Dak Prescott leads Dallas Cowboys past Philadelphia Eagles

ARLINGTON, Texas — As Dak Prescott stepped to the podium after the Dallas Cowboys’ 33-13 win against the Philadelphia Eagles Sunday, a clattering of fans chanted, “MVP! MVP! MVP!” through the glass from one of the club areas at AT&T Stadium.

Prescott threw for 217 yards on 24-of-39 passing with two touchdowns and no interceptions. He ran three times for 11 yards.

“Solid enough to get the win,” the quarterback said. “I’ve told you before, I’m my biggest critic. Obviously, not my best game. … Did enough to win, but I always want to do better.”

Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones was a little more forgiving.

“Dak Prescott, for anyone that might have a question about it, for him to come in here and play like that against Philadelphia, he should have his due,” Jones said. “That ought to shut that door of questioning his ability to play in a playoff-type game.”

Those questions will continue until Prescott wins big in the playoffs. He has a 2-4 mark in the postseason and the Cowboys have not gotten past the divisional around of the playoffs.

But Prescott is in the best stretch of his career with 23 touchdown passes and just two interceptions in his last eight games. He has thrown at least two touchdown passes in each of the last seven games, tying a team single-season mark held by Tony Romo.

In the last six weeks, Prescott’s odds of winning the Most Valuable Player have gone from 60-to-1 (12th best) to a league-best +175, according to ESPN BET.

“First of all, as far as what it represents, which would be his importance to the team, he doesn’t have to win that award for me to know how important he is to our aspirations this year, where we are and where we’ve got a chance to go,” Jones said. “He’s got that kind of appreciation from I think everybody in this organization.”

Prescott leads the NFL with 28 touchdown passes. He has been intercepted just six times in 13 games after tying for the NFL lead last year with 15 despite playing in just 12 games. Prescott, however, could not get over a sack-fumble that led to the Eagles’ only touchdown of the game Sunday.

“It’s a feeling that sucks,” he said.

But he rebounded from that to lead the Cowboys to three field goal drives after the turnover and completed nine of 12 passes for 109 yards.

“I hold myself to super-high standards,” Prescott said, “and, yeah, if I play my best game, we’re putting up 50 out there. So that’s not going to change, and I’m going to keep pushing for that. That’s the work that I put into this thing, the preparation that I do.”