Dak Prescott says thumb ‘fairly good,’ would not need to drive throws

ARLINGTON, Texas — As Dak Prescott jogged to the locker room after the Dallas Cowboys’ 24-6 win over the Detroit Lions on Sunday, he whacked middle Tyler Biadasz on the bottom along with his proper hand and saved on transferring.

“Thumb feels fairly good,” the quarterback joked.

Taking part in for the primary time in 42 days since present process surgical procedure to restore a fractured proper thumb, Prescott was not at his statistical greatest, throwing for 207 yards and a fourth-quarter landing on 19-of-25 passing, however the Cowboys didn’t want him to be.

“A win’s a win,” Prescott stated. “I actually do not care the way it will get accomplished, a win’s a win. I believed it was going to be fairly cool to depart this sport with no landing, truthfully. That is type of the place my head is true now. I understand how proficient this workforce is. I do know what we may be. It isn’t about me. It is about all of us, and I am simply making an attempt to ensure I play my half and ensure I put this workforce in the proper scenario each play.”

Prescott’s first cross try — on a rollout to his left to Noah Brown — was a little bit astray and fell incomplete. The Cowboys didn’t get a primary down till their third drive, which resulted in a subject purpose. On the fourth drive, Prescott compelled a cross to CeeDee Lamb in double protection.

“A few of these throws had been simply overconfidence in a way,” Prescott stated. “Yeah, I’ve bought to protect in opposition to that as a result of typically these can result in turnovers, and the very last thing I am making an attempt to do is put this workforce in a foul place as a result of I am overconfident.”

Prescott has thrown with out limitations for less than the previous 10 days and went via only one full-padded observe forward of Sunday’s sport. He wore kinesiology tape on his thumb for consolation and stated after the sport he did not take into consideration the thumb in any respect.

The Cowboys had been aggressive within the passing sport upon his return.

In accordance with ESPN monitoring, Prescott averaged 10.5 air yards per try, the very best the Cowboys have had this season. He was an ideal 14-of-14 on passes of 10 or fewer air yards. In accordance with NFL Subsequent Gen Stats, he accomplished 4 of seven passes into a decent window (1 or fewer yards of separation), which was essentially the most completions by the Cowboys in a sport this season.

Due to the working sport (139 yards on 32 carries), Prescott went 11-of-12 for 121 yards and a landing off play motion.

“I believed Dak carried out higher as the sport went on,” coach Mike McCarthy stated. “It is his first time he is been on the market in fairly a while. Begin with the command of the huddle, the entire operation, I believed he was actually on level there. He dealt with the changes that had been going through the course of the sport. These are the massive issues that do not present up within the stat column.”

As a lot as teammates praised Cooper Rush for guiding the Cowboys to a 4-1 report, they had been blissful to have Prescott again on the helm.

“From my side, he was again to regular,” stated tight finish Dalton Schultz, who had 5 catches for 49 yards after recording simply two receptions for 18 yards with out Prescott. “It was good having him again on the market. I do know all people says it, however you possibly can’t underestimate the quantity of management that man has. The command he has within the huddle, it was simply nice to really feel the normalcy again in our offense. Coop did a helluva job. However having Dak again is big for us. It felt prefer it’s again to regular.”

Stated Lamb, “And he will look even higher subsequent week.”

The Cowboys host the Chicago Bears subsequent week with an opportunity to get to 6-2 earlier than their bye week. At 5-2, they’re presently in third place within the NFC East behind the Philadelphia Eagles (6-0) and New York Giants (6-1).

Prescott is simply glad to be again, with eyes on greater days forward.

“The sky is the restrict. We’re not going to place any limitations on what we are able to do,” Prescott stated.