Dak Prescott

Dallas Cowboys QB Dak Prescott revealed whether or not he'd be ready to play in Week 4 against the Washington Commanders.

While he’s not expecting to be ready to go in Week 4, he has his sights set on the Week 5 clash with the Los Angeles Rams on Oct. Obviously, that’s huge news for the Cowboys, who have been without their starting quarterback ever since he injured his hand in the Week 1 loss against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. “Nah, probably not,” said Prescott of a possible return in Week 4.

Cooper Rush is now 3-0 as a starter, adding back-to-back 2022 victories to a ledger that included an upset win in Minnesota last season.

The Cowboys face the Eagles in Philadelphia the following week. While Jerry Jones has talked up his backup since [Dak Prescott](https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PresDa01.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-)‘s injury, Mike McCarthy slammed the door on the veteran QB2 keeping the gig once Prescott returns. The longtime owner said his starter is a week or two away from returning. But Dak added he is targeting the Cowboys’ Week 5 Rams matchup for his return, ](https://cdn.profootballrumors.com/files/2019/12/Dak-PrescottDak-Prescott.jpg) [via Lorenzo Reyes of USA Today](https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2022/09/26/dak-prescott-eyes-week-5-return-cowboys-rams-game/10437907002/). [Michael Gallup](https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GallMi00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-) will likely be back when Prescott returns, after the fifth-year wideout practiced ahead of the Giants game but [was held out for precautionary reasons](https://www.profootballrumors.com/2022/09/latest-on-cowboys-te-dalton-schultz-wr-michael-gallup). [Cooper Rush](https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RushCo00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-) is now 3-0 as a starter, adding back-to-back 2022 victories to a ledger that included an upset win in Minnesota last season.

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott may return sooner than expected. During his weekly radio appearance with Dallas' The Fan, team owner Jerry Jones ...

[injured his throwing hand](https://theathletic.com/3586105/2022/09/12/cowboys-dak-prescott-injury/) in the Cowboys’ season-opening loss to the [Tampa Bay Buccaneers](https://theathletic.com/nfl/team/buccaneers/) on Sept. He appeared to sustain a thumb injury by jamming his hand into Bucs linebacker [Shaquil Barrett](https://theathletic.com/nfl/player/shaquil-barrett-nxrY4Fqbwi5WdcDf/)’s while following through on a throw in the first quarter. The swelling in Prescott’s surgically-repaired thumb is gone and the stitches are out.

Cooper Rush has done his job, but if the Cowboys are going to make a run at the Eagles, they need Dak Prescott back soon, writes Ralph Vacchiano.

[Rams](https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/los-angeles-rams-team)?" They had 391 yards in their [23-16 win](https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/week-3-dallas-cowboys-vs-new-york-giants-sep-26-2022-game-boxscore-9746) over the [Giants](https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/new-york-giants-team) on Monday, and Rush went 21-of-31 for 215 yards and a touchdown. He can make sure his injured thumb is 100 percent, because there's no need to run to the Cowboys' rescue. Now, if he's not ready, they won't even have to feel the urgency to bring him back for that Week 5 game against the Rams. 1 receiver, [CeeDee Lamb](https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/ceedee-lamb-player), who nonetheless caught eight passes for 87 yards and the game-winning, fourth-quarter touchdown. [Tampa Bay Buccaneers](https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/tampa-bay-buccaneers-team) — seems to be slowly kicking into gear. If they were 0-3 now instead of 2-1, they might have been begging him to come back to face the Commanders on Sunday, ready or not. He was one of the best quarterbacks in the entire league. [Cooper Rush](https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/cooper-rush-player) has done exactly what he needed to do over the past two weeks. "He has got the makeup for a top quarterback." Jones has been in Rush's corner from the beginning, even playfully fantasizing last week about the Cowboys developing a quarterback controversy before Prescott returns. Prescott is now poised to return at the perfect time, right before a huge NFC showdown in Los Angeles on Oct.

Even with wins, the Dallas Cowboys are creating controversy, namely at the quarterback spot. Dak Prescott's doing what he can to snuff it out.

The Cowboys' financial obligations to Prescott likely eliminate a good part of a true controversy, but Rush is nonetheless likely to continue as "the guy'' for the team's coming contest against the Washington Commanders on Sunday (12 p.m. The effort Rush has made to keep Dallas in contention in a division currently ruled by an undefeated Philadelphia group could come back if the Cowboys wind up completing the rare quest of consecutive NFC East titles. Prescott and Rush [laughed off the comments in private](https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/jerry-jones-leaves-em-laughing-dallas-cowboys-dak-prescott-cooper-rush-react-to-qb-controversy) but Dak officially dispelled notions of an aerial civil war. How he came in and approached his first preseason and the success he had then and the time running the scout team and stepping up when I have been gone. Rush has thus become perhaps one of the NFL's most inspiring underdog stories in this young season. I want him to have all the success," Prescott said.

Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott got the stitches removed from his surgically-repaired right thumb on Monday, but that doesn't mean that he'll be jumping ...

Once those things happen, the Cowboys will then look to have Prescott ramp up his throwing and other football activities. There had been some talk of Prescott trying to get back for Week Four’s game with the Commanders and Lisa Salters of ESPN reported that he said he wasn’t ruling out during a conversation on Monday, but Week Five may be more realistic given the swelling he’s still dealing with on Tuesday. Head coach Mike McCarthy said in a Tuesday press conference that Prescott still has swelling in his thumb and that he will also have to build strength back up after being sidelined for the last couple of weeks.