Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott has come out of the bye week on fire and is entering this week’s game after one of the best three-game stretches of his career. He’s been the team’s starting quarterback in each of his eight seasons.
Prescott has already won a couple of major awards in his career: the 2016 Offensive Rookie of the Year and the 2022 Walter Payton Man of the Year. In the 2021 season, he also won an NVP award, the Nickelodeon Valuable Player, for his performance in the Wild Card game.
Has Dak Prescott Ever Won MVP?
Prescott has never won the NFL MVP; the closest he’s come to winning was after his rookie season in 2016. He received one vote and finished sixth behind Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan, who received 25 votes. Prescott’s teammate and fellow rookie, Ezekiel Elliott, received six votes and finished tied for third.
As a rookie, Prescott led the Cowboys to a 13-3 record and an NFC East championship. He completed 67.8% of his passes and had 23 touchdowns with four interceptions, a career low when he played a full season.
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It’s the only time in his career that he’s received a vote for MVP. Voting for the NFL MVP changed for last season to allow voters to list their top five picks. In the previous structure, voters only listed one player on their MVP ballot.
Prescott was selected to the Pro Bowl after the 2016 and 2018 seasons.
Is This His Best Season?
Heading into the Week 7 bye, Prescott wasn’t close to the MVP conversation as the Cowboys were 4-2, with one of the losses being a high-profile blowout at the San Francisco 49ers in Week 5 on Sunday Night Football. He was having an ordinary season with 222.2 pass yards per game, six touchdowns, and four interceptions through six games.
In the last three games, Prescott has been one of the best players in football, with over 360 pass yards per game, 11 touchdowns, and two interceptions. His best three-game stretch was the final three games of the 2021 season, when he had over 283 pass yards per game with 12 touchdowns and no interceptions.
Prescott has a 70.7% completion percentage this season; his career best is 68.8% in 2021. It’s unlikely he will top his career high of 4,902 pass yards from the 2019 season. He enters Week 11 needing to average 311 pass yards a game in the final eight games to surpass his 2019 total.
In 2021, Prescott threw for 37 touchdowns in 16 games to set a career high. He missed one game that season because of an injury. He’s at 17 touchdowns through nine games and would need to throw at least three a game to top his 2021 mark. His six interceptions already passed his low for a season—four in 16 games as a rookie in 2016.
Who Are the Leading MVP Candidates?
Prescott has the ninth-best odds to win MVP at +3500 at DraftKings Sportsbook. Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts, who has a win over Prescott’s Cowboys, is currently the favorite at +280. Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson and Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes are tied for the second-best odds at +300.
Hurts and Mahomes finish this week with a Monday night matchup in Kansas City, with the winner likely to head to Thanksgiving weekend as the MVP favorite. Both teams are currently in line to have home-field advantage in the playoffs.
It will be an uphill battle for Prescott to get close to the top of MVP voting, but the Cowboys’ remaining schedule presents a chance to show he deserves to be in the conversation. Prescott would need to continue his great play, and the team would need to beat NFC contenders like the Eagles and Detroit Lions to have any chance at MVP.
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