Dak Prescott sees Cowboys overtaking Eagles after their Super Bowl win: ‘It’s our turn and it’s on us’
For the ninth consecutive year, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott will be a part of the Children’s Cancer Fund Gala in support of raising awareness and funds to battle cancer for the area youth. On Tuesday, he was on-hand for the reveal for the 35th anniversary children models for the gala that will take place in April.
As someone who lost his mother to cancer, seeing the fight on young children’s faces is why he continues to show up every year to participate in giving back.
“My job and my role in this is creating as much awareness as I can,” Prescott said. “Getting as much money gathered for research and development to give the doctors and scientists everything they need.”
Prescott always knew his impact was felt by the event, but it hit home for him when someone close to him said that he was once a part of the event when former Cowboys quarterback Quincy Carter was the face of the charity.
“We actually had a Cowboys equipment manager, worked with him for three to four years before I realized on his way out,” he said. “He wrote me a letter saying, ‘I appreciate you going and walking in that Gala, I was a member of it.’ He had a picture of him and Quincy Carter.”
The Cowboys are in a transition period back in Frisco, as Prescott will gear up to play for his third head coach since arriving in Dallas in 2016 after Brian Schottenheimer’s hire. As someone who has been a vocal supporter of Schottenheimer, Prescott is excited to see his new play-caller attack the task in 2025.
“Super excited for him, obviously worked with him for the past couple of years,” Prescott said. “I understand the type of coach he is, the type of man he is, how he approaches the game...He’s not going to take anything about this game lightly. He enjoys the work in it. I’m looking forward to the grind and some of the things we’re going to add.”
Questions sit in the air about what will be different under Schottenheimer given that he came as an extension of the Mike McCarthy era, but Prescott sees one big change coming offensively. It lines up with the recent hires that Dallas has made on the offensive side of the ball.
“We got to get to running the ball, being a little more consistent on that,” he said. “From there, looking at the numbers, I’ve always enjoyed play action pass, so just being able to get back to that. But to start with the run game, it will open up the rest of the offense.”
The change for Dallas comes at a critical time with the Philadelphia Eagles coming off a Super Bowl victory. Despite the Cowboys not making the playoffs in comparison, Prescott sees a reality where Dallas is on top instead soon.
“We’re very close,” he said. “To see [the Eagles] in such a dominating fashion, credit to them. It’s our turn and it’s on us.”
This story was originally published February 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM.
