Just one week ago, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott suffered a non-contact hamstring injury as he was making a throw late in the third quarter against the Atlanta Falcons.
Now, pending one final opinion from a specialist, Prescott's year is likely over as the former Mississippi State star plans to undergo season-ending surgery to fix his partially torn hamstring.
With Prescott out, Dallas rolled with backup quarterback Cooper Rush in Week 10, and the results weren't pretty as it suffered a 34-6 loss to an NFC East foe, the Philadelphia Eagles, at AT&T Stadium. Without their lead man, the Cowboys were only able to muster 146 yards on offense, including just 49 through the air.
Following the blowout loss, team owner and general manager Jerry Jones spoke to the media regarding his injured $240M star. When asked what he thought about the difference between the Cowboys with and without Prescott, Jerry didn't hold back.
"I don't want to be sarcastic, but you got the same arithmetic I've got?" Jones asked. "We've won three games with Dak. Okay, so I'm just saying we weren't playing well with Dak. At all."
Jones was then asked how much the Cowboys' hopes for this season would be hurt if Prescott can, in fact, not return.
"I won't deal in hypotheticals, but, you know, anybody that loses their top quarterback has some adjustments to make, and their usually adjusting uphill," Jones added. "I thought that, basically, we'd look better tonight without Dak. I thought we'd look better on offense than we looked without Dak. I've seen Cooper [Rush] play better than we played tonight. Philadelphia's got a lot to do with that. That's what it is."
Through eight games, Prescott underperformed for his standards. The quarterback completed 185-of-286 passes (64.7%) for 1,978 yards, 11 touchdowns and eight interceptions.
If the rest of the season looks anything like it did for the Dak-less Cowboys squad in Week 10, it's going to be a tough final stretch in Big D that could lead to some major offseason changes.
Related: Micah Parsons' Blunt Take on Mike McCarthy's Potential Cowboys Exit