{"id":25794,"date":"2025-02-13T09:10:50","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T09:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=25794"},"modified":"2025-02-13T09:10:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T09:10:50","slug":"breaking-cowboys-qb-dak-prescott-hit-with-backlash-over-latest-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=25794","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING : Cowboys QB Dak Prescott Hit With Backlash Over Latest Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"l-article__header\"><\/header>\n<div class=\"l-article__meta\">\n<div class=\"l-article__meta-item l-article__meta-item--dates\">\n<ul class=\"c-meta c-meta--post c-meta--list c-meta--dates\">\n<li class=\"c-meta__item c-meta__item--updated\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__content\">\n<div class=\"c-content entry-content\">\n<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2184055833-e1739389760722.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2184055833-e1739389760722.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2184055833-e1739389760722.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2184055833-e1739389760722.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Dak Prescott of the Dallas Cowboys.\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" data-img-load-time=\"903\" data-dom-ready-time=\"1089\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-post-image-caption-text\">Dak Prescott of the Dallas Cowboys.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Dak Prescott is taking heat over saying that he feels that the\u00a0Dallas Cowboys\u00a0are \u201cvery close\u201d to contending for a Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>Prescott and the rest of the Cowboys watched on Sunday as the Philadelphia Eagles hoisted the Super Bowl trophy, beating the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22. The Cowboys quarterback spoke to reporters\u00a0on Tuesday and shared his thoughts on their division rival.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like we\u2019ve competed with the Eagles and beat them for the most part when we\u2019ve played them,\u201d\u00a0Prescott said. \u201cI don\u2019t want to say, \u2018Check the record,\u2019 when the other guy is holding the trophy, right? So credit to them. They\u2019ve earned it, and they deserve it by all means. But, yeah, [we\u2019re] very close.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_1_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-1 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_1\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Cowboys had reeled off three consecutive 12-win seasons before stumbling to a 7-10 record this year. Prescott missed nine games with a hamstring injury that required surgery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEspecially even watching the NFC championship and those two teams \u2014 teams that we battle against each and every year a couple of times. As I said, [I] feel confident that we\u2019ve gotten the better part each and every time,\u201d Prescott said. \u201cBut just seeing such a dominating fashion [in Super Bowl LIX against the Chiefs], credit to them. It\u2019s our turn, and it\u2019s on us.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_2_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-2 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_2\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Smith: Cowboys QB Dak Prescott is \u2018Delusional\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Prescott\u2019s statement on the Cowboys being close didn\u2019t sit well with some, including ESPN talking head Stephen A. Smith.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClearly delusional,\u201d\u00a0Smith said. \u201cThis is Dak Prescott, when has he not been delusional? I mean, we\u2019ve seen evidence of this time and time again from this guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prescott has piled up regular season wins and has even been in the MVP conversation at times. However, the Cowboys have lacked postseason success and have not advanced to the NFC Championship game since the 1995 season. Prescott is 2-5 in the postseason.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_3_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-3 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_3\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cHe just needs to go some place and be quiet. The fact of the matter is that right now, the reigning, defending Super Bowl champions are in the NFC East, Philadelphia Eagles. The team they beat in the NFC Championship game are the Washington Commanders who has the offensive Rookie of the Year in Jayden Daniels who was nothing short of sensational,\u201d Smith said. \u201cWe have a situation where Dak Prescott is entering his tenth year and a guy that was drafted in the second round has been to two Super Bowls and won one now. And a rookie has been to an NFC Championship game in his first year.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_4_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-4 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cBut Dak Prescott has been in the league for 10 years and ain\u2019t been to an NFC Championship game. But he talking. You\u2019d think you wouldn\u2019t be so tone deaf, have the decency to recognize your position and say \u2018I might need to shut the hell up.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Dak Prescott Feeling Good After Surgery<\/h2>\n<p>If the Cowboys hope to have any level of success, it will hinge on Prescott returning to form. Prior to his\u00a0season-ending injury,\u00a0Prescott had passed for 1,978 yards, 11 touchdowns, and eight interceptions.<\/p>\n<p>Prescott has been rehabbing and trying to get right for next season. He\u2019s confident that he\u2019ll be ready to roll next season.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_5_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-5 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cMy health is good, doing a lot more, getting there,\u201d Prescott said. \u201cI think I\u2019m what, 12 weeks or so out of surgery right now. I\u2019m really looking to amp it up here recently. Got all my confidence, and we\u2019ll be fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Images Dak Prescott of the Dallas Cowboys. 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