PHILADELPHIA — The scar at the base of Dak Prescott’s right thumb is the pointer of why he has had to watch the last 5 Dallas Cowboys videogames from the sideline.
The beginning quarterback would love for Sunday’s 26-17 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles to be the last videogame he missesouton due to a broken right thumb – his tossing hand – he suffered throughout the season opener.
Prescott atfirst targeted the Week 5 game versus the Los Angeles Rams as his return date. That timeline might haveactually been early, he recognized. He has his strategies. The medicalprofessionals have theirs. And so does that bone he broke.
“I puton’t always get that annoyed over that (timeline being pressed back). I can’t control this,” Prescott stated Sunday while walking out of the Lincoln Financial Field visitor’s locker space. “Obviously, something is recovery. I had strategies. The bone certainly didn’t have the verysame strategies.”
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As for his preliminary diagnosis of possibly being able to return earlier, “that was simply me being excited,” he stated.
Cowboys owner and basic supervisor Jerry Jones did little to fight the concept of an abrupt Prescott return; he infact planted the concept of a quarterback competitors that set sports talk reveals ablaze, and backup Cooper Rush’s strong efficiencies provided that dream a level of credence.
Dallas decided not put Prescott on hurt reserve in hopes he might return within the four-week window that classification would avoid. However, Sunday significant 5 weeks giventhat the injury.
“The strategy now is to go next week,” Prescott stated of a Week 7 match versus the Detroit Lions. “Let’s see if I can do that.”
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Cowboys fans are considerably expecting that result. For all of Rush’s success in winning 4 successive videogames, his bubble burst Sunday.
Dallas requires Prescott back – ASAP.
Entering Sunday, Rush hadn’t tossed an interception. He tossed 3 selects against a mad Eagles secondary and had a 1.