Dak Prescott said he is fully healthy after participating in Cowboys’ off-season activities and is ready to go for training camp following his hamstring surgery.
In movies, WWE, and other good vs. evil narratives, a character’s “biggest nemesis” is typically their primary and most formidable adversary, often referred to as their archenemy. This is the character who consistently opposes the protagonist, serving as a central obstacle to their goals and motivations. In many cases, the archenemy’s presence is crucial to the protagonist’s development and the unfolding of their story arc.
For the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles, that guy is Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott. Say what you want about Prescott’s postseason struggles, but the veteran signal-caller has dominated the Eagles and the NFC East since entering the NFL.
During his free football camp for Texas youth, Prescott told Todd Archer and others in the media that he was healthy after missing the bulk of last season with a torn hamstring.
Following the Eagles’ Super Bowl win over the Chiefs, Prescott presented some early bulletin board material when he referenced his success against Philadelphia.
“I feel like we compete with the Eagles. We beat them, for the most part, when we played them,” Prescott said Tuesday (h/t The Athletic’s Jon Machota.) “I don’t want to say, ‘Check the record,’ when the other guy’s holding a trophy right now. So credit to them, they’ve earned it, and they deserve it, by all means.”
It was a brash and confident statement, but the quarterback told no lies.
Prescott is 9-4 against the Eagles, and his career record as a starter is 76 wins and 46 losses, with an impressive 33 wins and eight losses against the NFC East.
The Eagles and Cowboys are on a collision course. On September 4, Philadelphia will lift another Super Bowl banner and kick off the 2025 NFL season against its hated rivals.
The Week 1 matchup will mark the 133rd meeting between the NFC East rivals. The Cowboys own a 74-58 edge all-time, but Philadelphia completed its first sweep of Dallas last season since 2011. Nick Sirianni’s team did it resoundingly, setting a franchise record for the best point differential against Dallas in a single season, winning twice by a total of 62 points (75-13). The previous record was 58 points, set in 1961.
They’ll need to do it this season with Prescott back in the lineup.
