Dak Prescott was on an MVP trajectory before a gruesome ankle injury spelled an early end to his 2020 season. Seven months removed from surgery, the 27-year-old says he feels good as new, telling reporters he could play today if the Cowboys needed him.
“I could go play in a game right now and, in my head, be very, very successful,” said Prescott Tuesday at a press conference announcing his ownership stake in Walk-Ons, a popular restaurant chain with several locations across Greater Dallas. “There’s no doubt that when I need to be successful, when I need to do the things that it takes to be on the field, I’m going to do exactly that and the timing will be right.”
Prescott was carted off against the Giants in Week 5, leaving the field in tears after dislocating his right ankle at the end of a nine-yard scramble midway through the third quarter. That shelved Prescott for the remainder of 2020 (veteran Andy Dalton filled in for him down the stretch), though obviously that didn’t stop owner Jerry Jones from opening his checkbook. Confident that Prescott would make a full recovery, the Cowboys rewarded their star signal-caller with a four-year, $160-million contract in March, making him the richest player in franchise history.
Barring an unforeseen setback, the two-time Pro Bowler should be ready well in advance of Week 1 as the Cowboys look to bounce back from last year’s disappointing 6-10 finish, their worst regular-season mark since 2015 (4-12). Prescott was averaging an incredible 422.5 passing yards per game at the time of his injury, which, if sustained over an entire year, would easily have broken Peyton Manning’s single-season passing yards record set in 2013 (5,477).
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