John Williams
In a training camp where the defense carried most of the question marks, the story shifted to Quarterback Dak Prescott when he injured his throwing shoulder, putting a pause on his return to action from his fractured ankle in 2020. As he’s been brought along slowly so as not to suffer a setback in his rehab, Prescott began doing some light work last week and then went through warm-ups in the Dallas Cowboys preseason loss to the Arizona Cardinals.
Now, according to Tom Pelissero of the NFL Network, Prescott will be practicing Monday on a limited basis.
#Cowboys QB Dak Prescott is expected to practice on a limited basis today, per source.
Prescott has thrown several times on the side in recent days, but this will be his first time working in with the team since he felt soreness in his throwing shoulder July 28.
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) August 16, 2021
What limited means is anyone’s guess at this point, but it’s a step in the right direction. With a myriad of questions about the backup quarterback situation, the reality is that the Dallas Cowboys won’t go anywhere unless Prescott’s under center.
With less than a month until the start of the regular season, the Cowboys need Prescott taking the first-team reps sooner rather than later so he and the offense can build their timing and communication ahead of the 2021 season.
As the Dallas Cowboys look to be the favorite in the NFC East and could contend in the playoffs, they need to get some good luck on the injury front, and it all starts with Dak Prescott.
Good point Vam! If Dak is unable to go for any reason our chances to win ballgames drop significantly! As long as JJ has been around you would think he would have learned through the years that you have to have a reliable back up QB !
I find it hard to believe Dak would be throwing at all if they were worried it was more serious. If he plays in the preseason and keep in mind he was gonna play very little to begin with, then likely he is fine. Block out all the white noise from the armchair QBs and especially the talking heads who get paid to make provocative comments. If Dak is throwing and he plays at all in the preseason, then that is a good sign.
I encourage you guys to watch today’s episode of Speak for yourself on FS1, they start pff talking about this, Marcellus and Acho both bring up good points, Marcellus says that the reason the Dak got a 2nd MRI is cuz instead of them checking with Dak and asking him, how you feeling ? They’re looking at his MRI and let it show them that he is doing good, after all as an athlete, your gonna say you’re fine and tough it out when in actuality you’re still hurt
Also he says that why we looking at Dak when he gets a 2nd MRI like hmmm…… when we should look at guys who have a injury and comes back only to get injured again cuz they told the team that they’re fine ? Like who’s the stupid one in that case ?
Acho says that to put the injury concerns to rest, Dak’s got to put the injury to the test, then he goes back and says that if Dak and the Boys don’t know how Dak’s Shoulder got hurt in the first place, then how they gonna prevent it from happening again ?
There’s more good points they bring out and i encourage y’all to just watch
My feeling is that till he gets back on the field and is playing back to normal, then I’ll continue to be concerned about him and his health
Obviously this “couple of days” strain was BS. This is what happens when you put all your eggs in one basket. If they have a credible QB2 (which they don’t), they wouldn’t have to intentional downplay to this degree what potentially appears to be a real problem with their just “overpaid”, gazillion dollar QB.
Michael Irvin stated he was worried about this situation, and he might know a little more than these other TV talking heads.
Who really knows what will happen going forward? Hopefully this is not an ongoing, lingering situation. But one thing is for sure, this is NOT the way you want to start your season.
26 years and counting!