It’s official: Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott is done for 2024.
Team owner Jerry Jones said on his weekly radio spot on 105.3 The Fan that Prescott is scheduled to undergo hamstring surgery on Wednesday and will miss the rest of the season.
Starting in Week 11, the Cowboys will depend on backup quarterbacks Cooper Rush and Trey Lance to lead them through the rest of the season.
This is unpleasant but not unexpected news for the Cowboys and their fans. The 31-year-old Prescott injured his hamstring in Dallas’ 27-21 loss to the Atlanta Falcons in Week 9, going down at the end of the third quarter with what he thought was just a “pull” to his hamstring. But when he tried to put weight on it during the next play, he said he could barely walk.
He was replaced by Rush, who then started the Cowboys’ Week 10 game against the Philadelphia Eagles. That was a demoralizing 34-6 loss that caused drama between star linebacker Micah Parsons and head coach Mike McCarthy, who is almost assuredly going to be looking for a new job at the end of the season.
The Cowboys third in the NFC East with a 3-6 record. They remain ahead of the 2-8 New York Giants, but with the Eagles in first place at 7-3 and the Washington Commanders in second at 7-3, Dallas’ season is essentially over.
