Dallas Cowboys' quarterback Dak Prescott recently opened up about his struggles with depression. He's had a tough time dealing with anxiety and negative thoughts throughout the offseason, yet Skip Bayless believes people shouldn't be empathetic of him because he's an NFL player.
Prescott went on record on an interview lately to discuss his issues with mental health. He admitted that he was experiencing a huge burden, especially after the death - an alleged suicide - of his brother.
“All throughout this quarantine and this offseason, I started experiencing emotions I’ve never felt before. Anxiety for the main one. And then, honestly, a couple of days before my brother passed, I would say I started experiencing depression. And to the point of, I didn’t want to work out anymore. I didn’t know necessarily what I was going through, to say the least, and hadn’t been sleeping at all," Prescott started.
"When you have thoughts that you've never had, I think that's more so than anything a chance to realize it and recognize it, to be vulnerable about it. Talked to my family, talked to the people around me simply as I did at the time. Some of them obviously had dealt with it before, was able to have those conversations and then reach out further just to more people," he added.
Skip Bayless Doesn't Feel Bad For Dak Prescott
FOX Sports' pundit Skip Bayless - a confess Cowboys fan - took it to his tv show Undisputed to discuss Prescott's comments. According to him, Prescott isn't entitled to being clinically depressed because he's the quarterback of an NFL team, going as far as to call him a 'fake leader'.
“I have deep compassion for clinical depression, but when it comes to the quarterback of an NFL team…it’s the ultimate leadership position in sports. Because of all that, I don’t have sympathy for him going public with ‘I got depressed," he said.
Dak Prescott Fires Back At Skip Bayless
Prescott, obviously, didn't take Bayless's comments lightly. Then again, he responded in a classy manner by stating that admitting that he was depressed didn't make him a fake leader at all: "No, I think that’s a fake leader. Being a leader is about being genuine and being real," Prescott said.
FOX Sports released a statement claiming that they didn't support Bayless' views and the sports community also went at the infamous pundit. Skip is well known for his hot takes and controversial vies on every single subject and even though his comments should always be taken with a grain of salt, this time he shouldn't just get away with it.
