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It is possible that Dallas Cowboys They may have surprised some people with their strong debut performance, but the team has been preparing to do battle since the offseason. Amari Cooper recounted that her motivational speech for receivers during summer training was enhanced by Dak. Cooper encouraged receivers to go from good to great, but Prescott cut him off and said the Cowboys want to be the best, not just great.
“It went further, Cooper explained, according to DallasCowboys.com. “When I said that we are good and that we should be excellent, he said, ‘no, we are not trying to be excellent, we are trying to be the best.’
Prescott on being excellent or the best: “You can be excellent and still fall short”
After Cooper shared his anecdote, Prescott was asked to explain what he believes is the difference between being great and being the best. Prescott cited the narrow loss to the Bucs as an example, as they were excellent, but still fell short.
“I interrupted him (Cooper) when he was talking to receivers and I heard him say that, and I loved it,” Prescott said. at the press conference after the debut. I loved that he held them accountable, telling them ‘we have to catch the passes. We are making good plays, but we have to make them excellent. We must raise our standards. ‘
“We have quarterback meetings almost every day, and I spoke to the players and mentioned what Amari said. I said, ‘They can be excellent and still fall short, right?’ I feel like that happened tonight, we put in a lot of effort, but we fell short. We want to be the best, and being the best means being better than the opponent every day, and being the best in the league. We all have those expectations. Between us we are going to make that come true.
McCarthy: “Everything we do is to be able to be champions’
The Cowboys had no problem talking about their high expectations for this season. During a team meeting shown in Hard KnocksOn HBO, Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy echoed Prescott’s words, emphasizing that only winning the Super Bowl is worth winning for Dallas.
“They’ve seen our schedule, 207 days to the Super Bowl,” McCarthy said. “Everything we do is to become champions. It’s the only thing that matters. And once we have the trophy in our hands, which is heavier than you think, there will be nothing better than that in this business.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones also insists the goal for this year is to return to the Super Bowl. It’s been more than two decades since the Cowboys last made it to the Super Bowl. That time the Cowboys defeated the Steelers to be crowned champions.
“I would do anything to get back to playing a Super Bowl,” Jones said in July, according to ESPN’s Todd Archer. “That’s a fact”.
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