a matchup the Celtics had a chance to win if they didn’t again generate self-inflicted wounds.” Following the tweet, the fan swarmed in with hilarious reactions trolling the Cowboys.
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