'Run, Dak, Run!' Inside The Cowboys' Harsh Truth As a Duel-Threat Quarterback

‘Run, Dak, Run!’ Inside The Cowboys’ Harsh Truth As a Duel-Threat Quarterback originally appeared on Athlon Sports.

FRISCO – It would be a gigantic weapon.

It also, to us, seems unrealistic.

Last season, just as Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott attempted to return to being the dual-threat he once was, his hamstring gave out in Week 9 against the Atlanta Falcons, ending his season.

Now he’s about to turn 32. He’s got the ankle surgery and the calf issue and the torn-off-the-bone hamstring surgery and yet …

ESPN’s Mike Clay is projecting that Prescott finishes the 2025 season with 49 attempts for 198 yards and two touchdowns.

Cool. But … the 49 attempts would be Prescott’s second-highest since 2019. And at 4.4 yards per carry, that would mark his best number since 2021.

Guys … that stuff was, like, a half-decade ago.

If he can get four yards a clip? That would be such a threat additive. But …

Kurt Daniels of DallasCowboys.com sees it our way.

“I think it’s safe to say that Prescott’s days as a true dual-threat quarterback are behind him,” Daniels writes in a harsh truth. “We learned a tough lesson last year when those of us who wanted him to run more promptly saw him rip his hamstring tendon from the bone after a scramble. …”

This doesn’t mean Prescott can’t move or that Prescott can’t win. But anybody pining for his rookie year performance of 2016, when he was truly “duel-threat”?

We’re here to tell Cowboys Nation that Dak had better be really, really good at being a single-threat, if you catch our drift.

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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 21, 2025, where it first appeared.

‘Run, Dak, Run!’ Inside The Cowboys’ Harsh Truth As a Duel-Threat Quarterback

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