'Nothing new': Dak Prescott unfazed by Cowboys' brutal early-season schedule, travel
The Cowboys will play 3 games in 11 days twice this season. But Dak Prescott isn't looking past the first 3 games and says it's just part of the job.
The NFL schedule release has become a major holiday on the sport's annual calendar, the day fans can start looking at travel logistics, the day the team's primetime appearances are set, the day holiday plans and even family vacations come into focus for some, the day the rest of the year starts to fall into place. But while many within Cowboys Nation are already zeroed in on whether or not the Week 14 bye is too late or how the team will fare during that gauntlet of playoff teams that starts in late November and runs through December, it's different for the players who will actually do it. The cliché is "one game at a time.
" Quarterback Dak Prescott admits he doesn't stray too far from that when it comes to previewing the upcoming season. "First three games," Prescott told reporters at the Reliant Home Run Derby on Thursday night about what he looks at when the schedule is released. "After that, I couldn't tell you much more.
I mean, I know who we're playing on Thanksgiving and some here or there, but to me, it's the first three games. ... Honestly, every year, I probably couldn't tell you who our fourth opponent is until Week 2.
Just keeping it simple. " So the veteran knows the Cowboys will kickoff their season on the road in front of a nationwide TV audience, with a Sunday night starter against the division-rival Giants at MetLife Stadium. Prescott says he's happy to launch the season under the lights of primetime.