Dak Prescott reveals how Cowboys executed surprise turkey leg kettle celebration

The Dallas Cowboys had the perfect touchdown celebration to fit with the Thanksgiving theme on Thursday. Following a touchdown pass from quarterback Dak Prescott to wide receiver KaVontae Turpin, the Cowboys rushed to the nearest Salvation Army red kettle and pulled out turkey legs wrapped in tin foil to take a few bites before returning to the sidelines.

The celebration was a hilarious spectacle but it also required quite a bit of advanced planning. Since the team didn’t know how the game was going to go, or even which side of the field they’d be scoring on if they got the opportunity to pull off the stunt, apparently, they had to put multiple turkey legs in multiple kettles around the field.

After the game, Dak Prescott revealed how he and his teammates pulled it off – and earned the approval from Mike McCarthy and Jerry Jones.

“We talked about it as probably a 2-3 daylong process of whether it be a 15-yard penalty and whether [coach Mike McCarthy] would accept it,” Prescott said. “I actually go talk to coach before every game and sure enough I caught him as he was talking to [Jerry Jones], and so I mentioned it. Of course, Jerry liked it so, yeah, at that point, my direction was just make sure we’re up and the game was in hand.”

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Cowboys pull off turkey leg TD celebration

The most critical part of the plan was establishing a lead large enough that there was no chance of the Commanders coming back. When Prescott found CeeDee Lamb for a touchdown early in the fourth quarter it seemed like a good opportunity, but given that McCarthy quickly wanted to go for the two-point conversion, the timing was off.

“If you watch I’m kind of like, ‘Is it time? Can we do it?'” Prescott said. “I’m like, ‘No, we’ll get another one.’ Sure enough, right after I threw the one to Turp I was like, ‘Yeah, let’s go for it.’ And so, it was good.”

Thanks to a 331-yard passing night from Prescott, the Cowboys moved to 8-3 on the season. The victory was his 10th career game with four touchdowns, tying Tony Romo for the most games with four touchdowns in Cowboys history.

“Pretty cool,” Prescott said about the achievement. “I can’t say I’ve been one to care for numbers, but watching this team growing up and being a Cowboys fan, it’s humbling. Coming in and spending my rookie year with Tony, growing up watching Tony, understanding all of the success he has, it’s pretty cool. I want so much bigger than personal records, though. I’m just gonna keep my head down and keep working.”