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Jane Slater of NFL Media reports that the initial diagnosis is a partial avulsion of his hamstring tendon, which is the tendon partially tearing off the bone. The recovery time typically is more than four weeks, which is the minimum stay required for an injured reserve stint.
Prescott is seeking other opinions, per Slater, before the Cowboys make a decision on whether to place the quarterback on IR. It is not yet known whether he will require surgery.
In some cases, the injury is allowed to scar over, repair and then strengthen. It is unknown where in the hamstring the injury is. Lower in the hamstring, around the knee, heals quicker than higher in the hamstring, near the glute.
This has already been an eventful week
Daniel Jones is coming off his best game of the season. His best game, in fact, since 2022. Yet, the reality of where the Giants are in their season and where Jones is in his career, mean that Sunday in Munich, Germany could mark the final start of Jones’ career as Giants quarterback.
The Giants and Panthers have identical 2-7 records, yet the Giants are a significant favorite when it comes to the betting odds. This has always been a game the Giants were expected to win.
If they don’t, they will be 2-8 heading into their bye week. It will be difficult at that point for head coach Brian Daboll and GM Joe Schoen to justify starting Jones at MetLife Stadium Week 12 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The season will clearly be over in terms of competing for a playoff spot. It already is, of course, but even the Giants will have to admit that if they can’t beat the Panthers. It is clear that the Jones-Giants marriage has run its course and that the Giants need a new plan at quarterback.
It is a huge financial risk for the Giants to continue to play Jones when the outcome of the 2024 season, and when we know what has to happen when it’s done, are already all but certain.
The NFL is a harsh business sometimes. The Giants lost Nick McCloud on Tuesday because they needed the $1.404 million in cap savings they got from cutting him more than they needed player.
Fact is, per Over the Cap the Giants were down to $1.166 million in salary space, last in the league. No chance they make it to the finish line of the season with that miniscule amount of money, so they had to do something.
McCloud was playing on a non-guaranteed one-year, $2.985 million...
