When Dak Prescott left Sunday evening’s recreation towards the Buccaneers with a thumb harm on his throwing hand, followers anticipated the worst. Then ESPN reported that Prescott would miss six to eight weeks and would have surgical procedure on Monday, validating their worry of doomsday. Then got here group proprietor Jerry Jones.
In a slightly optimistic assertion, Jones appeared on 105.3 The Fan and stated that Dallas received’t be inserting Prescott on the injured reserve checklist as a result of the group believes he can play throughout the subsequent 4 video games. If a participant is positioned on the injured reserve checklist, they have to miss a minimal of 4 video games. The disadvantage is Prescott will probably be taking over a roster spot with out truly taking part in.
“I believe what we’re going to do right here is we received’t be placing him on IR, which implies we wish him to be in consideration for taking part in throughout the subsequent 4 video games,” Jones stated, per Jori Epstein of USA Today Sports.
He added, “Dak has an actual likelihood to be again on the market throwing the ball fairly fast,” per ESPN’s Todd Archer.
If he have been to return in 4 video games, that will put him on the sphere with the reigning Tremendous Bowl champion Rams on Oct. 9.
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