Cowboys' Dak Prescott Sends Stern Warning On DeMarvion Overshown Behavior

The aftermath discussion about last week's Dallas Cowboys' win over the Indianapolis Colts wasn't just the fact that Brian Schottenheimer's team got the win; it was also about a penalty from Demarvion Overshown.

After Quinnen Williams stripped the ball from Jonathan Taylor in the fourth quarter, and Shemar James recovered, Overshown, who was injured and in street clothes, ran onto the field to celebrate.

And that ended up being an unsportsmanlike penalty and cost Dallas 15 yards in a moment that people have called stupid, silly, and dumb.

D-Mo should have known better.

"It was all excitement, at the end of the day, I talked to Schotty about it," Overshown said. "I apologized. You can laugh at it now because we won the game, but in the moment, fourth quarter, tied ball game or close ball game, you don't want a 15-yard penalty from a guy, especially that's not even playing.

"So that's a lesson learned, but it's not going to change how passionate I am about my teammates when they make plays. In the future, I have my helmet and my uniform on, so it won't be a flag."

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After the play, TV cameras caught Dak Prescott giving Overshown a stern talking to, reminiscent of Troy Aikman and his famous 1990's rant about his teammates' lack discipline under coach Barry Switzer and the angry assertion that he - Aikman - shouldn't be the one having to demand it.

"Yeah, I was pissed," Prescott said. "I spoke my mind. I don't think I've ever been short or shy too in in a moment when it's truly bothered me. Was just a big play, turnover happened and a flag comes out. We did some great stuff here, let's not minimize it.

"I'm not going to get into if I need to be the disciplinarian, if others aren't. We're grown men at the end of the day. Me personally, if you need somebody to tell you what you should and shouldn't do. I don't know if this is the business for you."

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And that is quite the statement from Dak.

With the 7-1 San Francisco 49ers coming to town, the 4-5 Cowboys can't have 14 penalties for over 150 yards again, otherwise this Week 10 game at AT&T Stadium figures to be a beatdown.

Overshown apologized for his actions - while also making yet another silly but hopefully innocuous remark about how he "went viral'' - and Prescott made it known that it should've have to be his job to tell players how to behave.

Time will tell if Dak's message sticks.