Ben DiNucci isn’t exactly a household name outside of Dallas or Seattle (go sea dragons), but that didn’t stop the former Cowboys quarterback from weighing in on Dak Prescott’s upcoming season via social media:
If the Dallas Cowboys can stay healthy on offense.
— Ben DiNucci (@B_DiNucci6) July 30, 2025
Watch out.
Could be a career year for Dak.
Cool... and then what?
While it was nice praise, it still sounds like one of the emptier endorsements you'll hear all year. Because really, what is anyone supposed to do with that? If Prescott plays well, then what? The Cowboys lose in the Divisional Round again, but he looks good doing it?
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At some point, someone needs to say it louder: “Career year” for Dak doesn’t mean anything unless it comes with playoff success. He's not in the talent conversation, but he's in the playoff conversation with Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen as guys who can't get over the playoff hump. The problem isn't what he does in October, it's what he does in January. And New York Giants fans (and everyone else) are painfully aware of it.
Giants fans know better than to buy into Dak Prescott playoff hype
It's not lost on us that Prescott is 13-2 against Big Blue. He has been a massive thorn in New York's side. They cannot figure him out. Fortunately, the Giants can't figure him out just as badly as he can't figure out how to have success in the postseason.
Prescott has played in seven playoff games, going 2-5 (which doesn't get talked about enough). Here is a chart that eloquently shows that even through his "career years," the team still falls short:
Year | Passing yards | TD:INT ratio | Playoffs result |
|---|---|---|---|
2016 | 3,667 | 23:4 | Divisional round loss |
2018 | 3,885 | 22:8 | Divisional round loss |
2021 | 4,449 | 37:10 | Wild Card round loss |
2022 | 2,860 | 23:15 | Divisional round loss |
2023 | 4,516 | 36:9 | Wild Card round loss |
While DiNucci's praise for Prescott is nice, it falls flat.
Let’s pretend he's right. Let’s say Dak does go nuclear. Maybe he throws for 5,000 yards. Maybe it’s 40 touchdowns. Maybe he even steals the MVP away from Lamar Jackson, Josh Allen, or Patrick Mahomes. Awesome. Without playoff success, at this point in his career, it won't mean much.
Prescott is a good quarterback. That’s never been the issue. He’s statistically been better than most of his critics give him credit for. But this is Dallas. And the standard in Dallas isn’t making the playoffs and looking competent. It’s winning in the playoffs. It’s Super Bowls. It’s being better than your record when the season ends.
And that’s the other piece of this... the Cowboys haven’t exactly earned the benefit of the doubt this offseason. They let Mike McCarthy go, promoted Brian Schottenheimer, have completely sabotaged their Micah Parsons extension talks, and somehow turned Trevon Diggs’ rehab into a PR disaster. Nothing about what’s happening in Dallas right now screams “everything’s under control.”
So sure, maybe Dak has a career year. Maybe DiNucci sees something the rest of us don’t. But until it leads to anything beyond an early playoff flameout, Giants fans know how this story ends. The Cowboys' "what ifs" are getting tiring... and that's coming from a franchise that hasn't had much to stand on.