The Cowboys (8-3) are on a three-game winning streak and host Seattle (6-5) on Thursday night, starting their tough stretch of December games.
But Craig Carton sees a potential bump in the road.
On Tuesday’s “The Carton Show” on FS1, Carton learned that quarterback Dak Prescott is expecting a daughter with girlfriend Sarah Jane Ramos in March.
The news was announced Monday, and Carton went back and forth about the subject with his co-hosts.
“That’s a mistake,” Carton said. “What? Why did you tell me that? That changes everything.”
One of his cohosts, Willie Colon, said: “Why does that change everything?”
“There goes the Cowboys’ season. Aww,” Carton added.
“Are you not a big fan of fatherhood?” Colon asked.
“I am a big fan of fatherhood,” Carton said. “I’m blessed with four beautiful, healthy children. You have beautiful kids. You (other hosts) have kids as well …This is a terrible distraction now for Dak Prescott. He’s not married, right? So, now I got a question. Is she a gold digger? She might not be. I gotta question it, right? Number three, you got everything going great. The last thing you need right now is a distraction.”
“I hope they have a beautiful, healthy child. Hope it all works out, but this is not what Cowboy fans want to hear.”
Over the holiday weekend, Prescott went public with the news.
He mentioned he and Ramos have a name picked out, but will remain tight-lipped about that until the due date in March.
“Super, super blessed to have that responsibility, but at the same time have that opportunity to start a family and bring a child into this world,” he said. “I know what my mom means to me and, in a sense, have that feeling in a different role is something I’m looking forward to.”
Prescott, 30, lost his mother, Peggy to colon cancer 2013 and has multiple tattoos in honor of her, such as a Pegasus on his right leg.
Ramos also posted a celebratory message on Instagram along with a series of black-and-white maternity photos.
“A little bit of Heaven sent down to Earth. Our immeasurable blessing. I cannot wait to raise a strong, confident, beautiful baby girl with you @_4dak,” she wrote.
