Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott out at least 4 games with hamstring injury
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott will be on the injured reserve for at least four weeks, Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones said Tuesday.
The starting quarterback suffered a hamstring injury during the fourth quarter of Sunday's game against the Atlanta Falcons.
Cooper Rush will replace Prescott, just as he did when the Cowboys went 4-1 in 2022 with Prescott out after breaking a thumb in a loss in the season opener. Rush also won a game in 2021 filling in for the 2016 AP Offensive Rookie of the Year.
Prescott's extended absence is another setback in a season full of them for the Cowboys, who are on their first three-game losing streak since 2020. Dallas played the last 11 games of that 6-10 season without Prescott after he broke an ankle.
"There's no question that Dak's injury is setback," Jones said Tuesday on his weekly radio show. "But we've seen Cooper do it. We know what we need to do, the strategies on the offense. We just need to come together game by game, use all of our players to the extent that it helps us."
Prescott is one of two Cowboys who suffered injuries on Sunday—wide receiver CeeDee Lamb spent half of the game fighting through a shoulder injury. Unlike Prescott, Lamb returned to the field.
Lamb and Prescott were set to receive MRIs on Monday.
"We'll certainly make a solid decision based on what comes back. … We're in the progress of evaluating right now, and I wouldn't be able to comment," Cowboys Executive Vice President Stephen Jones said on 105.3 the Fan Monday afternoon.
The Cowboys host the Philadelphia Eagles on Nov. 10.