OXNARD, Calif. \u2014 Dak Prescott might be the physical embodiment of where the Dallas Cowboys stand as an organization in 2025. Both are rich, famous and desperately seeking postseason success.<\/p>\n
Going into his 10th season as the Cowboys’ quarterback, Prescott has been with the team for nearly one-third of its NFC-worst 29-season drought without a conference title game appearance. He is driven to end it this year, preferably culminating in a Super Bowl ring.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you don\u2019t want to win a Super Bowl, or don\u2019t think we can win a Super Bowl, then don\u2019t come to Oxnard. You\u2019re in the wrong place,\u201d Prescott said Thursday. \u201cWe know the standard when you wear the star. We know the expectations.\u201d<\/p>\n
Prescott is looking to bounce back from a chaotic 2024, which included becoming the highest-paid player in NFL history following protracted and public contract negotiations before sustaining a season-ending hamstring tear in early November.<\/p>\n
Back at full health and approaching his 32nd birthday on Tuesday, Prescott finds himself overseeing a much different offense under new coach Brian Schottenheimer than what Mike McCarthy ran the previous five seasons. Prescott is lining up under center more after primarily working out of the shotgun under McCarthy. There is more pre-snap motion and increased variety of personnel groupings.<\/p>\n
Prescott likes the changes he has seen so far during the first week of training camp. <\/p>\n
\u201cYou don\u2019t know really when we\u2019re going to motion, when we\u2019re not, when we\u2019re doing to hit you with something fast, so it\u2019s just another great weapon,\u201d Prescott said.<\/p>\n
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Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott wipes his face during training camp Tuesday, July 22, 2025, in Oxnard, Calif. Credit: AP\/Mark J. Terrill<\/p>\n
Even Prescott\u2019s trademark \u201cHere we go\u201d cadence is being set aside at times, though Schottenheimer joked it is too ingrained in the public consciousness to be fully abandoned.<\/p>\n
\u201cI mean, why would we take it away when it\u2019s got TikTok memes and stuff like that,\u201d Schottenheimer said. \u201cIt\u2019s one of the best things that he does, man, and so we\u2019re going to let him do that. But like everything that we do, we\u2019re going to be multiple.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another key asset is the return of Prescott\u2019s mobility, which he has displayed by extending plays or scrambling.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been a long road to it,\u201d Prescott said of his recovery after partially tearing his hamstring off the bone against the Atlanta Falcons on Nov. 3, requiring surgery and a lengthy rehabilitation process. \u201cIt’s something that I think about every time I step on that field, being thankful for this moment. Not taking anything for granted, and understanding that I’ve got to continue to push. It’s one thing to be healthy, but how much better can I get now that I’m healthy, and that’s on the forefront of my mind, so feels good.\u201d <\/p>\n
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Dallas Cowboys tight end Luke Schoonmaker, left, is congratulated by quarterback Dak Prescott after catching a pass during training camp Tuesday, July 22, 2025, in Oxnard, Calif. Credit: AP\/Mark J. Terrill<\/p>\n
That injury and Prescott\u2019s veteran status led Schottenheimer to say the quarterback\u2019s workload in camp will be carefully managed to ensure he will be healthy for the regular season. However, Schottenheimer conceded it might be difficult to get Prescott to dial things back.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe wants to do as much as possible. Luckily, we have the trump card with him on that,\u201d Schottenheimer said, \u201cBut in all seriousness, there’s a smart way to train.\u201d<\/p>\n
Even with the decrease in preseason snaps, Prescott\u2019s desire to compete has not diminished, physically or mentally.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s what I want from this game, and I know it\u2019s what everyone wants in this locker room,\u201d Prescott said. \u201cWinning. Winning, winning, winning. And, obviously, if we give we everything we can, and you go at it, there\u2019s a lot of good things and patches and pats on the back, I guess you could say, on the way.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut that\u2019s what\u2019s on my mind, 10 (years) in and ready to play another 10. But I want that first and foremost now, and that is the urgency that I carry with just the love and the passion of this game is not only wanting to win for myself, but wanting to win for this organization. It\u2019s been, well, damn long enough.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OXNARD, Calif. \u2014 Dak Prescott might be the physical embodiment of where the Dallas Cowboys stand as an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234453,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2066],"tags":[41907,230,229,257,2461,7,6,2309],"class_list":{"0":"post-234452","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas-cowboys","8":"tag-audio_enabled","9":"tag-cowboys","10":"tag-dallas","11":"tag-dallas-cowboys","12":"tag-dallascowboys","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-wires-bot"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114912760034717189","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}