Jerry Jones opens up about desire to win Super Bowl with Dak Prescott

The Dallas Cowboys (10-3) look and feel like a Super Bowl contender and only enhanced that belief by defeating their NFC East rival, the Philadelphia Eagles (10-3), 33-13, in Week 14 Sunday. The win was convincing, and the play of quarterback Dak Prescott was stellar — as it’s been over the last two months.

But when it comes to Prescott, the subject of discussion around him always comes back to one thing: Is he good enough to lead the Cowboys to their first Super Bowl title since 1996?

The answer is a resounding yes, if you were to ask Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones.

“Dak is a player who is qualified in every way to have a Super Bowl in his career,” Jones said after the game, via Jon Machota of The Athletic.

Prescott, who has played his way into the MVP conversation, completed 24-of-39 passes for 271 yards and two touchdowns in the win over Philadelphia. The Cowboys continue to pace the league in scoring, averaging 32.4 points per game. In 13 games this season, Prescott has thrown for 3,505 yards, 28 touchdowns and six interceptions on 69.3% passing. He is one of five quarterbacks to have a passer rating over 100.

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While an MVP Award may be on the horizon for the 30-year-old, Jones doesn’t believe he needs it to prove just how valuable he is to his team.

“First of all, as far as what it represents, which would be his importance to the team, he doesn’t have to win that award for me to know how important he is to our aspirations this year, where we are and where we’ve got a chance to go,” Jones said. “He’s got that kind of appreciation from I think everybody in this organization. It’s Dak evolving and working with [Cowboys head coach] Mike [McCarthy], [Cowboys offensive coordinator Brian] Schottenheimer and what we’re trying to do offensively and how he’s making those adjustments. 

“That represents his finest skill and quality, which is he can take your idea and my idea from a classroom to the practice field to the ballgame and execute it. He’s the best I’ve ever seen at taking it from there to there.”