Things can change in a hurry in the National Football League. Last week, the Cowboys were still reeling from a gut-punch loss to Minnesota. They suffered an added indignity when Vikings running back Dalvin Cook was named the NFC’s Offensive Player of the Week for his performance against them. It was the third time in six weeks that the Dallas defense allowed an opposing player to earn that honor.

But Week 11’s win over Detroit has brought redemption, in more ways than one. The seat under coach Jason Garrett cooled slightly, the team’s playoff chances improved incrementally, and the league’s Player of the Week announcement stung a whole lot less. Ladies and gentlemen of Cowboys Nation, your NFC Offensive Player of the Week is none other than Rayne Dakota Prescott.

Prescott had a big day in the Motor City, tossing three touchdowns and finishing the afternoon with a 116.6 passer rating in the club’s 35-27 win. His 444 air yards led all quarterbacks for the week, and put Prescott in elite company, even within a franchise that has had more than its share of legendary passers.

This is not Prescott’s first time earning Player of the Week accolades. The fourth-year signal caller started the 2019 campaign with 405 passing yards and four touchdowns against the Giants in the season opener. He went 25-of-32 that day, amassing a perfect passer rating of 158.3.

This most recent honor for Prescott caps a notably successful run for the Cowboys, as far as that particular award goes.

Dallas will be hard-pressed to make it consecutive weeks for offensive fireworks. The defense belonging to their Week 12 opponent, the New England Patriots, rank tops in the NFL in average yards per game allowed as well as average points per game scored.