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Prescott’s injury isn’t a serious one.
FRISCO — Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott joined a list of eight players on the injury report on Wednesday.
Prescott has a sore hip and, along with seven other players, was limited during a walkthrough practice at The Star.
“He’ll go through all of his normal stuff just because it’s a mock tempo,” coach Brian Schottenheimer said. “It’s just slow. He’s just a little sore. I’m a little sore too but for different reasons. Just sleeping shorter. So, but yeah, it’s because it’s just slow, mock, walk-through, he will be fine.”
It’s the first time this season Prescott has been listed on the injury report.
Rush ends Jadeveon Clowney (shoulder/neck) and Dante Fowler (shoulder), safeties Malik Hooker (toe) and Donovan Wilson (elbow/shoulder), guard Tyler Smith (knee) and defensive tackle Solomon Thomas (calf) were limited in practice.
Defensive tackle Perrion Winfrey (back) was a full participant.
Qunnien Williams didn’t waste anytime making a difference.
There are a lot of different reasons why the Dallas Cowboys decided to make the trade for Quinnen Williams at the deadline. First and foremost, he’s an incredible player in the prime of his career. And even if the Cowboys don’t make the playoffs this season, he is the type of foundational player the franchise can build a defense around moving forward.
But another factor as to why the Cowboys made this move is that they believed his presence could impact the players around him.
One such player is Osa Odighizuwa, whom the Cowboys paid a ton of money to this offseason. Odighizuwa has always been a solid player, but he’s never played next to a player like Williams, and he’s already unlocking parts of his game.
Cowboys DT Osa Odighizuwa had a career performance in win vs. Raiders
Williams was dominant in his debut with the Cowboys, racking up 1.5 sacks and a career-high five QB hits. But he wasn’t the only defensive tackle for Dallas who had a career day. Odighizuwa led the team in pressures with eight, which was also his personal best, according to Pro Football Focus. He was the team’s highest-graded defender with a grade of 90.6.
Odighizuwa was incredible with Williams on and off the field on Monday, and a big reason why is that he was fresh. Rather than playing 51 snaps like he did in Week 9 against the Cardinals, Odighizuwa played 40 snaps, 34 of which came on passing downs. He wasn’t asked to eat up double teams in the run game and instead could focus solely on getting to Geno Smith.
The game script obviously helped out here as the Cowboys...
