The Dallas Cowboys face their toughest 2026 foe yet in the 7-1 San Francisco 49ers. And already quarterback Dak Prescott hasn't had the best experiences against the Niners.
Fans and media will bring up the past two playoff losses of 2021 and 2022. Or even that infamous 42-10 loss at Levi's Stadium back in 2023.
Legends Roger Staubach and Troy Aikman became revered by the Cowboys fanbase for beating the rival 49ers. Prescott has tasted the reverse compared to them. But Prescott dropped a brutally honest admission about his personal view of the 49ers on Thursday.
“I want to beat them absolutely, and I'm not naive to what's happened or my history against them. But to put that on the rest of these guys or put that on the locker room, I think that's stupid,” Prescott began.
He later dove into what this Sunday's contest is really about.
“This is about us going in and getting a win and us trying to win this game. And get some momentum going and get back-to-back wins for the first time this season and build off of that,” he added. “And so what a great opportunity to do it against a 7-1 team. It just so happens that it'd be the Niners. So yeah, obviously I want to get a win and everybody and anybody in this building does for sure a bunch of different reasons. But at the end of the day, it's a 7-1 team coming in here and we've got an opportunity to beat them.”
Prescott surely will want to fix his personal record versus the 49ers, though, which is 2-4 overall. But a win can certainly shake up the early NFC playoff picture.