Dak Prescott wearing a Super Bowl ring? A former Dallas Cowboys wide receiver that played with him thinks it would've happened by now if he was only on a different team.
Brice Butler—who played for the Cowboys from 2016 to 2018—joined the Go Long TD podcast hosted by Tyler Dunne and discussed playing for Prescott in his early years in the NFL.
"I think there's just so much with the Cowboys organization that goes into what happens and what product gets put on that field," Butler said when asked if Prescott is a Super Bowl-caliber quarterback. "It almost seems disingenuous to say that a quarterback is the reason why the team can't make it."
According to Butler, it's unfair to pose a question like "Can Dak take a team to the Super Bowl?" because in Dallas, there's so much going on around the actual sport that no other quarterback would be able to overcome it. Not even three-time Super Bowl champion and two-time NFL MVP Patrick Mahomes.
"What quarterback in the NFL can take the Cowboys to the Super Bowl? Tell me [. . .] Even if Pat Mahomes is the Dallas Cowboys quarterback and just say Dak was in Kansas City, I say Dak goes to the Super Bowl at least one time and Pat doesn't," Butler confidently stated on the show.
"It's bigger than football in Dallas. Yes. It's bigger than football in Dallas," Butler added. "Like, you're in a situation to where – If you don't go to the Super Bowl, the team or the organization, that Star is still going to bring in six billion a year or whatever they bring in. And they're not really tripping. Whereas other organizations, a lot of these just like owners [stay]out the way, like they're letting the business be the business. It's like if you don't make it, there's a problem."
Earlier in the show, Butler pointed out how Mike McCarthy isn't the Cowboys head coach because he turned out the team's offer, not because the team straight up kicked him out the door. It was a part of a larger point as to how other franchises have a higher sense of urgency to win.
It's frankly hard to disagree with his point. Even if new HC Brian Schottenheimer works out in the end, it's tough to defend a coaching search process that consisted of four interviewed candidates and excluded the top names of this year's cycle such as Aaron Glenn and Ben Johnson.
The irony is entering the 2025 NFL season, Prescott is the biggest glimmer of hope when it comes to the Cowboys' chances. If the team is going to make it deep into the playoffs, it'll likely have to be because of the quarterback.
But Butler's words aren't anything new. For one more year, Dallas will try to kill the narrative that's known to be a reality by fans and media members. Football is rarely the priority in the building. Let's see if that changes with a new head coach in town.
