Twitter reactions to Cowboys loss, 'Embarrassing' Dak dimes out critic

The Dallas Cowboys thought they were on the right track. They thought, after narrowingly losing to the Baltimore Ravens and barely beating the Houston Texans, they were ready to roll into the meet of their 2026 schedule with momentum. That was supposed to come with the beheading of an 0-4 Tampa Bay

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The Dallas Cowboys thought they were on the right track. They thought, after narrowingly losing to the Baltimore Ravens and barely beating the Houston Texans, they were ready to roll into the meet of their 2026 schedule with momentum. That was supposed to come with the beheading of an 0-4 Tampa Bay Bucs team traveling into AT&T Stadium on short rest.

Sure, the Cowboys had a gauntlet of a three-game stretch that included a trip to South America, followed by a road game with no bye and a short week turnaround themselves. But even with the Bucs being competitive in every game they lost, they didn't have their starting QB in Baker Mayfield, or best defender. Yet it was Todd Bowles' team, losers of 12 of their last 15 contests dating back to 2025,

which looked head and shoulders the better squad. And with the game being in front of a national audience, the reactions on Twitter were swift and unforgiving.

Perhaps the most vitriol and viral reaction came while Cowboys QB Dak Prescott was walking through the stadium tunnel on his way to the locker room. A stadium worker called out "Embarrassing," catching Prescott's attention. Instead of eating it like a champ, Dallas' $60 million a year QB found a team attendant and sent them to get rid of the stadium personnel.

That kicks off the tour around social media for reactions from Thursday night's woeful, 24-16 loss.

The Big 3 react to an AT&T Stadium worker saying "embarrassing" as Dak walked by...Dak wasted no time pointing out who it was 👀@ShannonSharpe | @ochocinco | @TheJoeJohnson7 | #Nightcap https://t.co/4mTldYcN4X pic.twitter.com/qPPBupdFxM
— Nightcap (@NightcapShow_) October 9, 2026

It’s been determined that this was a worker of a third-party company — not a team or stadium employee — that made this comment to Dak Prescott in the tunnel. https://t.co/wc30CVPOTI

— Nick Harris (@NickHarrisFWST) October 9, 2026

Daron Bland with a game-changing pick-6 pic.twitter.com/X2HIKWv4E1
— GhettoGronk (@ghetto_gronk) October 9, 2026

Stay mad at me
Keep babying the players and coaches
I’ve watched this movie since 1996.
Disappointing losses. Failed expectations. Bad coaching decisions. Poor performances by the players.
Jerry Jones said he extremely surprised

Why? pic.twitter.com/DW1uGfxMsf
— Clarence Hill Jr (@clarencehilljr) October 9, 2026

Cowboys fans : “we HAVE to score here”

Jake Ferguson : pic.twitter.com/FMRbLWdqkc
— 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯 (@xJahstin) October 9, 2026

Short weeks are where the good coaches shine.

And it’s where the bad ones get exposed.
— Marcus Mosher (@Marcus_Mosher) October 9, 2026

Cowboys’ 3 games in 12 days, with a 10-hour trip to Brazil in that stretch, would have been better off not practicing and only doing light workouts this week.

Condensed recovery windows, travel fatigue and disrupted sleep will have the CNS FRIED! I’m talking impaired attention,…
— Duke Manyweather (@BigDuke50) October 9, 2026

The camera man to Jerry Jones every time Cowboys mess up pic.twitter.com/3q33UNSd25
— LakeShowYo (@LakeShowYo) October 9, 2026

unforgivable, unserious. . #Cowboys
— Patrik [No C] Walker (@VoiceOfTheStar) October 9, 2026

This is trending to be the most inexcusable loss of the Brian Schottenheimer era.

Winless team coming into your house on a short week with an undrafted rookie quarterback and two replacements in the secondary.
— Nick Harris (@NickHarrisFWST) October 9, 2026