The Dallas Cowboys missed the postseason cut for a second consecutive season in 2025 and extended their Super Bowl drought to over 30 years in the process.
Dak Prescott will turn 33 before the start of next season, and he’s never even come close to sniffing a Super Bowl berth during his decade-plus in Dallas. Nonetheless, the star quarterback remains optimistic about the future.
Dak Prescott remains optimistic about the future in Dallas
When asked what’s ahead for him at the conclusion of the ’25 campaign, Prescott needed just one word.
"Greatness," Prescott said, before elaborating. "I'll work every day and bust my ass in the gym, in the way that I take care of my body, throwing on the field, to do everything that I can. I don't expect any different than this past year and that's to be better than I was this year.
"I think over my career, the track record somewhat proves that,” he added. “For me, it's just continuing to work. I don't know if there's many that work as hard as me or as intentional as me. And so I pride myself in that and I look forward to getting back to that here."
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Individually, Prescott had a stellar season in 2025. He was named to his fourth Pro Bowl after throwing for 4,552 yards and 30 touchdowns. Unfortunately for Dallas, Prescott’s productive individual play didn’t translate to overall team success, which has been a theme throughout his career.
Prescott thinks that he played arguably the best ball of his career this season, and he doesn’t even think that he’s reached his ceiling. Perhaps that’s where his optimism regarding the future stems from.
"It's exciting knowing in Year 10 I'm playing my best, and I'm only going to get better in my mind about the way that I work and what I put into this game," he said.
According to ESPN, no full-time starting quarterback has made the Super Bowl with the team that drafted him for the first time after his 10th season in the league since 1980. So, the odds are against Prescott ever making it to the Big Game with the Cowboys at this point in his career, but that obviously won’t stop him from trying.