Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott is selecting optimism forward of his tenth season in Dallas.
On Tuesday, Prescott attended an occasion for the 2025 Kids’s Most cancers Fund gala, for which he’s the honorary chairman, and was asked a few questions about the changes ahead for the Cowboys.
The 2022 Walter Payton Man of the 12 months did not simply handle his group’s future underneath newly employed coach Brian Schottenheimer, although. He additionally supplied his ideas on the Cowboys’ capability to compete with the Philadelphia Eagles, their NFC East rival and not too long ago minted Super Bowl LIX champions. He even weighed in on the Saints hiring Kellen Moore as their new head coach.
This is what he needed to say.
Prescott on the Cowboys being “very shut” competitively to the Philadelphia Eagles
The Eagles could also be recent off a Tremendous Bowl championship, whereas Dallas is coming off a 7-10 season, however Prescott believes the Cowboys have been capable of get the very best of them most of the time.
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“I really feel like we compete with the Eagles and beat them for essentially the most half once we’ve performed them. I do not need to say test the file when the opposite man’s holding a trophy proper now. So, credit score to them. They’ve earned it, and so they deserved it, by all means.”
Philadelphia soundly defeated Dallas of their two matchups in 2024: 34-6 in Week 10 and 41-7 in Week 17. Nevertheless, backup Cooper Rush began each instances as Prescott missed the ultimate 9 weeks of the season with a torn hamstring.
The Cowboys are 9-4 towards the Eagles all-time when Prescott has been underneath middle, with the quarterback accounting for 3,402 passing yards, 24 passing touchdowns and three speeding touchdowns.
Dallas went 1-1 towards a special divisional rival this season, the Washington Commanders, who made all of it the way in which to the NFC Championship Recreation earlier than shedding to Philadelphia.
“Particularly even watching the NFC Championship and people groups, groups that we battle towards every yr … As I mentioned, really feel assured that we have gotten the higher half every time.
“However simply seeing such a dominating trend, credit score to them,” Prescott mentioned concerning the Eagles’ 40-22 win over the Kansas City Chiefs. “It is our flip, and it is on us.”
The Cowboys have not received the Tremendous Bowl for the reason that 1995 season and have the longest NFC Championship Game drought in NFL history.
Prescott on working with new head coach Brian Schottenheimer
Brian Schottenheimer, the son of former NFL head coach Marty Schottenheimer, will function the third Cowboys head coach since Prescott was drafted in 2016.
However regardless of the veteran QB’s public support for former coach Mike McCarthy, he is embracing the altering of the guard. It in all probability helps that Prescott has labored with Schottenheimer over the previous few years because the latter was the group’s teaching analyst (2022) and offensive coordinator (2023-2024).
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“Understanding the kind of coach he’s, the kind of man he’s, the way in which that he approaches the sport, I feel the easiest way to exemplify that’s the son of a legendary soccer coach.” Prescott mentioned. “He isn’t going to take something about this sport frivolously. He enjoys the work in it, sort of quaint.”
Prescott performed a few of his greatest soccer with Schottenheimer as his OC, when wholesome. In 25 video games in Schottenheimer’s offense, he accomplished 67.9% of his throws for six,494 yards and 47 touchdowns, with a 99.4 passer score common. Prescott made simply eight begins in 2024, however he led the NFL in completions (410) and passing touchdowns (36) in 2023 when he performed in all 17 video games.
“I am wanting ahead to the grind and a few issues that we will do and he will add, excited for him, I do know he is prepared for it, he is been within the system a very long time,” Prescott added.
Prescott on Kellen Moore being named the brand new head coach of the Saints
Following the Eagles’ Tremendous Bowl victory, the Saints introduced they have been hiring Moore, who spent this previous season as Philadelphia’s offensive coordinator.
Earlier than that, although, Moore had served 4 seasons because the offensive coordinator in Dallas (2019-22).
Prescott had nothing however nicely needs for the 36-year-old, who performed with Dallas from 2015-2017, and started his teaching profession with the group as a quarterbacks coach in 2018.
[Related: Saints hire Kellen Moore as new head coach. Now a tall task awaits]
“Tremendous completely satisfied for him. … Tremendous pleased with him. Successful the Tremendous Bowl. Getting that group there. Being … the No. 1 offense within the league, dominant, [Saquon Barkley] setting the speeding file, displaying how he is developed and what he can do.”
“And I feel he is simply going to take one other step in that when he will get to New Orleans. Tremendous excited for him and his alternative,” Prescott mentioned.
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