{"id":84779,"date":"2025-08-28T13:52:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T13:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84779"},"modified":"2025-08-28T13:52:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T13:52:40","slug":"hello-dallas-cowboys-qb-dak-prescott-your-legacy-is-calling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84779","title":{"rendered":"Hello, Dallas Cowboys QB Dak Prescott? Your legacy is calling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sift through the Dallas Cowboys\u2019 top storylines leading up to Week 1, and there isn\u2019t much mention of quarterback Dak Prescott.<\/p>\n<p>The contract negotiation stalemate between Jerry Jones and Micah Parsons, and the Cowboys\u2019 Netflix documentary \u201cAmerica&#8217;s Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys\u201d have dominated the news cycle surrounding the NFL\u2019s most popular franchise.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>A stark contrast from a year ago when Prescott was embroiled in contract extension negotiations. Now Prescott is entering Year 10 and currently holds the title of highest-paid player in the NFL (in terms of average annual salary).<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s hard to believe Prescott is a few days away from beginning his 10<sup>th<\/sup> season as the Cowboys starting QB. Prescott is 36 touchdown passes away from breaking the franchise record and with 2,747 passing yards this season he\u2019ll become the team\u2019s all-time passing leader.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, I\u2019m aware of it,\u201d Prescott answered this offseason when asked if he knows of the team records he\u2019s approaching. \u201cI didn\u2019t know of the touchdowns necessarily. I knew the yards were coming upon. I don\u2019t want to stop there. It would be awesome. It\u2019s going to be cool, I should say, but that\u2019s not the end goal. I plan to have many more seasons, touchdowns (and) yards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomething that I felt like I should be doing. It would be something that\u2019s cool to have but not anything that weighs on me or that I\u2019ll carry and be like, \u2018Job well done on.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Prescott tossed a career-high and league-leading 36 touchdowns in 2023 and has six 3,000-yard passing seasons. He has a decent shot of breaking at least one of the franchise records if he remains healthy this season. The addition of George Pickens to pair with CeeDee Lamb should only bolster his chances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou see their ability to separate and contested balls and things like that,\u201d Cowboys first-year coach Brian Schottenheimer said to reporters of Pickens and Lamb. \u201cThose guys, you don\u2019t have to do much to get them open\u2026Those two guys, they just feed off each other. It shows you when you have one on one side and one on the other, it\u2019s pretty daunting for a defense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But leading the league in passing yards and breaking franchise records isn\u2019t what motivates the 32-year-old quarterback.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/PFLL2cdsZohiuaG9yPncqg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/usa_today_sports_articles_558\/2849335429c21e01c8dd90090e0778ed\" alt=\"Hello, Dallas Cowboys QB Dak Prescott? Your legacy is calling\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" data-nimg=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><dialog aria-label=\"Image Lightbox\" aria-modal=\"true\"><\/dialog><\/div><figcaption>Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott throws the ball on July 22.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prescott and the Cowboys watched their NFC East rival, Philadelphia Eagles, win Super Bowl 59. The Eagles have won two Super Bowls since Prescott became the Cowboys starter in 2016. Prescott\u2019s won just two playoff games in that span.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving fun and winning a Super Bowl, period. That\u2019s what I want. That\u2019s what I want from this game, and I know that\u2019s what everyone wants in this locker room. We have a head coach who I know is hungry for it,\u201d Prescott said. \u201cThat\u2019s what\u2019s on my mind 10 (years) in and ready to play another 10 (years). I want that first and foremost now. That is the urgency that I carry with the love and the passion of this game, not only wanting to win for myself but wanting to win for this organization. It been damn long enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>MORE: <\/strong>Micah Parsons filed grievance over fifth-year option salary<\/p>\n<p>Prescott\u2019s 76 career regular-season wins are the fourth most by any QB in franchise history and he\u2019s registered a 33-8 record against NFC East opponents. Yet he\u2019s part of the Cowboys\u2019 30-year Super Bowl drought. He\u2019s just 2-5 in the postseason.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are gonna criticize him because of the playoff performance, and rightfully so. I love Dak and I\u2019m with him. I\u2019ve been with him. Everybody knows how talented he is. Arm talent, he has everything. He\u2019s real smart, he\u2019s a leader. The leadership is unquestioned. He has his team ready to run through a wall for him,\u201d Lamb said to reporters. \u201cI know we are gonna have a good one this year, though, that\u2019s for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>What constitutes a good year for the Cowboys?<\/p>\n<p>Not the individual records or the team\u2019s constant presence in the news cycle. It\u2019s dethroning the Eagles on the way to reaching the pinnacle of the sport. Something the Cowboys haven\u2019t done in three decades.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow USA TODAY Sports&#8217; Tyler Dragon on X\u00a0@TheTylerDragon<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Is this the year Dallas Cowboys QB Dak Prescott changes his legacy?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quarterback Dak Prescott is closing in on several Cowboys franchise records as he enters Year 10. Is this the year he finally reaches a Super Bowl?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":84780,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[87,89,54,3352,306,264,118,327,974],"class_list":["post-84779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","tag-ceedee-lamb","tag-dak-prescott","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-franchise-records","tag-george-pickens","tag-jerry-jones","tag-micah-parsons","tag-philadelphia-eagles","tag-the-cowboys"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Hello, Dallas Cowboys QB Dak Prescott? Your legacy is calling - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84779\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hello, Dallas Cowboys QB Dak Prescott? Your legacy is calling - NEWS USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Quarterback Dak Prescott is closing in on several Cowboys franchise records as he enters Year 10. Is this the year he finally reaches a Super Bowl?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84779\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NEWS USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-28T13:52:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/avtvip-51-6.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"MrThanh\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"MrThanh\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84779\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84779\",\"name\":\"Hello, Dallas Cowboys QB Dak Prescott? Your legacy is calling - NEWS USA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84779#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84779#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/avtvip-51-6.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-28T13:52:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-28T13:52:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/850fd1b8bcb1d322b7f0a04b3d2f18ec\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84779#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84779\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84779#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/avtvip-51-6.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/avtvip-51-6.jpg\",\"width\":900,\"height\":900},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84779#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Hello, Dallas Cowboys QB Dak Prescott? Your legacy is calling\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/\",\"name\":\"NEWS USA\",\"description\":\"Your Daily Dose of Sports News and Updates\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/850fd1b8bcb1d322b7f0a04b3d2f18ec\",\"name\":\"MrThanh\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8c8f2d90ff2a21a61a5e6bc0619622a5021fc65353885d9d7b3db1c8c7c1ca8d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8c8f2d90ff2a21a61a5e6bc0619622a5021fc65353885d9d7b3db1c8c7c1ca8d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"MrThanh\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?author=6\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Hello, Dallas Cowboys QB Dak Prescott? Your legacy is calling - NEWS USA","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84779","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Hello, Dallas Cowboys QB Dak Prescott? Your legacy is calling - NEWS USA","og_description":"Quarterback Dak Prescott is closing in on several Cowboys franchise records as he enters Year 10. Is this the year he finally reaches a Super Bowl?","og_url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84779","og_site_name":"NEWS USA","article_published_time":"2025-08-28T13:52:40+00:00","og_image":[{"width":900,"height":900,"url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/avtvip-51-6.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"MrThanh","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"MrThanh","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84779","url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84779","name":"Hello, Dallas Cowboys QB Dak Prescott? Your legacy is calling - NEWS USA","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84779#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84779#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/avtvip-51-6.jpg","datePublished":"2025-08-28T13:52:40+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-28T13:52:40+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/850fd1b8bcb1d322b7f0a04b3d2f18ec"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84779#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84779"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84779#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/avtvip-51-6.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/avtvip-51-6.jpg","width":900,"height":900},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84779#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hello, Dallas Cowboys QB Dak Prescott? Your legacy is calling"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/","name":"NEWS USA","description":"Your Daily Dose of Sports News and Updates","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/850fd1b8bcb1d322b7f0a04b3d2f18ec","name":"MrThanh","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8c8f2d90ff2a21a61a5e6bc0619622a5021fc65353885d9d7b3db1c8c7c1ca8d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8c8f2d90ff2a21a61a5e6bc0619622a5021fc65353885d9d7b3db1c8c7c1ca8d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"MrThanh"},"url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?author=6"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84779"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84781,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84779\/revisions\/84781"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/84780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}