Dak Prescott to receive another MRI on right shoulder; Cowboys QB still plans to face Buccaneers in Week 1

Whereas emphasizing that it is nothing to fret about, the Cowboys introduced on Wednesday that quarterback Dak Prescott plans to have another MRI to take a look at his proper shoulder pressure when the staff breaks camp this weekend. 

Prescott, who missed most of final season after struggling a compound leg fracture, informed reporters Wednesday that he stays targeted on being on the sector when the Cowboys open the common season in opposition to the defending champion Buccaneers on Sept. 9. 

“As soon as I get again within the staff setting, I am not going to consider my arm,” stated Prescott, who resumed mild throwing this week. “It is about progressing on the proper time. All of it felt good on the market. Each throw I made. Once they let you know cease, you do not wish to hear it, however you (cease).”

Prescott sustained the harm throughout a July 28 apply. Whereas he has not practiced for 2 weeks, Prescott was noticed on Tuesday throwing passes to Amari Cooper (who’s at the moment on the staff’s PUP checklist) throughout walk-throughs. Prescott informed reporters Wednesday that he’s at the moment on a pitch depend. 

Expectations for the 2021 season are sky excessive for Prescott, who’s greater than 9 months faraway from surgical procedure to restore the compound fracture to his proper ankle. Previous to the harm, Prescott was the NFL‘s passing chief with 1,856 yards by way of 5 video games. In simply his second sport with new head coach Mike McCarthy, Prescott turned the primary participant to throw for 400 yards and run for 3 scores in the identical sport. In his final full sport below middle, Prescott threw for 502 yards and 4 touchdowns in a Week 4 loss to the Browns. 

Regardless of these gaudy exceptions, Cowboys govt vp Stephen Jones stated the Cowboys must take a conservative strategy relating to Prescott’s restoration. 

“This man is so pushed. That is his nature is to overwork,” Jones said on 105.3 The Fan, through The Dallas Morning Information. “He is like Troy Aikman and Michael Irvin rolled up into one man, his management, his tenacity, his abilities, his want to be nice, to be the very best. You actually received to harness him in. My deal can be we received to be so conservative… ‘Let me roll, let me roll.’ So, we received to be very conservative with him.

“Clearly you noticed him throwing the ball round. He seems nice. I do know some folks get a little bit jiggy when it comes to pondering it have to be one thing or they’d have him on the market. This can be a lengthy preseason, and we’re per week forward of everyone else. He is taken all of it in as you’ll be able to see on the market. We will carry him alongside and we will do it the appropriate method, and we will defend him from himself.”