FRISCO, Texas >> With Dak Prescott likely out at least four games in an anticipated move to injured reserve because of the star quarterback’s strained hamstring, the Dallas Cowboys are still buyers.
Those were the words of owner and general manager Jerry Jones on his radio show Tuesday — trade deadline day — when he acknowledged the addition of Carolina receiver Jonathan Mingo without giving the name after updating the prognosis on his franchise QB.
“We’re not selling,” said Jones, whose team will give up a 2025 fourth-round draft pick and add a seventh-rounder in the trade with the Panthers. “We will make that case. We’re buying and not selling.”
Prescott sustained the injury in the second half of a 27-21 loss to Atlanta. The Cowboys (3-5) play NFC East rival Philadelphia (6-2) on Sunday, the second of four consecutive games against winning teams.
“It’s an extended period of time here,” Jones said. “I wouldn’t dare make a prediction when it could be. We’ll see kind of how his rehab goes.”
Cooper Rush will replace Prescott, just as he did when the Cowboys went 4-1 in 2022 after Prescott broke his thumb in a season-opening loss. Rush also won a game in 2021 filling in for the 2016 AP Offensive Rookie of the Year and three-time Pro Bowler.
Prescott’s absence is another setback in a season full of them for the Cowboys, who are on their first three-game losing streak since 2020.