Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott has one goal left to accomplish.
Prescott is a four-time Pro Bowler, a former Offensive Rookie of the Year, and a former Second-Team All-Pro. He also owns several Cowboys franchise records. But the one thing left for the 32-year-old signal-caller is to take the Cowboys to a championship.
“Shoot yeah, that’s what’s left for me,” Prescott said at a charity event for his Faith Fight Finish Foundation over the weekend. “And that’s always been my mindset. That’s the one thing I truly love, I mean, truly love about the Cowboys organization and the fan base is, it’s that or nothing.”
Prescott made similar comments to fans during a live stream with rookie defensive back Caleb Downs last week.
“That’s the one thing I love about the Cowboys nation and being a player of the Cowboys is, it’s Super Bowl or bust. And truthfully, that’s the only reason you play this game. And so if that’s not your mindset, if that’s not your mindset as a fan, then to me, you don’t have the right passion. You’re not a true winner,” Prescott said, via the team’s official website.
“So absolutely, we’re working every day for it. … Whether it be competing away from the game or even in the game when we’re competing, that’s why we have players like Caleb, changed our defensive coordinator, that scheme, and super excited about what we’re going to offer you guys.”
Prescott said at the gala that he doesn’t want to play or even be associated with anyone who doesn’t share that mindset.
“If that’s not how you’re wired, if that’s not how you think, whether you’re a fan, whether you’re a player, whether you’re a coach, then I think you’re in the wrong business,” he said. “And honestly, I don’t want you on my team. So I love those expectations, and yeah, it'll always be that.”
In order to get the ’Boys to the promised land for the sixth time in franchise history, Prescott will need to lean on his defense and running game in addition to his own arm and receiving corps.
The Cowboys overhauled their defense in the 2025 season into the 2026 offseason. They traded edge rusher Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers last season, getting back defensive tackle Kenny Clark; they later traded for New York Jets defensive tackle Quinnen Williams.
At the end of the season, they fired defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus and hired former Philadelphia Eagles defensive backs coach and defensive passing game coordinator to replace him. In free agency, they signed defensive linemen Otito Ogbonnia and Jonathan Bullard, edge rusher Rashan Gary, linebacker Dee Winters, safeties Jalen Thompson and P.J. Locke, and cornerback Cobie Durant in free agency.
In the 2026 NFL Draft, the Cowboys drafted Downs with the 11th overall pick, then took edge rusher Malachi Lawrence with the 23rd overall pick. They took inside linebacker Jaishawn Barham in the third round, then cornerback Devin Moore and defensive lineman LT Overton in the fourth round.
The new additions will look to improve a defense that ranked 30th in yards allowed per game and dead last in scoring.
On offense, the Cowboys return every single starter from the 2025 season; their only notable addition was veteran wide receiver Marquez Valdez-Scantling.
The improvements the team has made give Prescott confidence that he can lead the team to Super Bowl LXI this February.
“Each year you think that, but when you have last year as we did, the offense that we did, and you make the changes, and you’ve got a great defensive coordinator, and you’ve got young guys, old guys, the great mix of vets with talent, and us understanding what needs to be done,” he said.
“And when you’ve got the vets that we do, how to approach each day and understand that is a journey. It is a process. It’s not going to happen in week one of training camp, but we’ve got to make sure we’re getting better. Every day, every moment we’re together.”
Prescott enters his 10th year in the NFL after being drafted by the Cowboys in the fourth round of the 2016 Draft. He won Offensive Rookie of the Year that year, and has since been a 4-time Pro Bowler and a Second Team All-Pro in 2023.
He is the Cowboys’ career leader in passing yards and completion percentage. He also owns the single-season records for passing touchdowns and most fourth-quarter comebacks.
