If Dallas Cowboys fans had high hopes that Dak Prescott would be 100% healthy for the 2021 season, they were sadly mistaken as they got a punch to the gut this week.
The Dallas Cowboys quarterback may not be back at 100% health during the 2021 season, according to a comment by ESPN senior NFL insider Adam Schefter. During halftime of Friday’s preseason game between the Arizona Cardinals and Kansas Chiefs on ESPN, Schefter made an interesting remark with regards to Prescott’s ongoing shoulder injury.
“He’s not fully back, he may not be back all season long.”
Head coach Mike McCarthy updated Prescott’s preseason status this past week.
“The biggest thing is really to stay on course with his work,” McCarthy said, according to the Dallas Morning News’ David Moore. “We’re playing it cautiously. I’m trying to come up with new words here, but it’s the same plan. When he was sat down, you have to build up his volume of throws again. We just really don’t want to put him in a position where he can re-injure it. We’ll continue to work on that plane. If he doesn’t play this week I won’t play him in the fourth game. To me, the fourth game is for the players who are competing for the final roster spots. That’s what I believe in, and that’s definitely the case for us this year.
“We’ll see how the week goes, but there’s no urgency from my perspective to see Dak play against Houston. This is more about we don’t want to create a setback possibly. His volume of throwing leading up to that point, I mean, he was probably in midseason form from the amount of work he put in over the summer, coming out of the OTAs. Just trying to get that volume back to where it belongs.”
The Cowboys gave Prescott a four-year, $160 million deal with a record $126 million guaranteed in the offseason.
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Last October, Dak suffered a season-ending compound fracture and dislocation of his right ankle during a 37-34 win over the New York Giants. In five games during the 2020 season, Prescott went 2-3, completing 151 of 222 passes (68.2%) for 1,856 yards and nine touchdowns to four interceptions.
