Dak Prescott is headed to injured reserve, together with his timetable to return from Sunday’s hamstring harm nonetheless unclear.
Whereas the transfer has not been formally made, Cowboys govt vice chairman Stephen Jones stated throughout an interview with workforce affiliate 105.3 The Fan the workforce must do it. He additionally stated the workforce did not know whether or not Prescott would be capable to play once more this season.
“I feel it is in all probability no approach he might be again within the four-week timeframe. We’ll put him over there and we’ll have that roster spot to make use of by way of the subsequent 4 weeks and go from there.
“Clearly a tricky, powerful scenario, dropping him for that time frame, however we will do what’s in the perfect curiosity of Dak, and proper now I do not suppose anybody is aware of whether or not it’s going to be 4 weeks, six weeks or the season. We’ll simply need to proceed to watch that and see the place it takes us.”
Prescott went down with the harm final week in opposition to the Atlanta Falcons and has had his standing up within the air within the days since. Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones on Wednesday conceded an IR stint was seemingly, however the extra regarding information got here Thursday when it was reported Prescott’s harm may require season-ending surgical procedure.
ESPN’s Todd Archer stories Prescott is dealing with a 6-8 week timetable for a partial avulsion of his proper hamstring, although no determination has been made on the surgical procedure.
With Prescott out for the foreseeable future, all eyes can be on Cooper Rush because the profession backup once more takes over underneath heart for Dallas. After taking up for Prescott within the fourth quarter Sunday, Rush went 13-of-25 for 115 passing yards and a landing. He holds a 5-1 profession document as a starter.
Jones expressed confidence that Rush may assist the workforce with out Prescott:
“I believed Cooper did a hell of a job in opposition to Atlanta the opposite day. He is clearly stepped up previously and received quite a lot of video games for us, so we really feel actual good about what Cooper can do.”
Prescott’s absence comes at an particularly unhealthy time for the 3-5 Cowboys, who’ve had no scarcity of accidents this season. The workforce has divisional matchups arising in three of its subsequent 4 video games, and it may very well be all however eradicated from the playoffs by the top of that stretch if it goes badly.
