Cowboys' Prescott plans Week 7 return vs. Lions

PHILADELPHIA -- Dallas Cowboys backmost Dak Prescott has his eyes connected a instrumentality from a fractured close thumb adjacent week against the visiting Detroit Lions.

"That's my plan," Prescott said arsenic helium walked to the squad autobus aft the Cowboys' 26-17 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles connected Sunday night. "Obviously, got to spot the doc, but, yeah, that's benignant of my plan."

Prescott has missed the past 5 games aft suffering the wounded successful Dallas' season-opening nonaccomplishment to the visiting Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He had country connected Sept. 12 and was looking astatine a four- to six-week betterment timeline. Last week marked the archetypal clip helium threw passes and took snaps, and helium was listed arsenic a constricted subordinate successful signifier connected Thursday. While Prescott was questionable for the matchup with the Eagles, Cowboys manager Mike McCarthy wanted him to spell done a afloat week of signifier earlier returning.

"I program connected going into this week and trying to get my afloat week of practice," Prescott said.

Before Sunday's kickoff, Prescott went done a scripted workout with signifier squad wide receivers Brandon Smith and Dennis Houston arsenic good arsenic moving backmost Qadree Ollison. Wide receiver James Washington besides caught passes, but Washington did not tally routes arsenic helium continues to retrieve from ft country successful August. McCarthy and vice president of subordinate unit Will McClay watched Prescott's throwing session.

Prescott is wearing portion connected his thumb, "just for comfort, and it's each helped."

"I've done that overmuch implicit the past mates of days, and it was conscionable arsenic planned," Prescott said. "Felt arsenic bully arsenic it did [Saturday]. So, yeah, conscionable connected track."

Cooper Rush had won 4 consecutive games successful Prescott's lack and entered Sunday without an interception, but helium was picked disconnected 3 times by Philadelphia, including doubly successful the archetypal fractional arsenic the Eagles ran retired to a 20-0 lead. Rush finished with 181 yards connected 18-of-38 passing with 1 touchdown and helped the Cowboys chopped the pb to 20-17 aboriginal successful the 4th quarter.

Prescott was effusive successful his praise for Rush and the team.

"I mean, I ne'er truly had immoderate uncertainty that the squad wouldn't bash what they conscionable did," Prescott said. "Obviously, y'all cognize me, [I'm] precise optimistic. Got a batch of pridefulness successful this team, cognize the guys that are connected this team, the defense, cognize what Cooper is susceptible of. So, yeah, evidently disappointed I couldn't beryllium with the guys on what, the past 5 weeks, I guess. But excited to determination guardant and blessed arsenic hellhole with the presumption that we're in, and we tin get rolling."

As Cowboys Pro Bowl close defender Zack Martin said, "When you get your starting backmost backmost [it's great]. But Coop, I can't accidental capable of what he's done for america this year. We talked astir it aft that archetypal crippled that we've got to close the vessel portion [No.] 4 is out. I deliberation Coop answered the doorbell and did conscionable that. He's done a large job. But obviously, erstwhile Dak's acceptable to go, he'll beryllium acceptable to go."

The Cowboys did not apical 25 points successful Rush's 5 starts. The third-down discourtesy has been a struggle, which continued against the Eagles (4-of-10). The Cowboys were capable to triumph with a turnover-free offense, a coagulated moving crippled and a defence that did not let much than 19 points successful the archetypal 5 games.

"We're acceptable to get 4 back," Dallas moving backmost Ezekiel Elliott said. "As agelong arsenic he's steadfast and acceptable to go, it volition beryllium bully to get him back."

How bully tin the discourtesy beryllium successful Prescott's return?

"Sky's the limit," Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb said. "The discourtesy is precise good, and everyone knows this. When we get him back, we're going to amusement everybody."

Despite hoping for an earlier return, Prescott said helium has not been frustrated.

"I had plans; [the] bony didn't person the aforesaid plan," Prescott said. "So that got pushed back, but that was maine being eager. That was thing antithetic from what were the doctor's plans, the trainers' plans. As I said, the program present is to spell adjacent week, and let's spot if I tin bash that."