Prescott: ‘I plan for this to be the golden year’

OXNARD, Calif. — Coming into his seventh season because the Dallas Cowboys’ quarterback, Dak Prescott turns 29 on Friday.

“It will likely be the golden birthday,” Prescott mentioned Thursday after apply. “I plan for this to be the golden 12 months.”

Mike McCarthy coached two Tremendous Bowl-winning quarterbacks with the Inexperienced Bay Packers in Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers, who received the title with McCarthy after the 2010 season, and he believes Prescott has Tremendous Bowl traits.

“That is Dak Prescott’s offense and I feel you see him taking possession of that as a result of on the finish of the day, protection wins championships, however the Tremendous Bowl is received by the quarterback. In case you take a look at it statistically, that is my opinion,” McCarthy mentioned. “That is how I view the journey and the imaginative and prescient of the way you put together your workforce and what your workforce must appear like. And I feel he is a man that emulates precisely what you are searching for, as a result of he is at all times seeking to enhance in all of the areas.”

Prescott, who has one playoff victory in his first six seasons because the starter, mentioned he thinks about profitable a Tremendous Bowl “lots,” particularly taking part in for a franchise that received titles with Corridor of Famers Roger Staubach and Troy Aikman.

“I imply clearly understanding the quarterbacks that performed particularly for this workforce and understanding their legacy and those that we maintain on the highest normal are those which have Tremendous Bowl rings,” Prescott mentioned. “It begins there for me, making an attempt to fill the footwear of these guys which have come earlier than me and do one thing for this group that hasn’t been completed in a very long time.”

The Cowboys haven’t received a Tremendous Bowl since 1995, they usually have received simply 4 playoff video games since. Prescott has a 1-3 playoff report, together with final season’s disappointing wild-card spherical loss to the San Francisco 49ers.

By his seventh season because the full-time starter, Staubach had two Tremendous Bowl wins and two different appearances. Aikman received three Tremendous Bowls in his first seven seasons in Dallas. Danny White and Tony Romo handled the pressures of not delivering a Tremendous Bowl in following Staubach and Aikman whereas placing up Professional Bowl numbers.

Prescott, who set the Cowboys’ report for landing passes in a season final 12 months, understands.

“I feel whenever you join this place, relying on how early you get on this place, you perceive that comes with it,” Prescott mentioned. “If you win video games, generally credit score — you give us an excessive amount of credit score — so it is reciprocated the identical means. When you do not win video games, it goes on our shoulders generally and that is OK. I am a man that can take it every time. Take the great with the unhealthy and simply proceed to assist my workforce, assist all 53 who will take part within the recreation, however as Coach says it takes greater than that. It takes the entire unit, the entire group. I do not actually fear about the place the criticism or blame or any of that goes.”