Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott said he is fine and will be back at practice on Tuesday without limitations.
Prescott was held out practice Friday due to ankle soreness.
He didn’t play in Sunday’s 13-12 preseason opening loss against the Los Angeles Rams But that was expected.
Prescott has not taken a snap in a preseason game since 2019.
But he missed the final 11 games of the 2020 season due to a fractured ankle that required two surgeries.
Prescott has not missed a game because of the ankle over the last three seasons. But he’s had to manage it at times because of occasional swelling and soreness.
Prescott was seen wearing a walking boot in June due to swelling.
He was a full participant through the first three weeks of training camp before sitting out Friday with ankle soreness.
Prescott and coach Mike McCarthy said it was no big deal; he’ll be good to go on Tuesday.
Clarence E. Hill Jr. has covered the Dallas Cowboys as a beat writer/columnist for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram since 1997. That includes just two playoff wins, six coaches and countless controversies from the demise of the dynasty teams of the 1990s through the rollercoaster years of the Tony Romo era until Jason Garrett’s process Cowboys.