Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott will likely undergo season-ending surgery on his partially torn hamstring, per ESPN's Adam Schefter. The team is waiting on the official word of one final specialist.
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Cowboys QB Dak Prescott is planning to undergo season-ending surgery on his partially torn hamstring, pending the opinion of one final specialist, sources told ESPN.
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However, team doctors are already under the assumption that Prescott needs the surgery that would sideline him for four months. The Dallas signal-caller is flying to New York to meet with the specialist.
Prescott is trying to avoid surgery, but the procedure is considered the most likely scenario. If the specialist agrees with team doctors, the surgery will take place Wednesday.
Although Prescott is hoping to avoid surgery, the Cowboys believe the injury should be addressed sooner rather than later. The team hopes to avoid any complications of a lingering injury, which is why Dallas is hoping the specialist agrees with their doctors.
The reason Prescott is hesitant to undergo a surgery is because of his recent procedures on his right ankle, right thumb, and left shoulder in years past. Regardless, the Cowboys plan on placing Prescott on injured reserve next week.
Since Dallas didn't place Prescott on injured reserve this week, the soonest he could return would be Dec. 15 against the Carolina Panthers. The timeline for his activation may be of no concern since his possible surgery would mean a recovery of 6-8 weeks.
As for Sunday's game against the Philadelphia Eagles, Prescott will be listed as one of the team's inactive players. This marks the second time of his career that Prescott ends the season on injured reserve.
In 2020, Prescott sustained a dislocation and compound fracture of his right ankle in Week 5.
The Cowboys plans to start Cooper Rush at quarterback and use Trey Lance as a backup. Head coach Mike McCarthy said the team may add a quarterback to the roster with Prescott out.
Dallas currently has a record of 3-5 and Sunday's game is important for the squad. The return of Micah Parsons to the Cowboys defense should be a boost to the team.
Parsons believes players still have high hopes for the second-half of the season.
"This is, what, we've been a winning team, a 12-5 team the last three years," he said via the team transcript. "Obviously, we've got more losses at this point than we ever had, but you know, the high hopes in the players are still here. We've just got to stop beating ourselves, and that's the penalties and things like that."
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