DALLAS — For the second time in eight years, Dak Prescott has seen the Philadelphia Eagles win a Super Bowl, but the Dallas Cowboys quarterback does not believe his team is far from winning a championship of its own.
«I feel like we've competed with the Eagles and beat them for the most part when we've played them,» Prescott said Tuesday after announcing the models for this year's Children's Cancer Fund gala that will be held April 11. «I don't want to say, 'Check the record,' when the other guy is holding the trophy, right? So credit to them. They've earned it and they deserve it by all means. But, yeah, [we're] very close.»
When asked how far the Cowboys are from doing what their NFC East rivals have done, Prescott also mentioned the Washington Commanders, who lost to the Eagles in the NFC Championship Game.
«Especially even watching the NFC Championship and those two teams — teams that we battle against each and every year a couple of times. As I said, [I] feel confident that we've gotten the better part each and every time. But just seeing such a dominating fashion [in Super Bowl LIX against the Kansas City Chiefs], credit to them. It's our turn and it's on us.»
The Cowboys have not played in a Super Bowl — or been to a conference title game — in 29 seasons. They are coming off a 7-10 finish in which Prescott played just eight games before having his season end because of a partial avulsion of his right hamstring.
In 2025, Prescott will play for his third different head coach — Brian Schottenheimer — in 10 seasons. Jason Garrett was his coach from 2016 to 2019, followed by Mike McCarthy from 2020 to '24.
«Super excited for him, this opportunity,» Prescott said of Schottenheimer, who served as the Cowboys offensive
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