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Kellen Moore with Dak Prescott
After a month of spraining his shoulder, Dak Prescott He’s “ready” to play the 2021 regular season.
The owner and general manager of the Dallas CowboysJerry Jones confirmed Sunday that Prescott will be the starter on Sept. 9 in the season opener against the champions Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
“He started throwing passes and he didn’t have a bad time,” Jones said before the final preseason game against Jacksonville, according to ESPN’s Ed Werder. “The MRI showed that everything is fine. He’s pitching with emphasis and speed. He’s pitching while running. “
Prescott injured his latissimus dorsi muscle on July 28 and was subsequently banned from training until the Cowboys decided on his treatment. That treatment, laid out in conjunction with the major league Texas Rangers medical team, forced the $ 160 million pillar to miss the entire preseason and begin pitching gradually.
Prescott complied with treatment and, after further clinical examinations, returned to team practice. This week, while Cooper Rush was chosen as the starter against the Jaguars, Prescott was seen throwing long passes and direct passes to the end zone.
On Monday, Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy explained why the team is not overly concerned about Prescott’s situation for the start of the season.
“If they saw him throwing the ball Saturday night, he’s throwing passes, he’s doing well,” McCarthy said, via the team’s official website. “I think that when it is released and we are not worried about the speed of the throws or the distance and all that, that is what we are working for. When we get to the level where Dak and (coach and rehab director) Britt (Brown) and the coaching team think the time is right, we will give him complete freedom of action. “
How healthy is Dak Prescott?
Lost in the madness that has been Dak’s shoulder injury, it is made more complex by the horrific fracture and dislocation of his ankle, suffered last October. While there aren’t many visuals to weigh in, some tipsters – including other quarterbacks – believe Prescott is trying to overcompensate for both injuries this season.
“[Chris] Simms said in PFT Live who noticed a difference in Dak’s way of throwing ”, wrote on sunday Mike Florio from Fro Football Talk. “That may be because Prescott is protecting, consciously or not, the ankle that he broke in 2020. His right leg became the source of Prescott’s power to throw. You may be trying to use more torso than your legs.
During halftime of Dallas’ second preseason game, ESPN’s Adam Schefter was the first to emphasize this, speculating that Prescott is not (and may not be) at 100%.
He’s not back at all, and he may not be back for the whole season. “ Schefter explained, via Pro Football Talk.
Jerry Jones confirms Hooker will remain with the team
Ahead of last Sunday’s game, Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones revealed that recently hired safety Malik Hooker will be on the final roster of 53 players when completion is completed on Tuesday.
There is no doubt that he will be part of the team. Separate point. He will be part of the squad, ”Jones said, via the Dallas Morning News.
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