Between an ankle injury and a shoulder injury, both of which varied greatly in terms of severity, it’s been quite a while since Cowboys fans got to see Dak Prescott really let it rip. In fact, when Prescott takes the field on Thursday night for the season opener against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, it will be just three days shy of exactly 11 months since the last time he played in a game of any kind.
So allow this to serve as a reminder that Rayne Dakota Prescott is, indeed, very good.
It’s easy to talk about the gaudy numbers Prescott was putting up before his injury last year, and just as easy to dismiss that as the byproduct of having to pass a lot to make up for his terrible defense.