The Mahomes Effect: Dak Prescott’s Similarity to Chiefs’ QB Can Be a Game-Changer for Cowboys
Dak Prescott remains one of the most polarizing players among Dallas Cowboys fans, as many believe he isn’t the one that will put an end to the team’s 29-year-long Super Bowl drought.
However, many believe (rightfully, in my opinion), that Prescott is far from the problem within the Cowboys organization. The team has team-building problems, priority issues, among many others.
One of those, Cowboys legend Darren Woodson speculated on an interview with All City DLLS, might be the lack of commitment within the team.
“(In the 1990s) you understood what the mentality was and I’m not sure that they’re there right now,” Woodson told All City DLLs. “That’s the problem.”
Woodson added winning the Super Bowl takes a commitment that “you cannot believe,” something he sees in Patrick Mahomes, who will play his fourth Super Bowl on Sunday.
“Mahomes’ commitment to that organization and to those players, it takes that type of commitment, and when they see him play at the highest level and do the right things in the offseason, and prepare and all, that’s what it takes,” Woodson said. “And I’m not sure what the Cowboys (have) or how they look at it.”
Woodson believes Prescott shares that trait with the Chiefs quarterback.
“I know this, I look out the window, my office oversees (The Star’s practice field), I see (Dak Prescott) out there all the damn time, all the time, right?,” Woodson added. “Season ends two weeks later, No. 4 is out there throwing balls. Oh, I know he’s got it. Does everybody else have it right? And that’s the thing, you can’t. There’s no off there’s an off season program. You know what the off season program is? It’s called voluntary, mandatory. You show your ass up. If you want to win, you show up, and I don’t know if everyone is showing up.”
Woodson’s words show one of the biggest challenges Brian Schottenheimer will face as a first-time head coach: Get the team to buy in. He’ll face the challenge of working in a building in which former players have said there are priorities to balance with “winning.”
One thing is clear: Something has to change under his leadership. Otherwise, it’ll be the same old, same old.
