Dak Prescott on winning NFC East: 'I want something better' - ESPN

LANDOVER, Md. — Dak Prescott stood at the podium not with an NFC East champions hat on his head, like so many of his Dallas Cowboys teammates and coaches, but with a Jordan Brand winter hat.

«I wouldn't say I'm trying to send a message or anything,» Prescott said after the Cowboys clinched the division title — and the No. 2 seed in the NFC — with a 38-10 win against the Washington Commanders. «The hat is warmer. A shirt is a shirt. Yeah, I mean, won it before. Obviously, it's a huge accomplishment for myself, this team, the organization. Don't get me wrong by any means. But the focus is ahead. Simple as that… I want something better.»

Prescott will make his fifth trip to the playoffs when the Cowboys play the Green Bay Packers in the wild-card round at AT&T Stadium. He has not gotten past the divisional round in his previous four trips, but he thinks the 2023 Cowboys offer the best chance to get to a Super Bowl.

Last year, the Cowboys were listless in a 26-6 loss in their regular-season finale to Washington at FedEx Field. This year they scored 31 straight points after the Commanders took a 10-7 lead in the second quarter, and Dallas won convincingly.

«Look at last year, the way we came to this place and didn't finish the season the way we wanted to, to where we are now — the growth, the coaching staff, the players, the accountability, the communication, the transparency,» Prescott said. «And both sides holding their own really, not one side picking and doing more than the other side.… We've got three great units going into this thing. We're fit all the way around.

»This moment, this time, doesn't matter who we play, where we play them, we're excited for our opportunity."

The Cowboys have not won a championship since