The Dallas Cowboys close out the 2025 season on a disappointing note after suffering a 34-17 loss against the New York Giants. While their 7-9-1 record marks their second consecutive losing season since 2002, Dak Prescott finds himself facing bigger disappointments. The Cowboys quarterback finished the season by leading the league in various categories while putting up close to career-best numbers. While speaking in the post-game presser, Prescott struggled to evaluate his performance this season.

“It’s one of the first seasons where I can’t directly correlate my play to the wins or losses. That makes it frustrating,” Prescott said, as reported by ESPN.

Dak Prescott finished the 2025 campaign by completing 404-of-600 passes for 4,552 yards, the second most of his decade-long career behind only 4,902 in 2019, with 30 touchdowns to ten interceptions. He added 53 rushes for 177 yards and two more scores. Prescott led the league in passing attempts, completions, and passing yards.

After analyzing the 2025 performance, the Dallas QB1 was quick to shift focus to the next year, as he shared his plans for the upcoming offseason. Prescott revealed he “may take a week off to not check his weight and eat freely, but he’s excited to get to work,” according to Joseph Hoyt.

Coming back to the loss, the Dak Prescott-led Cowboys suffered their first defeat against the Big Blue for the first time since the 2020 season finale on January 3, 2021. Before this matchup, Dallas had won nine consecutive meetings, and Prescott had won 14 in a row as the starter.

But this time around, it was once again the Dallas defense that led to the loss. And head coach Brian Schottenheimer addressed the team’s issues after the team’s final outing of the season.

Schottenheimer addresses defensive issues after loss against New York

Despite having one of the best offenses led by the talismanic Dak Prescott, the Cowboys have been subpar on the defensive end. Coordinator Matt Eberflus has faced criticism throughout the season for an inflexible coaching style, poor game management, inability to develop players, and consistently poor performances.

Highlighting the importance of being defensively solid, head coach Brian Schottenheimer issued a clear message.

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“You’ve got to get off the field on third down,” coach Brian Schottenheimer said. “Unfortunately, we didn’t do that, plus we gave up some explosives in the run game. The last couple of weeks have been better, but those are big momentum plays where you have a chance to get the ball back to the offense.”

Now that the season is done and dusted, Jerry Jones and Co. must take significant steps to improve their defense and ensure that they maximize some of the best years of Dak Prescott’s career.