Dallas Cowboys QB Dak Prescott praises CeeDee Lamb, Malik Davis’ big TD and more
The Dallas Cowboys defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 31-28 on Thursday at AT&T Stadium.
Quarterback Dak Prescott completed 27 of 39 passes for 320 yards and two touchdowns with an interception.
Here’s everything he said to the media after the game:
On if these wins [against the Eagles on Sunday and Chiefs on Thursday] are his two most impressive wins
“I’m not sure if I have honestly. On top of where we’ve put ourselves right before these games and just the place that we’re in of having to get these wins against two elite teams. I mean the two teams that played in the Super Bowl last year. Last year’s last year. But you’re talking about two organizations that obviously know how to win, and we just beat them both in two great games, as you said in four days, and just showing the resiliency of this unit, of this brotherhood on top of everything that we’ve been through. Yeah, I don’t know if there’s been two more impressive wins, but I can tell you right now that we’re not going to just sit on some high because of that. We know we’ve got a big one coming again next week. And all this really does for us is just give us more confidence knowing that we can go play with whoever.”
On if he savors beating Patrick Mahomes
”It’s a team game. I can’t say that. No, I can’t say that. Well, hopefully we can play again and hopefully we can play again on a bigger stage, in a more meaningful game sooner rather than later. He’s a hell of a player. You watch that game right there, and we got the ball at the end of the game and I knew we couldn’t give it back to him. You know how great he is, and it’s on his resume and we’ve all seen it before, and you just saw the drive before that their last drive, right, of the Mahomes magic. Yeah, he’s an incredible player. But the end of day, this is a team game. This isn’t necessarily me versus him. We both have a lot on us to go and help our teams win and do that, and I respect the hell out him.”
On his touchdown pass to Javonte Williams and subsequent 2-point conversion
“The first one, obviously understanding we got points, let’s be smart with the ball. They played a good coverage. They pretty much guarded everything that we had on the touchdown and just saw a lane try to step up in that lane and then a guy kind came off of a block, and from there Javonte kind of waved me down, showing me it was open and just backyard football. That play’s Javonte as much as it is me. Then the second one going to my front side of my progression didn’t work, and understanding it’s a 2-point conversion and we need it. I was just trying to make something happen with my feet. Felt like I escaped around the backside, was able to get out of that tackle. And when I did, GP [George Pickens] just gave me a great answer was just being right there at the front pylon and made a hell of a catch.”
On soreness after the game and the impact of winning
“There’s no soreness, especially when you win. And if anything I’ll probably feel it tomorrow, but it’s a physical game and I love that about the game of football. My offensive line did a hell of a job, as you said, that they didn’t get me sacked. This is pro ball playing against some amazing guys out there, and they’ve got their hands full, right? You’re blocking Chris Jones and some of those other guys, and I always tell them we work hand in hand. I’ve got their back just the same as they’ve got mine. So I think tonight was an example of that, of even if they weren’t perfect us together, we made it work and got the ball out. And if I take a hit here and there, so be it.”
On what has changed on defense
“Their confidence, and that grows when you go out there and you make the plays and you win the games that we have against the two quarterbacks that those guys just went and had outstanding performances against. It only grows further. And so their collective group, as I said that we made some changes and got some additions and they felt like we also got some guys healthy and came back. And so I think for a few weeks there it wasn’t even our defense. It wasn’t the defense that’s out there until now. We’ve got a group that’s very confident in who they are and what they’re doing and their communication, and you feel it throughout the week and just watching them go against the scout team and the rest that I do get to see. And then when you get out here on Sunday, they’ve just been impressive as hell. The biggest difference to me is just their third downs, the way they’re making plays, getting off the field on third downs, giving us opportunities, and that breeds confidence to us.”
On wide receiver CeeDee Lamb’s resiliency
“I told you it’s the way the guy’s wired. That’s what greatness looks like. You’re going to have days that you’re not proud of. You’re going to have days that aren’t to your standard, especially when your standard is as high as it is when you’re CeeDee Lamb. And I just know the way that he approaches this game, the way that he loves his game and what he puts into it. He was going to answer back, and hearing him in the postgame say whether it’s good or bad, my next game is my best game. That is the mentality, and he wears it. He practices that way, and it’s no surprise that he went out there and did what he did tonight. And obviously in the yards, the catches, the touchdown, but also drawing the penalties and just being unstoppable.”
On wide receiver KaVontae Turpin’s resiliency
“He’s a football player. Anything and everything you ask him to do, he is going to do it to a hundred percent. He’s the type of guy we take him out and switch to a different personnel because he was going to be on a tough block, he’s pissed. He wants to make that block, and he wants to show you. Let me show you I can make it before you just take me out because of my size. He’s a dog, and we love Turp. He’s one of the best, if not the best teammate that we have. I mean we call it Turpin time when we’re just going around and showing each other love like you saw in the pregame. And that’s something that we do every game that Schotty [head coach Brian Schottenheimer] brings. And that’s because of who Turp is, and you just watch him and the way that he picks guys up, the way that he stays positive, there’s no surprise that he’s going to bounce back because he’s always influencing other guys and helping them stay positive and bounce back from anything that they’ve done. Hell of a teammate.”
On momentum after winning three consecutive games
“We can be whatever we want to be. Everything’s in front of us. I just was telling the offensive that when we’re in those kneeldowns at the end of the game, but it’s not going to happen next Thursday. It’s going to happen Sunday when we get in the building. It’s just taking it one day at a time, putting everything in, understanding that we win during the week with our preparation and that we just get to come out here and play the game that we love and playing it free. All these wins, all they’ve done is just given us more and more confidence. And this brotherhood is as strong and as tight as I’ve been around and seen, and we’re playing elite complementary football right now. It’s not something that we can hang our hat on and say, yeah, we’ve done, but we can build off of it. We can be proud of what we’ve done, but we’ve got to push forward knowing that that’s all behind us. And what’s important is what’s in front of us. And anything that we’ve done up to this point really doesn’t matter. We’ve still put ourselves in a tough position. Doesn’t mean that we’ve got out of it just because the two teams that we’ve beat. Next week’s just as important as this game was.”
On increased urgency after the bye
“Most definitely. Simply because of what our record was at, and not only that, just where the league is and the NFC is right with the wins and those guys putting themselves ahead of us. It was ultimate urgency. As I’ve said before, we can’t even think about the day past the day that we’re on. We just have to take it one game at a time. We can’t get overwhelmed. Be the men that we are and trust the process, focus on getting better each day and we’ll be able to put together wins like we have these past three games. All these wins do is give us more confidence, like I said. It reminds guys to stick to the process. That this is just a result of what we do during the week and the brotherhood that we have.”
On confidence to throw it deep to Lamb late in the game
“I think that just speaks to the confidence that Schotty has in us, as much as anything. The coverage is what dictated CeeDee getting the big ball, but if they would’ve been soft, GP was going to be running a good crossing route and I had a great checkdown. So it’s just the confidence in Schotty to be able to call that play in that situation, knowing the guys that we have and understanding that I’ll do right with the ball. I think that’s the most important part of that play call. Obviously safety rolls down, it’s one-on-one now with CeeDee and CeeDee just goes and makes a play. Wasn’t that hard of a throw. And you’ve got a guy like that, right? You just put some air under it and let him go make the play, which he did. And so we’re confident in what we do and Schotty is going to call those type of plays when we’re in that situation. We want to win the game, and we’re not playing to lose.”
On high third-down conversion rate [9-for-16]
“I would guess, I would have to look at what those third-down distances are, but I’d say we’re probably winning first and second down. And I would say we’re putting ourselves in favorable third downs to have a number like that, 9-of-16. I would guarantee you we were more third-and-6 and under than we were seven and plus. So that’s just a testament to the offensive line, to everybody just doing their job one play at a time. That’s something that we echo on the sidelines, and this comes from [offensive coordinator] Klayton Adams, is do the next right thing and do right longer. And I echo that to the guys, and we all echo it, is do your one-eleventh and trust the man next to you. And so when you’re winning first and second down, you’re putting yourselves in favorable third downs. That’s where we’re going to have success. And so that’s where we want to be.”
On Schottenheimer’s leadership through these three games and Marshawn Kneeland’s death
“It’s been amazing. It has. And I just credit him for being the same, being consistent, and it’s something that he talks about, but to actually watch him be consistent and be the same man through the adversity and now through some success, right? He’s a hell of a leader. He’s the right guy for the job. We’re all following him. I know you all see clips of the emotions and guys follow him, but that’s just throughout the day. If you were in every team meeting, you would understand that’s who Schotty is. That’s the way he’s going to lead this group, and we’re going to follow. We’ve put ourselves with these wins and against these teams in a solid situation. But I know he’s going to continue to press us and sticking to the process. And like I said, Sunday when we go in, this won’t matter anymore. And that’s an echo from Schotty and that’s him doing a hell of a job through everything that we’ve been through to be honest.”
On the offensive line’s identity
“One in the run game, right? Establishing what they’re good at in the run game. And I don’t want to tell you whether it’s this scheme or that scheme that we’re good at, but they’re finding their groove in a certain scheme in certain plays and how we’re attacking these guys. And then to come out of a game like this without any sacks, they’re physical. They’re physical, they’re understanding their importance to this team. They’re understanding how much their collaboration of talking and their communication, what that does and how much the rest of the guys and the skill players feed off of it. And they’re an impressive group. And I told them that when we were kneeling at the end of the game. Just how thankful I am for them and just for them to keep going and when they keep going, they keep leading the way they are. We’ve got the playmakers to be special around, but it starts with those guys up front.”
On Malik Davis’ 43-yard touchdown
“I’m sure you can go check the film. I put my arm up early like the touchdown, and I don’t know if there’s a bigger fan in our locker room than me for Malik Davis. And you can ask some guys in there, whether it be Will Grier, whether it be some of the coaches. I’ve been a Malik fan since from day one, even when he was cut, I was a guy that was very disappointed. Understanding when you’re a player, you see guys behind the scenes and you see what they do and how they take care of their body and the way that they approach the game and how much the game means to them. And he’s an epitome of that. The guy came back when we signed him back, and you could just see the hunger in his eyes and the way that he approached the game to whether it’s just trying to make the roster at first and then making the roster just then being a dog on special teams because he would say, ‘Hey, that’s the only reps I get. I’ve got to make the most of it,’ to now that he’s gotten an opportunity in the backfield, it’s no surprise to me. And I’m just so excited for him. He’s reaping the benefits of the hard work that he puts in, but I can tell you he’s not satisfied. He’s going to keep working, and that’s why I love him and that’s why I’m such a fan of him.”
On having the full week before Detroit
“It’s important especially being the holiday, getting to hang out with the family, rest our body up for a couple of days, but we’re ready to get back to work. When you kind of flip the script and put together what we’ve done these last three games and play the complementary ball that we have. I know myself and I’m sure, and I hope the whole locker room is, right? They’re itching to get back to work. So it’s important for us to find balance in these next couple of days and stepping away from it, rejuvenating ourselves, but understanding when we come in Sunday, it’s go time. And like I said, we’ve got a hell of a game next Thursday against a really good team.”
On being healthy at this point in the season versus last season
“I’m thankful. I really am. I’m thankful. It’s not something that I want to boast upon. I’m just thankful to be healthy like I am. It’s credit to Luke, my personal PT, Dr. Luke Miller and just the rest of the staff, Britt Brown, all those guys, the strength staff, just the plan, not just myself, but the rest of the team, the way that they’re taking care of our bodies, especially during this last three games in 11 days that was strenuous on everybody, not just me. And so credit to everybody, Schotty, all of them in their collective decision and whether to practice, when to practice and the pace that we’re going at. I’m just thankful to be healthy. I’m just going to try to keep, do the next right thing, take care of my body and be ready to go next Thursday.”
This story was originally published November 27, 2025 at 10:52 PM.
