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Dallas Cowboys QB Dak Prescott will play in opener despite right ankle soreness

FRISCO, Texas - Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott will play Sunday against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers despite right ankle soreness that limited him in Thursday's practice, according to coach Mike McCarthy.

"I don't have any concern about him playing," McCarthy said.

McCarthy would not say whether Prescott had an MRI on Thursday, but said, "we checked him out. We made sure everything was good." McCarthy said Prescott will be a full participant over the next two days of work, leading into gameday.

On Thursday, Prescott said his surgically-repaired ankle felt, "uncomfortable," after wearing a different style of cleats for the first time this summer.