- - Dak Prescott says he won't sit out final 2 games, pledges to find new ways to help Cowboys bounce back in 2026

Andy BackstromDecember 24, 2025 at 4:05 AM

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The Dallas Cowboys are out of the playoff picture, but Dak Prescott invested in finishing what he started and turning over every stone to help the organization bounce back in 2026.

Prescott told reporters Tuesday that he won't sit out the final two games of the regular season.

"Absolutely not," the now-four-time Pro Bowl quarterback said after being asked a hypothetical question about what he'd tell Brian Schottenheimer if the first-year Cowboys head coach mentioned the idea of sitting the rest of the way, according to The Athletic's Jon Machota.

The 6-8-1 Cowboys are playing the 4-11 Commanders on Christmas Day this week.

"I’m not trying to be away from my family if I’m not going to get to play this game, and get to do something that I love at a high level, and finish a good individual season, I guess you could say, off strong," Prescott said, via Machota.

He continued: "You say 15 games under the belt, I want to make it 17, and just show that every chance I get out there, I’m just trying to play to my standard and expectations. And not only that, we were just talking about how important it is to stop this losing streak and finish the season off with two wins. So, yeah, I’d play and I’d fight [Schottenheimer] for it."

Fortunately for Prescott, he won't have to this week — Schottenheimer has spoken about being motivated to finish 5-1 in the NFC East and how his players are all about playing to win.

The Cowboys have lost three games in a row after a streak of three victories — including back-to-back wins over last year's Super Bowl teams, the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs — put them back in the spotlight.

As Prescott alluded to, he's enjoyed great individual success during the 2025 campaign. In his 10th season, the 32-year-old has already surpassed the 4,000-yard passing mark. He's piled up 28 passing touchdowns while establishing a rapport with wide receiver George Pickens, who is currently third in the league with 1,342 receiving yards.

But that's nothing new for Prescott. He led the NFL with 36 passing touchdowns in 2023. He was the league's Offensive Rookie of the Year in 2016.

He's been itching for a championship, just like everyone else in Dallas.

"We won't be back here in this spot," Prescott said Tuesday, per ESPN's Todd Archer.

Prescott added: "I feel like the last few times I've said that were playoff losses. Each year has its own troubles. Each year has its own highs, lows, ebbs and flows and everything within it. The importance is controlling what you can ... I'm going to do my damnedest, controlling what I can and as you get older, I think having more input, having more say so and being asked more questions from the front office. Maybe there's a little bit more that I can do, and it's not physically or me getting better at my game. Maybe it's speaking up and saying that this will help or I think this can help."

While the Cowboys are tied for third in the league with 6.0 yards per play and rank fifth with 28.3 points per game, they are second-to-last in the NFL with 30.3 points per game allowed and tied for 30th with 6.1 yards per play allowed.

Longtime owner and general manager Jerry Jones will go back to the drawing board this offseason, as the Cowboys' Super Bowl drought will reach 30 years this season.

"One year you can change the drought, and then you’re the latest to have gone to the playoffs or gone to the Super Bowl," Jones said Tuesday on Dallas' 105.3 The FAN, per Machota.

"So, I don’t pay any attention to 30 years this, 20 years that, when I know one good year will change it all, and you’d be at the top of the list. When you start looking at time, it’s easy for me to step up there and say, 'I can change that next year.' That’s what you’re wanting to do and that’s what our fans expect me to do, in my mind."

Prescott wants to effect that change, too.

"Whatever it takes," he said, via ESPN, "once again I'm going to do my damnedest and make sure that I'm influencing and encouraging everybody else around me, not just the players, to do the same."

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