Cowboys QB "Dak Prescott quit," asserted one of the less eloquent of the panelists, former NFL wide receiver James Jones. "It's crazy because it ain't even like funny though. My man quitting on these dudes.''
FRISCO - Is there no level to which they won't stoop?
On Tuesday morning, the Dallas Cowboys' dark-cloud time continued with the expected news that Dak Prescott is headed for injured reserve with a hamstring injury that team owner Jerry Jones said will put him out for "an extended period of time.''
Shortly after the news broke, certain members of the national media obviously rubbed their hands together as they crafted in their devious brains ways to twist and turn the story into a Cowboys-bashing and Dak-bashing exercise.
There are many legitimate things for which Jones' franchise and team deserve scrutiny and criticism. And when the football team isn't winning? There are legitimate things for which the star quarterback deserves the same,
Dallas is 3-5 and hasn't played well; Prescott's performance has gone hand-in-hand with all of it.
But there are certain lines of ethics, decency and logic that most of us don't cross. FS1, the little-watched national media outlet, long ago decided to bulldoze through those guidelines in desperate search of an audience. And so anything goes ... including labeling last year's MVP runner-up and a former NFL Man of the Year a "quitter.''
"Dak quit," asserted one of the less eloquent of the panelists, former NFL wide receiver James Jones. "It's crazy because it ain't even like funny though. My man quitting on these dudes.''
It's an outrageous accusation from the ex-player, who stumbled on, trying to explain himself.
"I've had a hamstring plenty of times and I'm back the next week ... It don't take no four weeks to heal from a hamstring.''
He is of course wrong. Depending on the grade of the injury, it can take weeks or months or even surgery to come back from a hamstring injury depending on its severity. How is it possible that a former professional athlete who is on a national TV show either doesn't know this or is comfortable pretending to be this stupid?
More from James Jones: "No fight. No nothing. ... This is a hamstring for a quarterback that's not explosive at the quarterback spot."
Here, Jones makes the naive suggestion that only "explosive running quarterbacks'' (he mentions Lamar Jackson and Jalen Hurts) have the right to have a serious hamstring injury, neglecting to understand that such an injury can occur to anyone who makes a sudden and powerful movement of his leg; it has nothing to do with whether one can run fast.
The Cowboys will use backup quarterback Cooper Rush in Prescott's place, and Jerry Jones has teased that third-stringer Trey Lance might be involved to provide some "punch'' as well, starting Sunday with a visit from the Eagles.
The Cowboys will use backup quarterback Cooper Rush in Prescott's place, and Jerry Jones has teased that third-stringer Trey Lance might be involved to provide some "punch'' as well, starting Sunday with a visit from the Eagles.
