Stephen Jones shared an update on where Dak Prescott is from a health standpoint.
It has been a long time since we saw Dak Prescott play for the Dallas Cowboys. The team’s franchise quarterback underwent season-ending surgery for a hamstring injury that occurred well before Thanksgiving last year. Prescott’s last game played was all the way back on November 3rd, 2024.
There haven’t been a lot of quotes about Prescott’s recovery, but Stephen Jones did speak about it ahead of the week’s owners meetings. The team’s EVP noted that Prescott is doing well, but he did add that Dak will have some limitations over the offseason program.
Stephen Jones on Dak Prescott’s health coming off hamstring surgery: “Dak’s doing great. He’s very thrilled with where he is, and I know the trainers are too. I feel like he’s doing a hell of a job.”
He said Prescott will have “some limitations,” in the offseason program.
— Todd Archer (@toddarcher) March 30, 2025
This hardly seems shocking. There is no question that Dak is the team’s franchise quarterback so pushing him for reps in the middle of April or May seems like an unwise decision at best. To be fair though, the Cowboys do have a new head coach in Brian Schottenheimer, but even that is a unique thing as he has been the team’s offensive coordinator for the last two years so he already has a working relationship with Dak.
While it makes sense for the Cowboys to take things easy with Prescott, that means that there will be more opportunities available for quarterbacks down the depth chart. At the moment this list only includes Will Grier as Cooper Rush left for the Baltimore Ravens in free agency and the Cowboys did not return Trey Lance.
Backup quarterback is therefore one of the real needs for the Cowboys roster at the moment, and while it makes sense for them to select one during the NFL draft, they would still be wise to add a veteran to the mix.