{"id":393323,"date":"2026-07-31T11:23:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T11:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/393323\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T11:23:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T11:23:36","slug":"dak-prescott-wants-all-the-heat-not-shying-away-from-dallas-cowboys-super-bowl-standard-expectations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/393323\/","title":{"rendered":"Dak Prescott wants all the heat. Not shying away from Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl standard, expectations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dallas Cowboys<\/a> quarterback Dak Prescott is not embarrassed about his past and he is not is not afraid or scared of the expectations placed upon him.<\/p>\n

He knows he has just two playoffs wins as quarterback of the Cowboys.<\/p>\n

He also knowns that\u2019s not the standard expect of him or anyone who wears the star as quarterback of the America\u2019s Team.<\/p>\n

So\u00a0showed up to training camp wearing a Super Bowl XXX championship T-shirt. That\u2019s the last Super Bowl the franchise won, which came following the 1995 season, more than 30 years ago.<\/p>\n

The Cowboys have just five playoff wins since and Prescott is 2-5 in the postseason since taking over as quarterback in 2016.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just a manifesting thing,\u201d Prescott said. \u201cGoing into year 11, I\u2019m\u00a0not going to shy away<\/a>\u00a0from it. When you don\u2019t have it, it sucks.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy shy away from that now? Why shy away from asking people to hold me to the same standard that I believe I can accomplish and that this team can accomplish?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want stuff in life a lot of times, but then when people start talking about it, you kind of hesitate. \u2018Should I say that if they\u2019re going to hold me to it?\u201d Prescott added. \u201cWell, absolutely. Playing in this organization, being in it 10 years, going into year 11, I\u2019m not going to shy away from it. When you don\u2019t have it, it sucks when you don\u2019t get to play for it. When you\u2019re watching other teams play in the playoffs, there\u2019s nothing worse than that. And so, yeah, I said I\u2019d be the quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys when I was 6 years old and said I\u2019d be in the NFL, and I got here.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of things in my life, I said I\u2019d do and I did it. And so why shy away from that now? Why shy away from asking people to hold me to the same standard that I believe that I can accomplish and this team can accomplish?\u201d<\/p>\n

Prescott is in full belief of what the team can do and what he can do because he is in the prime of his career and playing the best football of his life.<\/p>\n

Prescott, who is on the brink of owning all the passing records in Cowboys history and is coming off what he believes was the best season of his career in 2025, is as confident and comfortable as he has ever been.<\/p>\n

He believes he can be even better in 2026.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m never going to put a ceiling on how good I can be,\u201d Prescott said. \u201cBut very comfortable. It\u2019s just life. You grow, you mature, you go through things. You have kids. You understand that it\u2019s about the way that you approach each and every day. I\u2019m thankful for where I\u2019m at. I\u2019m thankful for this team. I\u2019m thankful for the leaders that we have. Yeah, very, very comfortable and just trying to take every moment and not look ahead and just stay right where my feet are and be present. I know I\u2019ve said that before and you guys know it\u2019s something I take pride in, but it feels good when you\u2019re able to do that and live that and not just only football, but in life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prescott is not only confident in himself but also in his offense. While working out with skill players in Park City, Utah, before camp, Prescott came up with the anacronym GOTI, which stands for Greatest Offense There Is for the Cowboys offense.<\/p>\n

It was well received. Everybody was on board.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of times you have a lot of [personnel] turnover. We didn\u2019t have much turnover at all on our offensive side. We added some guys and some younger guys are going to have to step up,\u201d Prescott said.<\/a> \u201cSo maybe we seasoned the group a little bit and guys are getting older, but we were close to some historic things last year. And when you have the guys [we have], why can\u2019t we be? And just yet, let\u2019s be the greatest offense there is.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve heard, \u2018The Greatest Show on Turf,\u2019 and all the other different nicknames. \u2026 Each and every one of them loved it or taken pride in it. And that\u2019s as cool as anything, is to watch them take pride in and watch them talk about it and say it to each other. It\u2019s the way that we\u2019ve been practicing. We\u2019re just going to keep pushing each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Cowboys finished second in total offense (391.9 yards per game) to the Rams last season, and Dallas was seventh in scoring (27.7 points). The Cowboys have their entire starting offense back this season.<\/p>\n

Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer believes the offense can take another step with Prescott and his receiver corps led by CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, I think so. Absolutely. I think I talked a little bit about Dak\u2019s ability to work, Dak\u2019s ability to find his flow and his routine going into year 10, whatever it is,\u201d Schottenheimer said. \u201d We as a staff have to do our part with the evolution of the offense. We\u2019re working extremely hard on that, knowing that everybody studied us last spring trying to figure out what we\u2019re going to be. But yeah, I have a lot of confidence in this group.\u201d<\/p>\n

No is more confident than Prescott, in himself and the Cowboys.<\/p>\n

And he has no intention of shying of away from the standard in Dallas or the expectations of a Cowboys quarterback.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlaying in this organization, being in it 10 years, going into year 11, I\u2019m not going to shy away from it,\u201d Prescott said. \u201cWhen you don\u2019t have it, it sucks when you don\u2019t get to play for it. When you\u2019re watching other teams play in the playoff, there\u2019s nothing worse than that. And so yeah, I\u2019d say I\u2019d be the quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys when I was six years old and said I\u2019d be in the NFL and I got here.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of things in my life, I said I\u2019d do and I did it., And so why shy away from that now? Why shy away from asking people to hold me to the same standard that I believe that I can accomplish and this team can accomplish.<\/p>\n

Prescott, who turned 33 on Wednesday, admittedly liked hearing owner Jerry Jones say he is willing to go on all in to help the Cowboys get to the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n

The Cowboys acquired All-Pro defensive tackle\u00a0Quinnen Williams<\/a>, defensive tackle\u00a0Kenny Clark<\/a>\u00a0and pass rusher\u00a0Rashan Gary<\/a>, while also moveing up one slot in the first round to draft safety\u00a0Caleb Downs<\/a> since the middle of last season.<\/p>\n

They also added safety\u00a0Jalen Thompson<\/a>\u00a0on the richest free agent deal the team has given out in more than a decade.<\/p>\n

Jones said he would do more if necessary<\/p>\n

And Prescott is appreciative.<\/p>\n

But also less patient than in the past.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s urgent to be a winner.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, it\u2019s amazing. It\u2019s kind of, like I said, I\u2019m going to wear the shirt. I\u2019m going to invite the standard,\u201d Prescott said. \u201cI know Jerry\u2019s done the same. And when you watch what the organization is doing, that tells you that. And so I\u2019m blessed to obviously be here 10 years, but to watch what\u2019s happened over the last couple years and to see his mind and his urgency and him still wanting to do whatever he can to make this team better. That\u2019s why you play and practice and make sure you give this team everything you can is because when the owner\u2019s doing it and it\u2019s going from the top to the bottom, why not? And life\u2019s about being urgent. A lot of us want to wait and want to say, oh, we\u2019ll do it later, but what are we really promised? Whether it\u2019s football or whether it\u2019s life.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott is not embarrassed about his past and he is not is not afraid…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":393324,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103],"class_list":["post-393323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}