FRISCO, Texas—“Honestly,” Dak Prescott stated after he was sidelined from Cowboys practice, “I feel terrific.”
But likewise: The Cowboys quarterback was held out of most of practice Thursday after experiencing tightness in his surgically fixed right ankle. And Tom Brady’s Buccaneers gethere in Dallas this weekend for a Sunday Night Football match.
The Cowboys are 2.5-point underdogs, per Tipico.
“Switched shoes today, mostlikely wasn’t the finest concept,” he stated of trading the Jordan 1s he’d used all training camp for Jordan 11s.
“I really wear brand-new cleats every videogame. That’s something I’ve done going back to college. But it was truly simply a design. Just a various fit. Cleats I’ve used last year however all throughout training camp I remained in one design, attempted a various design I was going to wear for the videogame and knowing rapidly not. It’s not the go.
“I’m going back to the ones y’all haveactually seen me practice in.”
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Here’s Dak Prescott at practice talking with Associate Athletic Trainer Britt Brown about his ankle in his Jordan 11s throughout the early part of practice on Thursday. @TomFoxPhoto Dallas Morning News pic.twitter.com/DJeZdSG9Yi
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Prescott stated he didn’t roll his ankle, simply experienced pain and tightness from his shoe. Backup Cooper Rush, whom the Cowboys will raise from their practice team Sunday as QB2, took first-team representatives in group drills, per several reports.
Prescott firmlyinsists he will not be restricted versus the Bucs.
“No, no, not at all,” he stated. “Not at all. No, can’t. Not at all, not a possibility.
“I still feel the finest I’ve felt in a really, extremely long time.”
Prescott was healthy through offseason activities and training camp, takingpart totally in every practice consistingof group drills. A 2020 substance fracture and dislocation of his ankle ended his season 5 videogames in. Two surgicaltreatments followed.
Prescott likewise strained his latissimus muscle nearing his tossing shoulder in 2021 training camp, and stretched his calf the 6th videogame of last season. He r