Not surprisingly, Dak Prescott has excessive hopes for the Dallas Cowboys in 2025. He additionally apparently expects the Los Angeles Rams to be fairly good, too. Previous to Saturday’s preseason opener between the 2 groups, the Cowboys’ quarterback had a notable trade with Rams proprietor Stan Kroenke, who was additionally talking with Jerry Jones and different members of the Cowboys’ brass.
“We’ll meet y’all within the NFC Championship,” Prescott informed Kroenke.
The Rams superior final season to the NFC divisional spherical of the playoffs. The Cowboys went 7-10 final 12 months, however that was largely as a result of Prescott lacking greater than half of the 12 months as a result of an harm.
The Rams and Cowboys have a wealthy playoff historical past in opposition to each other. The 2 groups have met within the postseason 9 occasions, with the Rams holding a 5-4 document in these video games. The latest playoff sport between the 2 happened within the divisional spherical of the 2018 playoffs. Los Angeles recorded a 30-22 win that day en path to an look in Super Bowl LIII.
Dallas and Los Angeles twice met within the NFC title sport, with the Cowboys successful each video games (in 1975 and in 1978). In 1979, the Rams extracted a measure of revenge by upsetting the Cowboys within the divisional spherical of the playoffs. That was finally the ultimate sport for future Corridor of Fame quarterback Roger Staubach.
One other notable playoff sport between the 2 groups occurred within the divisional spherical of the 1985 playoffs. That day, Rams future Corridor of Fame operating again Eric Dickerson rushed for a single-game playoff document 248 yards in main Los Angeles to a 20-0 win.
Each groups should overcome some early adversity if they’ll make Prescott’s prediction come to fruition. Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford missed time this summer season after aggravating a disk in his again. He hopes to resume throwing in the next week.
The Cowboys stay in the midst of Micah Parsons‘ hold-in and up to date commerce request as seeks a stronger contract. Parsons has been “very engaged” inside the staff’s facility regardless of his commerce request, Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer recently said.
Dallas hopes to snap a 29-year-old drought with out an NFC title sport look. That’s the NFC’s longest such drought and the third-longest within the NFL behind solely the Cleveland Browns and Miami Dolphins.