All but the most devout and delusional Dallas Cowboys fans agree that the team is pretty dysfunctional right now. They’ve been thoroughly lapped by the Philadelphia Eagles, and they were passed by the Washington Commanders this year in the NFC East hierarchy.

Don’t tell Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott that. Prescott claims the team is “very close” to winning their first Super Bowl in 30 years, despite evidence to the contrary.

Dallas was actually pretty darn good from 2021-2023, going 12-5 each season and winning a playoff game in the second of those three years.

But, 2024 showed huge regression from the franchise. Prescott missed the last half of the season with an injury, but they weren’t particularly good with him, either, and they finished 7-10.

When you consider that Prescott signed a huge contract extension prior to the season that made him football’s highest-paid player, 7-10 seasons with a declining roster aren’t going to cut it.

But, Prescott doesn’t think Jerry Jones and Dallas are far off from the franchise’s sixth Lombardi Trophy. Here’s ESPN with more.

“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.”

Oddmakers disagree.

Their odds are around the 20th-best next year to win the Super Bowl at around 55-1, depending on what sportsbook you go to. Needless to say, people do not think that they are contenders.

That being said, you’d want your franchise quarterback to say this. If Dak Prescott isn’t thinking that they are contenders, that’s a problem.