Cowboys’ Prescott refuses to sit final 2 games, vows ’26 rebound

FRISCO, Texas — As the Dallas Cowboys close out a disappointing 2025 season knowing they will miss the playoffs with two games remaining, Dak Prescott has a guarantee.

“We’re not coming back here to this place,” Prescott said Tuesday as the 6-8-1 Cowboys prepare for their game against the Washington Commanders on Christmas.

“I feel like the last few times I’ve said it’s been about playoff losses,” Prescott said. “Every year has its own problems. Every year has its own ups and downs and ebbs and flows and everything in it. The importance is to control what you can… I’m going to do my best, control what I can and as you get older I think I have more input, have more of a voice and are asked more questions from the front office. Maybe I can do a little more, and it’s not physically or I get better at my game. Maybe it’s speaking up and saying this will help or I think this can help Whatever it is, once again I’m going to do my best and make sure I influence and encourage everyone around me, not just the players, to do the same.

Prescott has no desire to miss the last two games. He didn’t even let a reporter finish his question about the possibility of sitting.

“Absolutely not, especially at Christmas,” he said.

He said he would fight coach Brian Schottenheimer if the decision was made to protect the Cowboys’ most valuable player.

“Especially right now, coming to this game, having the chance to play on Christmas Day, for the first time and also being away from my family,” he said. “I’m not trying to move away from my family if I don’t want to play this game and do something I love at a high level. [and] finish a good individual season, I guess you could say, strong… Fifteen games under my belt, I want to make it to 17.”

Prescott was named to the Pro Bowl on Tuesday for the fourth time in his career. He totaled 4,175 yards with 28 touchdowns and 10 interceptions.

“My success, that distinction is shared 100 percent with every one of those guys out there,” Prescott said of the locker room. “It’s pretty cool to be a Pro Bowler but at the end of the day, that’s not what we’re looking for.”