The Cowboys quarterback has won affection for his skills on the field and his honesty away from it. But his season changed in a matter of seconds on Sunday
The Dallas Cowboys won their game on Sunday, but they lost a whole lot more. With six minutes left in the third quarter, quarterback Dak Prescott suffered a devastating ankle injury. It was a brutal blow for the Cowboys, who will have to find a way to continue without their most important player and another reminder, as if we needed one, of the risks involved in playing in the
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After the game, a 37-34 win, the team announced that Prescott had suffered a compound fracture and a dislocated right ankle. It’s too early to expect a timetable for his return, but it’s hard to imagine Prescott returning this season. This is no small thing since Prescott came into this campaign playing under the one-year franchise tag. He was set to sign a huge deal with the Cowboys (or another team) at the end of the season. That contract – and his future with Dallas – is less clear now that teams may well have doubts over his fitness. Meanwhile, the Cowboys will turn to veteran quarterback Andy Dalton, who they brought in for exactly this type of scenario. Dalton is one of the more overqualified backup quarterbacks in the league, but he’s still a step down from Prescott, who had been leading the league in total passing yards this season.