Dallas Cowboys star quarterback Dak Prescott will miss the remainder of the season with an injury, but it sounds like he is fully aware that he wasn’t playing well before the injury, either.
During a recent interview with David Moore of the Dallas Morning News, Dak Prescott opened up a little bit about how he is feeling after the season-ending injury.
“The other day, after the game, I guess, it all just hit me,’’ Prescott said. “Boom, right. A couple of tears came down. This is going to hurt. It’s going to suck at times. You just have to understand this is one of the moments that it does. I don’t want anything right now other than to let it suck. It’s understanding and being able to voice that, ‘yeah, I’m blessed to be where I’m at.’’’
Prescott said that while this has been one of the best years of his life personally, it’s been one of the worst on the field.
“Off the field, it’s been some of the most joyous times I ever could have imagined, dreamed of. Having a child, getting engaged, starting a family. But then on the football field, it’s probably been as tough of a season as I’ve ever had. I’d probably say the toughest,” Prescott said.
Prescott acknowledged that even before the injury, he was playing uncharacteristically poorly.
“Not playing up to my standards, turning the ball over more than I have,” Prescott said. “Just uncharacteristic. But at the same time, mentally feeling as well as I ever have about the game, as smart as I ever have, as sharp as I ever. Leaving some of those games mentally it was like, ‘man, I saw it the best and clearest I’ve ever seen it’ but maybe I didn’t execute that way or the team didn’t execute that way.”
Before the injury, the 2024 season was statistically the worst season of Prescott’s career.
Of course, Prescott’s future with the team is assured after signing a four-year $240 million contract. But it’s clear that he isn’t happy with the way he performed this season.
We’ll have to see if he can bounce back next year.
