The quarterback will be sidelined “for several weeks,” Dallas owner Jerry Jones said after Sunday night’s season-opening loss at home to the Buccaneers.
“I’ve just got to go see the doctor tomorrow,” Prescott said in his postgame news conference. “The plan is to see him, surgery tomorrow and let me know once they get in there [and] they see everything. I was told it was much cleaner than it could have been.”Prescott, who had a brace on his right hand after the game, said he initially thought the injury was less severe. His throwing hand struck the hand of Buccaneers pass rusher Shaquil Barrett on a fourth-quarter pass.
“I’ve hit my hand on helmets or bodies a lot in my career and never really had anything, maybe a jammed finger here,” Prescott said. “I actually thought that’s what it was [but] just the next play, realized I couldn’t grip the ball [and] let the sideline know. And then when I got off [the field], I told the trainers the same thing. I was just like: ‘I can’t grip. I feel like if you yank it, I’ll be okay.’ I came in and got X-rays, and things were different.
Prescott threw an interception and completed only 14 of 29 passes for 134 yards before exiting the game. He was replaced by backup Cooper Rush. Now, as the Cowboys attempt to fix all that went wrong Sunday night, they’ll have to do so without their two-time Pro Bowl quarterback.“It’s very disappointing,” Prescott said. “But injuries happen. You can’t necessarily control it. [It’s] just unfortunate. I’m obviously going to miss some time, not be there for my team.
Cowboys Coach Mike McCarthy said that Prescott suffered a “significant injury,” and added: “Once we get all the facts, we’ll get that to you. ... He hasn’t even seen a doctor yet.”
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