Dak Prescott is not able to set a goal date for when he’ll be at full power, however he is making ready to be underneath heart when the Dallas Cowboys take the sphere in Week 1.
“I am not gonna put a timeline on it, however I will be prepared for the primary recreation and when something issues and really, very prepared,” the quarterback instructed reporters of his hamstring rehab on the launching of the Woman’s Flag Soccer League, via Cowboys.com. “I am feeling good. I am doing increasingly more. The final two weeks have been large and progressive for me.
“I would not say I am operating full velocity but,” Prescott added. “However all the pieces’s heading in the right direction, and I am excited.”
When Prescott went underneath the knife to restore a partial tendon avulsion in his proper hamstring in November, he was instantly dominated out for the rest of the season. But it surely was additionally anticipated that he can be sidelined from any exercise for no less than a number of months, probably placing him behind when offseason exercises start on April 7.
Nevertheless, the Cowboys appear fairly optimistic about the place issues stand with Prescott at this level within the offseason.
“He is doing nice, kicking ass with rehab,” Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer mentioned in an interview with Sirius XM NFL Radio on the NFL Scouting Mix this week. “All the things with that is going nice.”
At any time when Prescott completes his rehab, his consideration will presumably flip to serving to the Cowboys get again to the postseason after lacking the playoffs in 2024. Whereas Prescott’s harm served as a demise knell in Dallas’ playoff hopes, the veteran did not have the very best 12 months, both. He threw for 1,978 yards, 11 touchdowns and eight interceptions as Dallas went 3-5 within the eight video games he began. Furthermore, Prescott’s yards per try (6.9) and completion proportion (64.7) have been the second-worst marks of his profession whereas his passer ranking (86) was a profession low.
The Cowboys removed head coach Mike McCarthy on account of their disappointing 7-10 season, however they took an unconventional route in changing him. They promoted Schottenheimer to move coach after he served because the offensive coordinator for the earlier two seasons. Though Schottenheimer did not name performs, he helped Prescott have a profession 12 months in 2023.
Schottenheimer mentioned that he and Prescott perceive what the quarterback’s good at and the way he can flourish. He believes that spending the final couple of seasons working collectively will probably be a profit in 2025.
“He and I are very shut, we see the sport the identical manner,” Schottenheimer mentioned. “We’re undoubtedly going to make some changes and there is issues that he is actually gonna like. I actually do assume that this can be a man that there is no query can win a championship. He can lead us to a championship; I believe he is gonna lead us to a championship. That is the aim. And it is not simply as a participant, he is an unbelievable participant, however the individual, the chief is simply completely different.”
Prescott is coming into the primary 12 months of a record-setting four-year, $240 million extension he signed simply hours earlier than the Cowboys started the 2024 season. Though Prescott completed because the MVP runner-up in 2023 with 4,516 passing yards and 36 landing passes, he is gone 2-5 in his postseason profession.
Suffice to say, the 2025 season will probably be a giant one for Prescott, however he’ll be able to go when it begins.
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