Cowboys plan to place Dak Prescott on injured reserve as team's season continues to sink

A atrocious play for the Dallas Cowboys is getting worse.

Team enforcement Stephen Jones said Friday the squad plans to spot backmost Dak Prescott connected injured reserve aft Prescott injured a hamstring Sunday.

"Right now, I don’t deliberation anyone knows whether it volition beryllium 4 weeks, six weeks oregon the season. We’ll conscionable person to proceed to show that and spot wherever it takes us," Jones told 105.3 The Fan successful Dallas.

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Dallas Cowboys backmost Dak Prescott sits connected the seat successful the archetypal fractional of a crippled against the Detroit Lions successful Arlington, Texas, Oct. 13, 2024.  (AP Photo/Gareth Patterson)

Jones' father, Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones, said they were hoping Prescott could debar season-ending surgery, but the wounded seemingly is important capable for him to person to miss astatine slightest 4 games.

Prescott partially tore his close hamstring disconnected the bone. Cameras showed Prescott grimacing arsenic helium threw a walk to wide receiver Jalen Brooks connected the play aft the evident injury. After the game, Prescott elaborate what helium felt astatine the time.

"I felt it erstwhile I was getting up from the run. I can't adjacent accidental that I felt it running," Prescott said. "The tackle, possibly thing connected the tackle. Yeah, I don't know. But erstwhile I was lasting up, I felt something, actually. Didn't deliberation it was much. You get tired. It's a carnal game. A batch of times you consciousness antithetic things, and they benignant of spell away."

Prescott broke his ankle successful 2022 and had country connected his thumb successful 2022.

Dallas Cowboys backmost Dak Prescott walks disconnected the tract aft a crippled against the Atlanta Falcons astatine Mercedes-Benz Stadium. (Brett Davis/Imagn Images)

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Cooper Rush stepped successful for Prescott against the Falcons and finished the crippled with 115 passing yards and a touchdown. Rush is expected to commencement successful Week 10. Trey Lance, the 3rd wide prime successful the 2021 NFL Draft, could spot immoderate enactment arsenic soon arsenic Sunday.

Just hours earlier the Cowboys' play opener against the Cleveland Browns, it was announced Prescott had agreed to a four-year, $240 cardinal declaration extension.

The woody made him the highest-paid subordinate successful NFL history. After throwing for 4,516 yards and 36 touchdowns successful 2023, helium has appeared to regress this season. 

Prescott has thrown for 11 touchdowns and 8 interceptions successful 8 games successful 2024. The Cowboys person dealt with immoderate sizeable injuries this season, with walk rusher Micah Parsons already missing 4 games. The deficiency of a moving crippled has besides enactment much unit connected Prescott this season. 

Last twelvemonth marked the 3rd consecutive play the Cowboys went 12-5, but arsenic the No. 2 effect successful the NFC, they were upset astatine location by the Green Bay Packers. 

Dallas Cowboys backmost Dak Prescott scrambles against the Atlanta Falcons successful the 3rd 4th astatine Mercedes-Benz Stadium. (Brett Davis/Imagn Images)

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After winning back-to-back games against the Giants and Steelers, the Cowboys person mislaid 3 successful a row. Now astatine 3-5, their docket isn't getting immoderate easier. They instrumentality location for an NFC East crippled against the Philadelphia Eagles.

Fox News' Chantz Martin contributed to this report.

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