The most important news of the dallas cowboysThe Week 9 loss to the Atlanta Falcons was due to quarterback Dak Prescott’s hamstring injury. Prescott didn’t finish the game and didn’t seem confident in a quick response in his postgame comments.

Prescott was right to have that lack of confidence. On Monday, NFL insider Ian Rapoport broke the news that Prescott’s hamstring injury is more serious than initially expected.

Rapoport has been told the injury will last several weeks for the franchise quarterback. Cooper Rush, who replaced Prescott on Sunday, will likely be the starting quarterback in Prescott’s absence.

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The news is a brutal blow to any chance the Cowboys thought they had of turning this season around.

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