Cowboys Headlines: Defensive injuries mount, Dak's record day, concerns over Rio turf? – Cowboys Wire

Cowboys Headlines: Defensive injuries mount, Dak’s record day, concerns over Rio turf?  Cowboys Wire

Sunday's decisive win over the Commanders opened the Cowboys' home slate on a bright note, but it also added to the list of walking wounded on the defensive side of the ball. P.J. Locke tore a plantar fascia and Cobie Durant strained a hamstring in the 37-20 victory; now both could miss multiple weeks, according to head coach Brian Schottenheimer. Could that mean there's a blockbuster move coming to provide reinforcements? Owner Jerry Jones made a cryptic postgame comment that suggests so to some. Most of Monday's headlines belonged to Dak Prescott, as the veteran quarterback's four-touchdown day left him standing alone atop the Cowboys franchise list in every major passing category.

Read on to take a tour through all the various pass-catchers who have caught a touchdown from Prescott, plus find out how the team actually tracks those record-setting balls, and revisit Tom Brady's off-color call of a Prescott pass that left the internet reeling. The Cowboys are off to Rio de Janeiro next, but prepare to hear a lot about the playing surface at Maracanã Stadium. The Cowboys and the NFL are already having to weigh in about a field of turf that some are openly questioning in regard to its condition. In Washington, injured quarterback Jayden Daniels is seeking additional opinions on his dislocated elbow, but the