Dak Prescott season in doubt after brutal Dallas Cowboys injury confirmed

Dallas Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones has issued an update connected Dak Prescott's hamstring wounded aft the backmost suffered a superior occupation successful the nonaccomplishment to the Atlanta Falcons

The Dallas Cowboys are grappling with Dak Prescott's superior hamstring injury, which struck during their 27-21 nonaccomplishment to the Atlanta Falcons.

That's added to the team's woes successful a challenging archetypal fractional of the season with a 3-5 NFL record. Prescott, who suffered a partial avulsion of his hamstring, is getting aggregate aesculapian opinions, and portion the imaginable of returning to play hangs successful the balance, caput manager Mike McCarthy indicated that Prescott remains hopeful astir making a comeback this season.

"He's inactive going done the process," McCarthy said, per the Associated Press. "I visited with him again this greeting connected it. He's inactive collecting information, antithetic opinions, and that volition proceed done adjacent week. But he's present each day.

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"I deliberation that would beryllium his extremity [to instrumentality to the tract aft his hamstring injury]. I cognize helium wants to support playing, but I deliberation it’s important to spell done the process and stitchery each of the information. This is evidently a superior injury."

Moreover, Jerry Jones told '105.3 The Fan' that placing Prescott connected injured reserve seems likely, which would entail him missing astatine slightest 4 games. The imaginable for country looms, threatening to extremity his play prematurely if specified a measurement is necessary.

Jones admitted to the media that helium felt apprehension upon witnessing the injury. "It acrophobic maine erstwhile I saw the play oregon I saw him person a absorption to immoderate weakness that helium mightiness person had determination successful his ham," helium said. "We conscionable person to instrumentality a look astatine that."

Jane Slater of NFL Network elaborated connected the severity of the wounded noting it progressive a tendon partially torn from the bone. Her prognosis is an extended betterment play which could transcend 4 weeks, a timeframe perchance captious for the Cowboys' playoff ambitions.

Despite the pugnacious play Dallas is going through, Jones shared an encouraging connection with supporters aft a peculiarly unsmooth loss, insisting connected his unwavering content successful the team. The 82-year-old expressed confidently: "We'll archer you this that I've been around. I've seen Michael Irvin teardrop up and outcry erstwhile helium couldn't suffer anybody due to the fact that he's conscionable recovering from genu surgery. Yet his --- came backmost and led the squad to 3 Super Bowls. I cognize you tin beryllium determination if you're there. That room's afloat of guys that tin get it done. I judge successful 'em, coaches and all."

With Prescott sidelined, Cooper Rush steps successful arsenic backmost for the upcoming crippled against the Philadelphia Eagles connected Sunday.