Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott signed a four-year contract extension reportedly price $240M with $231M assured final September. He then endured a tough 2024 season that ended prematurely when he went down with a critical hamstring harm in Week 9.
As Cowboys players reported for coaching camp, Prescott addressed sure takes about his lack of big-time success throughout his Dallas tenure that started in 2016.
“[Criticism] comes with the territory,” Prescott mentioned, as shared by Clarence Hill of DLLS Sports activities (h/t Sports Illustrated). “That comes with the $60M. It’s what it’s. And if I’m delicate to the reality, then I’ve obtained an issue with life. No person’s extra upset; no person’s extra (expletive); no person’s extra dissatisfied about that than I’m. No person needs to win greater than me.”
Prescott emerged as a 2023 MVP finalist because the Cowboys entered that marketing campaign’s postseason match at 12-5. Nonetheless, his profession playoff record dropped to 2-5 through a wild-card loss to the Inexperienced Bay Packers in January 2024.
“… I perceive it’s a staff sport, however on the finish of the day, the quarterback is paid to fill in these gaps, and if you’re not taking part in effectively, to grasp that and to carry the staff again. And have I completed that after I wanted to? Completely not in these essential instances,” Prescott mentioned about his postseason performances. “And if I had, the report wouldn’t be 2–5. That’s being a realist.”
Pro Football Reference exhibits that Prescott ended the 2024 common season ranked thirty second within the NFL amongst certified gamers with a forty five.3 adjusted QBR and twenty seventh with an 86.0 passer score. For sure, a quarterback on such an expensive deal is predicted to offer his offense higher play when wholesome.
“I might wager on myself, and I’d wager on the work that I put into this factor any day,” Prescott added. “And belief me, I’d give the cash I make to win and be broke. I’m not delicate to it. It’s what it’s. And belief me, that’s my level. No person’s extra dissatisfied than I’m about that. All that does is, that elevates the work that I put into this and the way I strategy it.”
Prescott’s want for “continuity” reportedly was a giant cause Cowboys proprietor and basic supervisor Jerry Jones promoted Brian Schottenheimer from the function of offensive coordinator to go coach after the membership parted methods with Mike McCarthy this previous winter. How Prescott performs from September by January 2026 may decide if Schottenheimer turns into a one-and-done coach for a franchise that hasn’t completed a journey to an NFC Championship Sport because it received the Tremendous Bowl in January 1996.
