The Dallas Cowboys got an Academy Award-winning surprise on Saturday when Denzel Washington showed up to training camp.

The actor's appearance wasn't a complete shock, and that's mainly because he's a huge Cowboys fan. As a matter of fact, not only is Washington a huge fan, but he's also an optimistic fan.

As Washington was headed out to the Cowboys' practice field, a fan asked him to make a prediction about the Cowboys' 2016 season, and let's just say that if Washington's prediction skills are half as good as his acting skills, then the Cowboys should be in good shape this year: The actor boldly predicted that Dallas would be heading back to the playoffs after a one-year drought.

End of video, fan asked Denzel Washington how the Cowboys will do this yr. He says, "We're going to the playoffs!" pic.twitter.com/SIYkLGAUUn — Brandon George (@DMN_George) August 7, 2016

That's called optimism, Cowboys fans. Notice that Denzel didn't come out and say something silly like, "We're going to win the Super Bowl!" Instead, he made a somewhat realistic prediction that could definitely end up coming true because the NFC East is horrible this year.

Washington also snuck in a "HOW 'BOUT THEM COWBOYS!"

#DENZELWASHINGTON #DALLASCOWBOYFANS #HOWBOUTDEMCOWBOYS A video posted by Sonny (@iamsonnyjohnson) on Aug 7, 2016 at 12:33pm PDT

The actor's visit was exciting for everyone on the team, including Dez Bryant, who made sure to get a picture with Washington.

I'm excited to have this guy in my corner... It's always an honor #legend #denzelwashington #throwupthex A photo posted by Dez Bryant (@dezbryant) on Aug 6, 2016 at 7:03pm PDT

"The message Denzel had for us was basically creating good habits," Bryant said on Saturday, via ESPN.com. "If you do things the way you're supposed to do repeatedly you're going to create good habits. If you do things bad and not listen to the coaches, you're going to create bad habits. I think that was a good message spoke to us and it's something we needed. I think it hit all of us and this is something we going to go about this year."

Washington also got some one-on-one time in with Ezekiel Elliott.

Washington's visit to Oxnard, Calif., marked the second straight year that he's attended Cowboys training camp.

Anyway, if Washington's pep talk to the players at Cowboys camp was half as inspiring as he was during Remember the Titans, then we can just throw cautious optimism out the window because the Cowboys are going to win the Super Bowl.