Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys came up short in Week 18, falling to Jaxson Dart and the NFC East rival New York Giants 34-17 in the season finale. With the loss, the Cowboys finish the 2025 NFL season with a 7-9-1 record, missing the playoffs for a second consecutive year.

Dallas’ franchise quarterback completed a prolific full season a year after surgery cut his 2024 season short.

Why Joe Milton is playing QB for Cowboys, not Dak Prescott originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Joe Milton is in the football game. Dak Prescott is on the sideline.

He could accomplish something Sunday his Cowboys quarterback predecessors never did. A Dallas quarterback has never led the NFL in passing. Entering Sunday’s Week 18 regular-season finale, Prescott’s 4,

Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott was pulled from the game at halftime, and defensive end Donovan Ezeiruaku was ejected from the game after pulling off a Giants players' helmet in

Dak Prescott had one of the most productive seasons of his professional career in 2025-26, but it didn't result in the Dallas Cowboys making the playoffs.

Dak Prescott seemed a bit less sure about playing in a meaningless season finale than he did about a Christmas Day game that also had no connection to the playoffs.