Dallas Cowboys’ Dak Prescott confident with ankle. ‘I could play in a game right now.’
Dak Prescott says he’s ready to go play football right now.
During a brief scrum with media Tuesday, the Dallas Cowboys quarterback voiced confidence that he’s progressing swiftly from season-ending ankle surgery after a compound fracture and dislocation during a Week 5 game at AT&T Stadium. Prescott also had a follow-up surgery on his right ankle.
“I’m close. I could go play in a game right now and in my head be very, very successful,” Prescott said. “So there’s no doubt that when I need to be successful, when I need to do what it takes to be on the field I’m going to do exactly that and the time will be right.”
Prescott echoed similar sentiments made by Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy last week regarding a recent workout he had witnessed.
He said the quarterback was “right on track or maybe a little ahead of schedule” in his recovery from the injury that caused him to miss the final 11 games of the season.
“I was very impressed with his progress,” McCarthy said. “Just coming off the type of injury. His footwork, he’s doing all the normal movements that you look to do in a quarterback-school format this time of year.”
This is what the Cowboys anticipated when they signed Prescott to a four-year, $160 million contract in March. Still, the confirmation of these expectations counts as good news as the team continued to prepare for the 2021 season.
Prescott is participating in the offseason program with the rest of the teammates.
It is still unknown if the NFL will allow the teams to have OTAs or minicamps this season.
Even if the Cowboys do, Prescott said he doesn’t know if he will do any 11-on-11 work until the start of training camp in July.
But he is good to go now.
Prescott, who attended the Texas Rangers game Saturday night at Globe Life Field, said he watched “pretty much all of [the NFL draft].”
This story was originally published May 4, 2021 at 5:36 PM.
