Cowboys' Dak Prescott reacts strongly to Tyler Smith's Super Bowl comment

Dallas Cowboys Pro Bowl guard Tyler Smith generated headlines recently when he said it is "always the expectation" that the Cowboys will end the season as "Super Bowl champions." 

While speaking with reporters at training camp on Thursday, Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott offered a strong reaction to Smith's comments. 

"If [Smith] doesn’t believe it, or anybody in that locker room doesn’t don’t believe it, then I would ask him to get out," Prescott said, as shared by Clarence Hill of All City DLLS (h/t Pro Football Talk). "[First-year head coach Brian Schottenheimer] said it day one we showed up. If you don’t want to win the Super Bowl, don’t think we can win a Super Bowl, then don’t come to [training camp] and you’re in the wrong place."

The Cowboys haven't played in a conference championship game since they won the Super Bowl in January 1996. Meanwhile, Prescott is responsible for a career postseason record of 2-5. He acknowledged earlier in the week that he hasn't always been as good as the Cowboys have needed him to be in the "crucial times" of the season. 

"We know the standard when you wear the star," Prescott continued. "We know the expectations. And I credit [Schottenheimer] for not shying away from it. I don’t think anybody’s ever heard me shy away from it. So it’s just making sure everybody understands that. We have to think that. We have to manifest that. I appreciate Tyler for saying it and believing it."

Prescott emerged as a 2023 MVP finalist, but he said on Thursday that what he's "done or accomplished really doesn’t hold any weight" to him because he hasn't won a Super Bowl. As of Friday morning, DraftKings Sportsbook had the Cowboys at +180 betting odds to make the playoffs this season.

"Having fun and winning a Super Bowl. Period," Prescott added about what's motivating him this summer, per The Athletic's Jon Machota. "It’s what I want. It’s what I want from this game. I know it’s what everyone wants in the locker room. We got a head coach who I know is hungry for it. Just hearing him speak and hearing him speak about his dad and his father having those chances and those opportunities, that’s the Super Bowl. Winning, winning, winning." 

Prescott and Co. will open the 2025 season against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sept. 4. As of Friday, DraftKings Sportsbook had the reigning Super Bowl champions as seven-point favorites for that game.