Dallas Cowboys QB Dak Prescott Expects to Start Versus Detroit Lions

The Dallas Cowboys testament hold starting signal caller Dak Prescott backrest inwards the lineup against the Detroit Lions inwards Week 7. That’s after he missed the cobbler's last fin games recovering from a pollex injury.

Prescott fractured a osseous tissue near his thumb on his throwing paw inwards the 4th billet of the season opener against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He underwent surgery and the Cowboys projected he could escape sixer to viii weeks. But he looks to bring back before of schedule.

Team doctors cleared Prescott to coming back to exercise this week. He took reps with the first team up and expects to take up against the Lions on Sunday.

The Lions (1-4) are +7 place dogs when they innkeeper the Cowboys (4-2). The Cowboys are 4-2 against the spread this season, and the Lions are 3-2 ATS.

The Lions are sweet cancelled a pass week, but they’re desperate to cease a three-game losing streak. The Cowboys had a four-game winning streak snapped past the undefeated City of Brotherly Love Eagles in Week 6 with a 26-17 loss.

Backup field general Peter Cooper Rush did a stellar task filling in for Prescott. Rush posted a 4-1 enter as a starter, with the resole red ink occurring inwards a tough divisional route game inwards Philadelphia. The Cowboys were thrilled that they were able-bodied to save a winning record book while Prescott was sidelined with his thumb injury.

Dak is Back: Jones, McCarthy Feel Good

With Prescott indorse at the helm, the Cowboys desire he canful chop-chop agitate off the rust. Luckily, they’re facing a Lions squad that’s won simply ace game this season. Cowboys team up owner Jerry Casey Jones doesn’t think the clip away testament impact Prescott.

Let’s just say this — Dak’s determined,” Jones said inward an question with a local sports radio station. “From my perspective, he’s sledding to receive there. We finger the likes of that physically, he’s at a view that the peril and pay back justifies him existence out thither inward terms of any reoccurrence of the injury.”

Head manager Mike Joseph Raymond McCarthy is also optimistic around Prescott peppy dorsum without practically of a letdown.

“The net limen is always getting even to play, but then there’s the timing,” said McCarthy. “If you looking at the regimentation of how we’ve been bringing Dak back, apparently followers the medical unconscious process of it, we’ve been trying to make out as often throwing, peculiarly the case-by-case routes on air, as much as we can. i think we’ve chequered the boxes.”

“He looks good, he’s ready to go,” added Jones.

“Sky’s the limit,” said wide-cut pass catcher CeeDee Lamb. “The offense is rattling unspoilt and everyone knows this. When we get under one's skin him back, we’re sledding to demo everybody.”

Prescott struggled inward the only when biz he played this season, a 19-3 red ink to the Bucs inward Week 1. With a shortened preseason, nearly every team inward the conference looked sluggish in the number one few weeks of the regular season. Prescott completed just 14-for-29 passes for 134 yards and zero touchdowns. He threw ane interception in the loss and posted an atrocious 18.8 QBR rating.

Cowboys inward 3-Way NFC East Battle

The Eagles sit inwards first property in the NFC Orient with a 6-0 record. The New York Giants, ane of the biggest surprises this season, take hold pile s come out with a 5-1 record. The Cowboys fill 3rd shoes with a 4-2 record. The Washington D.C. Commanders are inwards endure localize at 2-4, and their future looks stern after they lost Rachel Louise Carson Wentz for several weeks with a fractured finger.

The Eagles are the betting favourite at -400 odds to win the NFC Orient o'er at DraftKings. The Cowboys are +550 betting odds to win the division, and the Giants are +800 odds.

The Cowboys are +2200 betting odds to win Super Bowl LVII, according to the Westgate SuperBook inwards Las Vegas. Their betting odds didn’t alter like a shot after Prescott’s injury, but they steady increased during their four-game winning streak.

The Cowboys have two upcoming place games against losing teams. They legion the one-win Lions on Sunday, and they face the Windy City Bears (2-4) in Week 8.

After a bye inward Week 9, the Cowboys have III toughened opponents on the schedule inwards November. They call the Green River Bay Packers (3-3) at Lambeau Field inwards Week 10, then lead to the Twin Falls Cities to run the Minnesota Vikings (5-1) inwards Week 11.

In Week 12, the Cowboys host their yearly Thanksgiving Day game. The Giants are on the slate this year for a hard divisional showdown.