Everything Dallas Cowboys QB Dak Prescott said after win over Commanders
The Dallas Cowboys defeated the Washington Commanders 44-22 on Sunday at AT&T Stadium.
Quarterback Dak Prescott completed 21 of 30 passes for 264 yards and three touchdowns.
Here’s everything he said to the media after the game:
On the bandage on his hand entering the press conference
“It’s nothing. Just to take the swelling down. I usually throw my left hand to cover the ball when I get hit, and it usually takes a lot of helmets. Nothing unusual, honestly.”
On today’s offensive game
“It was great, explosive and fun. We saw the big plays and saw some drives that we put together. Our standards and expectations that we have for ourselves is very high, so we understand we’ve got the guys, the playmakers and the offensive line. The love that we have, you see it with the way the guys finish plays. Guys cover the ball, and the defense played very well tonight. When you do that, I think more of our games are going to look like this.
On how hard it is to stay patient during offensive plays
“It’s not hard. I’m a very present guy and I take pride in doing that, and it’s something that I practice. I do that by trying to play it play-by-play, each and every play and going through my reads. I know we talked about it earlier in the week, when you all are asking, ‘How do you not force it to those guys?’ And I say that’s on the coaches and we have multiple playmakers. Those are two dudes [CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens], and the other guys are as well. My point is wherever the ball goes, I’m confident when it leaves my hands that it’s going to be caught and a play is going to be made. After that, if that guy has a chance. When those two guys get it, it can be very explosive. I just want to stay on the field. That’s the other part that allows me to stay patient. I’m not trying to put the ball in harm’s way and throw an interception and then we’re sitting on the sideline. I want to be on the field playing this game.”
On the touchdown pass to CeeDee Lamb
“It wasn’t the route we were expecting. It built for him to run a deep cross right there. I go through read one, which was George [Pickens], then I see the big window where if he would’ve ran that route, he would’ve had a great play, not a touchdown. I looked to find CeeDee, and he’s got his hands up saying, ‘I’m here.’ At that point, I saw the safety or the corner to the right. I just put about everything I had on the line, understanding that I could just lob it up and both guys would be able to make a play and try to give them a chance. He took a good job taking two steps back and catching the ball and walked into the end zone. Once again, it was a play that’s not made unless you have confidence in the guy you’re throwing to and that guy is smart and understands the defense, understands the look, and understands he can take the opportunity. We were able to capitalize on that.”
On if he’s proud of the 13 touchdowns in the last four games or ball security
“I’m not sure. I think they go hand-in-hand to be honest. When you take care of the ball, you have more opportunities to score touchdowns, and that’s leading to that. Not counting the touchdowns, probably the interceptions being true. I couldn’t tell you how many touchdowns it was, but I can tell you that I hadn’t thrown an interception. I’m trying to be smart with it, but not hesitant, scared or cautious at the same time. I have tons of confidence in what I can do, where I can put it, and the guys that I’m throwing it to, so that’s just a result of that.”
On DaRon Bland’s pick-six giving him flashbacks of the 2023 season
“Right before, we called the group up, right up before pregame. I told DB yesterday that they throw the ball to him as much as they throw it to anybody. It was pretty cool to see that he got an interception and a touchdown. I put that juju up into the air, manifested it, and he went and did what DB does.”
On his success against Washington and if today was different
“I guess it was similar. I haven’t played them with the new DQ [head coach Dan Quinn] with Joe Whitt and the personnel they have on that team, but it was fun. I was confident with what I was seeing when you play them. Even with the new coaches, that’s a group that I’ve played against every day for three or four years or so. Understanding what they’re going to do and what they’re going to try to do. They got to us in the second quarter a little bit, a couple of drives we didn’t score. I got frustrated, but I know our standard and I knew that we knew we could run away with this game and we were trying to do it too fast. For me, it was focusing the guys in and taking it play-by-play like the scores were going to come. You hit that big play to CeeDee and everyone thinks let’s do that every play, and that just doesn’t happen. It was about just getting the guys focused, back engaged and understanding what they were going to give us. I think everybody did a good job on attacking them.”
On the next step with his play with Lamb on the offensive end
“Next step? Next game. To quantify it, I’m not really sure. It’s the next game, that’s what’s important for us and to us. Honestly, it’s Wednesday practice. Those guys aren’t by any means complacent or great and settled with what they’ve done. They want the ball. They have high expectations, we have high expectations for each other. Who knows that the next game is. I haven’t truly looked at the stats. I know GP [George Pickens] said he was a little short of 100, but my point being is who knows what we can accomplish. The sky is the limit. We’re just going to stay focused each and every day at getting better and growing our connection. Guess that’s the next step to continue to communicate to one another. Understanding why CeeDee took that, but talk about that beforehand so when it happens, it’s a bit faster.”
On his immense trust for Pickens in any one-on-one situation
“Yeah, I do. I threw one in the third quarter, and that’s a miss. I take that as a miss because of the way that guy’s able to play the ball in the air when I don’t give him a fair chance at it. I’m going to put that on myself. I know the first one I threw to him was a little underthrown and a little outside, but he goes and makes an unbelievable catch. Late hands in it, holding it off. And then, the one that led to the touchdown right before the first half. I just put that one out there and kept [Marshon] Lattimore in his back pocket and let it fall in. He has a great natural ability of late hands in the ball and holding the defender off, and that makes my job easier. The trust is through the roof.”
On the defense continuing to force turnovers
“For sure they can sustain this. They just did this with a lot of adversity. A lot of credit to them. A lot of guys were out, and the guys that got to play stepped up. That’s awesome to see. That’s credit to them, I’m proud of them, the coaches and everybody for buckling down and answering through the noise and the adversity. They’re not naïve to what they’ve been doing and to what everybody’s saying. They answered the bell. I most definitely think they can continue this. The energy is electric, and for us on offense, all we want to do is repay them and go score touchdowns.”
On running back Javonte Williams opening up the play action
“It’s huge. I’ve talked about it going back to the spring how important the run game is. It helps with the box count. You can run the game. They’ve got to load it. We can run the ball. They’ve got to load the box, and then you can take advantage of outside with the one-on-ones. Te’s [Javonte Williams] a very smart runner, obviously, but physical, patient and just does a hell of a job. It starts with the offensive line, them creating holes, and he knows where he needs to go and how he needs to set it up. That’s only gonna make us continue to get better, the more success we have on the ground.”
On homecoming and spending time with legends
“A lot of gratitude. I’m somebody who appreciates the history before them, the men who have played this game, that wore this uniform and particularly played this position and dealt with the success, the adversity. Roger’s [Roger Staubach] been a guy who from the day that I’ve got here has been so supportive. I remember my rookie year I was asked to sign a ball for him for his Christmas gift that his daughters were giving him, and that was one of those welcome to the NFL, pinch-me type moments for myself. Just as the years have grown, I mean he said it right there. I’ve got your support. I’m always pulling for you. I don’t want to bother you. I’m like, ‘Roger you’re never gonna bother me.’ Please. It’s something that I don’t take for granted, blessed to have his support. Being a Cowboys fan, seeing all those players down there, all it’s going to do is push you a little bit more. Love the history of this team, love everything that they’ve done, and as I told you before, I’m trying to chase a lot of those men and win a championship.”
On what he’s learned about his team through seven games
“We’re gonna keep fighting. We’re gonna keep fighting, and as I alluded to last week, we’re gonna find a way to win some of these close games. I know this one wasn’t necessarily in the fourth quarter, going back and forth, but that’s the difference. We’re gonna win some games like this, but when we flip the switch and we win those close games, a resilient group that loves one another. That’s gonna stick together and is explosive and we’re gonna play complementary ball more and more each week.”
On trusting Pickens
“When I throw a ball like that, it’s 80 to 90% chance of gaining yards at that point. And that’s why I say that one in the third quarter, I just didn’t quite give him a chance. That’s on me because there might be a PI [pass interference] or he might make one of those grabs that he’s been making so tons of confidence. They’ve resulted in, as you said, 135 yards of penalties and how many have they resulted in yards for him. It’s a very successful play for us, and if they’re gonna give it to us, we’re gonna keep attacking it.”
On his feeling on where the team is
“I was about to say I’m OK with where we’re at, but I guess I am. I have be, right? That’s the reality of it. We’re getting past the point where you can say it’s early and we’ve got ourselves in a position to compete and that’s most important. Nobody cares about your records in September, October. It’s November, December and on that really matters, so I think we’ve put ourselves in a great position. So we put ourselves in the position that we shouldn’t and we don’t need to be looking at what other teams are doing and watching their records. We need to put our head down and go to work Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and get better and understand that we control what we want to control, then it’s all in front of us. Being 3-3-1 we’re in a good spot. We’re right where we need to be playing a game like this that was so complementary on both sides of the ball. I don’t know how anybody in that locker room can’t have confidence and excited to get to work tomorrow.”
On if Pickens and Lamb are his best wide receiver tandem
“It’s up to y’all to decide. Dez [Bryant] was just in there, too, so don’t say that too loud. Those dudes are unbelievable. They are and that’s credit to them. That’s credit to the way they show up and work each and every day. That’s credit to the standard that they have for themselves. That’s credit to the love they have for one another, the way that they push one another. They definitely are.”
On the reason for his impressive four-game stretch
“A lot of things coming together. It’s all the work that I’ve put into this. Personally, a lot of offseason work to the team getting together in the spring, to training camp. Success through these last few games is just only growing the confidence. I know who I am. I feel great throwing the ball. When you got pass catchers like those two guys, CeeDee, Turp [KaVontae Turpin], [Jalen] Tolbert, Flo [Ryan Flournoy] that are making plays and taking advantage of their opportunities whenever they come. I’m just gonna keep pushing myself to get better. You’ve been around, you understand that, that’s all I want to do. It’s not about the results. It’s about how great can I be and how much better can I get from one day to the next. So I’m as excited as anybody to get in there tomorrow and clean up mistakes from this one and push forward and get ready for the next game.”
On if this is the most fun he’s had
“I don’t know if I have. Not a knock to any other group that I’ve been a part of, but the chemistry, the camaraderie, the trash talking, the emotions and passion of this unit. It’s there as much as I’ve ever seen it. Sure, we’ve got some youth that’s probably a big part of it. But we’ve got guys who just work their tails off every day, and I say it all the time, confidence is earned. You don’t just wake up and say, yeah, I know I can do this. No, you gotta go do that, prove it to yourself and then you feel good about talking about it and walking the walk. So this group practices the right way, and they’ve earned the confidence and they go out there and we play with it and it’s fun. It really is fun. It’s in a collaborative effort, and it’s not about me. It’s not about any one person in that group. It’s about the way that we all play for one another, doing our one-eleventh each play and seeing what the result is afterwards.”
On hearing about what Lamb and Pickens have said about his hot streak and what that means to them
“It’s awesome. It’s something I don’t take for granted, but they’re not telling y’all anything that they don’t tell me. We’re out there on the field, and they’re telling me that I’m the best to do it. They know how important that is, and they want me to take those heat checks and throw it to them. That just reminded me to give them a chance. That’s the love that I’m talking about and the expectations and the standard that I’ve alluded to when I say that we all believe in one another. We understand that we can only do so much alone, but together, we’re a hell of a group.”
On playing Commanders QB Jayden Daniels and if the Cowboys’ offense could be considered one of the most dangerous in the league come December
“Yeah, I don’t see why not. I mean that’s definitely our standard and something that we talk about as a group. It’s not necessarily putting pressure on us, but it’s just the way that we work and the players that we have. With good fortune and good health, I don’t see why this group won’t be one of the best. Yeah, for Jayden, a young player. Obviously, I watched him last year all throughout the year, especially in my time being hurt. Very talented, throws the ball super fast. His stop-and-go is ridiculous, him and [Ravens QB Lamar Jackson] both, right? I wish I had that. I mean I ran to the sideline one play and somebody grabbed me, and I was scared, I didn’t know what was going to happen. But point being, I wish I could slow down and speed up like that and put defenders on skates. Impressive player. I know he’s getting coached by the right man over there, and he’ll only get better and better.”
On who won the pregame dance off between backup QB Joe Milton and Pickens
“I think Joe was really setting the stage, giving the alley oop to George. He was just the opening act for George. I won’t say there’s a winner. That was just a cool moment. The energy was great in pregame. Lot of guys were just dancing throughout pregame. Usually they’re waiting for me to make a speech at that point. I was just like, ‘Hey, let’s keep dancing.’ I’d say maybe Joe won, ‘cause I just threw him out here. Like, hey Joe, start dancing. He took the lead, got it going and then GP jumped in. That was really just a way to tell guys to stay loose. Like play free, you’re confident. I see it, I feel it. You’ve earned that. Stay right here where we are, let’s play for the brother next to us, and that’s exactly what the group went out and did.”
On what it says about this group to have that kind of moment right before kickoff
“That’s just who we are. If you’re around the guys throughout the locker room, at practice, I mean that’s just who we are. That was more of a moment, I guess, for you guys than anything. That’s George, Joe, CeeDee, everybody. myself, I even tried to at times, I’m getting better at dancing. That’s just part of practice and part of the energy that we carry into our workday. It was cool just do it before a game. That’s my point of just be the same guys that we are at practice. We put in the right work, we do it with the right intentions. So you should have fun when you’re doing that. Schottenheimer always mentions that. Sunday is a celebration. It’s a celebration of all the hard work that we put in throughout the week. No reason to play tight. Be free, let it go and fly around. Everybody did that, not just offense, but the whole team.”
On his pregame outfit and his thoughts on tight end Jake Ferguson’s performance (two TDs)
“Yeah, super proud of Jake. Obviously, I know how frustrating and hard I guess last season was throughout the year, not getting a touchdown, and even those first couple of games. It’s a guy that works as hard as anybody, and speaking of just intentions, being very intentional on his routes and his blocking and making sure he’s communicating with me on certain routes and where do I want him to be and what do I expect from him. It’s no surprise, and I’m super proud of him. He told me he had ordered the jersey [Prescott’s high school jersey]. I didn’t know it came in already, and I didn’t know he was going to wear it to the game. What was great was that we just happened to walk into the stadium together, so when I saw it, got hyped.”
On if he expects other wide receivers to start wearing more of the jerseys
“I told him pregame, listen I’m definitely throwing you some. I’m definitely getting you a couple. Thankful that the defense allowed him to get a couple touchdowns, and Schotty’s play calling, so it all worked out. But, yeah, it was cool. He’s a hell of a player, as I’ve mentioned before, and he’s only getting better each and every game. The touchdowns are going to keep rolling.”
This story was originally published October 19, 2025 at 11:50 PM.
