Dak Prescott admitted to shedding tears the morning after the Dallas Cowboys’ defeat to the Houston Texans.
Prescott is out for the season after suffering a serious hamstring injury in the Week 9 defeat to the Atlanta Falcons and had to watch the Cowboys’ latest loss – a 34-10 pasting by the Texans on Monday Night Football – from the sideline.
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It has been a rollercoaster few months for the All-Pro quarterback. He signed an NFL-record contract at the start of the season worth $240million but struggled for his best form before injury struck.
His replacement Cooper Rush has found things equally difficult under center with the Cowboys losing both games he has started by a combined 52 points.
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‘It all hit me – boom’
And Prescott admitted the situation got the better of him when he had time to reflect on Tuesday morning.
He told the Dallas Morning News: “The other day, after the game, I guess, it all just hit me.
“Boom, right. A couple of tears came down. This is going to hurt. It’s going to suck at times. You just have to understand this is one of the moments that it does. I don’t want anything right now other than to let it suck. It’s understanding and being able to voice that, ‘yeah, I’m blessed to be where I’m at.’’’
‘The toughest season I have ever had’
Prescott has reasons to smile in his personal life but says he has struggled to show his best on the field.
He added: “Off the field, it’s been some of the most joyous times I ever could have imagined, dreamed of. Having a child, getting engaged, starting a family. But then on the football field, it’s probably been as tough of a season as I’ve ever had. I’d probably say the toughest.
“Not playing up to my standards, turning the ball over more than I have. Just uncharacteristic. But at the same time, mentally feeling as well as I ever have about the game, as smart as I ever have, as sharp as I ever. Leaving some of those games mentally it was like, ‘man, I saw it the best and clearest I’ve ever seen it’ but maybe I didn’t execute that way or the team didn’t execute that way.’’
The 31-year-old is determined to bounce back and return stronger in 2025.
“There is a future,” he said. “I know which direction I’m headed in. I know I will be faster, stronger and better than I ever have by the way I will attack this.”
