Dak Prescott is not trying to soften what the last two seasons have felt like for the Dallas Cowboys, especially with a new NFL season now coming into view.
The Dallas Cowboys have spent the offseason trying to raise their floor after missing the playoffs in back-to-back years. Prescott remains the central figure in that push, and his message was not built around patience or excuses.
The quarterback knows the roster changes only increase the expectation. For Dallas, getting back to January football is being treated as the baseline rather than a bonus.
Dak Prescott admits Dallas Cowboys playoff misses ‘sucks’ before new NFL season
Prescott’s playoff message made clear how he views the Cowboys being out of the postseason picture for the last two years.
“You miss it for two years. Yeah, it sucks, definitely. But we’re pushing. That’s our goal. That’s a minimum,” Prescott said.
He added, “When you have a team like this, and they’ve done everything they have in the offseason, we just said, obviously, we’ve got to push and get better on offense.”
Prescott’s wording was telling because he did not frame the playoffs as a hopeful target. For a roster that has been reshaped with veteran additions and another offseason of pressure, he called the postseason the minimum standard.
The Cowboys’ recent failures have made that harder to ignore. Dallas has had plenty of regular-season expectations around Prescott before, but the next step is proving that the latest version of the roster can turn offseason ambition into January football.
Dak Prescott makes Quinnen Williams promise at the Dallas Cowboys
Quinnen Williams has given the Cowboys another reason to treat the playoffs as more than a talking point. Prescott said Williams made it known that he wants to experience the postseason, and the quarterback responded with a challenge of his own.
“But when we know we’re already improving on defense, that’s the minimum. It’s everybody’s goal in here. To hear Q say he’s never been to the playoffs, that’s what you want to do it for,” he continued.
“And that’s where I told him, I said, ‘I’ll get you the playoffs, and we need you to go help us win it,’” Prescott concluded.
The exchange captured the balance Prescott is trying to strike. He is accepting responsibility for getting Dallas back into the playoffs, while also making clear that Williams was brought in to help the Cowboys do more than simply get there.
Missing the playoffs has already reached the point where Prescott is willing to call it what it is. The Cowboys’ offseason moves have only raised the urgency around changing it.
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