Now, those two deals were to help the Cowboys' offense during times where they were struggling and in need of help. In 2025, it's the inverse, with the offense rolling and the defense in need of assistance. While the trade market is an option, Prescott has also tried to use the chatter outside the building to motivate the players that Dallas already has on the roster.
"It definitely can help. I'm not going to shy away from saying that, but I will go back to what I said after the last game: I just encourage the guys in the locker room to do whatever they can in this time to shut that talk up." Prescott said.
If they want to be able to do that ahead of the Cowboys' bye week, their first step towards getting there is beating the Arizona Cardinals on Monday night. Still this season, the Cowboys have not won back-to-back games, and they won't even with a victory on Monday. If they can get the first step though, that's when things have the increased potential to get interesting.
"Win one, win this one. We've got to start a streak," Prescott said. "It's vital, but this is a good chance, I'd say so. Getting this win, getting guys healthy, right? Maybe they do something… before the trade deadline, and then getting ourselves healthy and coming back after this bye week to get win number two. But it starts off with the first one, so this is most important right now."
In order to take that first step, it's no secret that the Cowboys offense will need to play better. The good news? Dallas is playing significantly better at home than away offensively, scoring 41.3 points a game at home and just 24.4 on the road.
Regardless of where they're playing, pre-snap penalties have been an issue that has frustrated the offense throughout the course of the season. Prescott doesn't think that'll be an issue much longer.
"Communication and focus," Prescott said when asked how to fix the penalty issues. "The communication is just making sure everybody's on the same page… it's just something that can be fixed with one reminder to everybody."
"A lot of nuances, a lot of emotions, a lot of different words and things at the line. Depending on what position you are, after so many calls of this and that, you might need a reminder, so that's just us sticking together, communicating out, leaving nothing to chance and we'll get them cleaned up, that's a fix."
Defensively, the Cowboys will once again have their hands full with a dual-threat quarterback in Kyler Murray. Dating back to his days at Allen High School, Murray is a perfect 9-0 in games at AT&T Stadium and 8-0 in games he's started there in high school, college and the NFL. Prescott is hoping to play spoiler Monday.
"I think that's mad impressive…" Prescott said of Murray's record at AT&T Stadium. "It is impressive. Hell of a player. You go back to his freshman year, obviously he's been a hell of a player. Super electric, not honestly surprised, something that I'm sure he wants to continue and build off of, I'm here to make sure that doesn't happen this Monday."