What Happened to Dak Prescott?
Dak Prescott didn’t go out hurt in Week 18 the Cowboys pulled him against the Giants to protect a healthy franchise quarterback in a game that meant nothing for the playoffs. It’s a strange look on paper when you see 34–17 and “benching,” but the context matters. In this breakdown, readers get exactly what happened to Dak, why Dallas sat him, and how his 2025 stats stack up. Marshall Green (@MarshallGreen_) noted on X that Dak Prescott sat out for half of the game.
On Sunday, January 4, in East Rutherford, the Cowboys went into their regular-season finale against the Giants with nothing tangible left to play for, no playoff berth, no real seeding leverage, just a shot at avoiding a second straight losing season. Prescott started as planned, but after a shaky first half that included a mishandled snap on the opening drive and a stalled series as the Giants built a double-digit lead, Brian Schottenheimer made the call to sit him down early in the second half. el Jefé (@JefePil) commented on X that the Dallas Cowboys benched Dak Prescott at halftime, while criticizing the notion that the New York Giants shouldn’t do anything that might help Dallas.
Prescott finished his night midway through the third quarter and stayed on the sideline in uniform and engaged, talking with coaches and teammates while Milton took over the huddle. It felt less like a benching in anger and more like the staff reading the situation: a meaningless game going south, a franchise quarterback who’d already taken his share of hits this year, and 2026 looming.
Did Dak Prescott Get Hurt?
No, he didn’t get hurt in this Giants game. There was no in-game injury announcement, no trip to the blue tent, no trip to the locker room just a straight switch to Milton that both local and national outlets framed as precaution and context-driven.
Dallas reporters have repeatedly noted that Prescott has been “extremely healthy” this season outside of a minor hip issue on a short week that never even cost him a start, a big deal after his season-ending hamstring injury in 2024. Some will remember that hamstring cutting short last year’s campaign; that history clearly informs how cautious the Cowboys are now with games that don’t matter in the stand
Why Cowboys Pulled Dak Prescott from Week 18 Game vs. Giants?
The Cowboys pulled Prescott because Week 18 was functionally a no-win situation: they were out of the playoff race, the outcome only nudged them between 7–9-1 and 6–10-1 territory, and keeping their 32-year-old franchise quarterback healthy for 2026 outweighed any pride in a cosmetic result. Jerry Jones had already hinted days earlier that while Prescott would start, how long he played would depend on “how we utilize Dak,” a not-so-subtle nod to the chance of a short night.
Once the Giants took control and Dallas’ offense failed to answer, Schottenheimer turned to Milton, giving the backup reps while avoiding late-game punishment for Prescott behind a line that had already struggled. It’s a move that will irritate some fans who wanted to see fight to the final whistle, but it tracks with a front office clearly thinking about the bigger picture.
Dak Prescott Stats
By the time he came out against the Giants, Prescott had already capped one of the better statistical years of his career. StatMuse has him at 4,552 passing yards, 30 touchdowns and 10 interceptions in 17 games this season, good for a 99.5 passer rating. ESPN’s game log backs up the picture of a high-volume, efficient year: 378 completions on 552 attempts, 4,175 yards at 7.6 yards per attempt, 28 touchdown passes and 10 picks heading into Week 18, with multiple 300-yard and multi-TD games across the schedule.
In plain terms, he did what he could with a flawed roster. There were blow-up performances 376 yards in a 44–30 win, 354 and 2 TDs in a 24–21 result, several games north of 260 yards with clean sheets in the turnover column even if Dallas still stumbled to another losing record.
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