The Dallas Cowboys could be without starting quarterback Dak Prescott for a while. Cowboys COO Stephen Jones confirmed Friday the plan is to place the NFL’s highest-paid player, who signed a four-year, $240 million extension in September, on injured reserve.
“Right now, I don’t think anyone knows whether it will be four weeks, six weeks or the season,” Stephen Jones said on 105.3 The Fan, via The Athletic. “We’ll just have to continue to monitor that and see where it takes us.”
Prescott was not placed on injured reserve Saturday, per NFL Media. This means if he is placed on injured reserve now, the earliest Prescott could return is in Week 15 for the Dec. 15 game against the Carolina Panthers. The Cowboys not placing Prescott on injured reserve Saturday also means he could return in less than four games, although it’s unknown how likely that is.
Immediately after the injury, Jerry Jones didn’t provide a timeline for Prescott, other than to confirm the quarterback wouldn’t play in their Week 10 game against the Philadelphia Eagles. The three-time Pro Bowler had an MRI on Monday to determine the degree of the injury, and according to CBS Sports NFL insider Jonathan Jones, the results indicated a more serious injury than initially feared.
On Wednesday, NFL Media reported Prescott’s initial diagnosis was a partial avulsion of his hamstring tendon, meaning it is partially torn off the bone. In many cases, surgery is required to fix the issue, but there are some situations where waiting to let it scar over, repair and then strengthen through physical therapy and other methods could work. On Wednesday morning, Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy said the decision about whether or not to place the quarterback on injured reserve had not yet been made.
The Cowboys were overmatched in their Week 9 game against the Atlanta Falcons, a 27-21 defeat. And that was before losing Prescott for…
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