Team news: Dallas Cowboys

Cowboys WR Michael Gallup suffered a strained calf in Thursday's 31-29 loss to the the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, according to Michael Gehlken of the Dallas Morning News. Gallup is expected to miss 3-5 weeks.

Related Players: Noah Brown, Cedrick Wilson

Gallup was having a solid game as the third passing option prior to the injury. Cedrick Wilson replaced Gallup and is the likely candidate to do so as long as Gallup is injured.

Cowboys QB Dak Prescott told reporters today that he is ready to play Week 1 at Tampa Bay. Prescott said he has no limitations.

The word out of Cowboys camp the whole time was Prescott needed to rest and that his shoulder was fine after a follow-up MRI. Prescott telling reporters he is good to go without coaches refuting his statement is great news. Prescott is John Paulsen's QB3 heading into the 2021 season.

RB Corey Clement is joining the Dallas Cowboys according to Mike Garafolo of the NFL Network. He was cut by the New York Giants August 31.

Clement is joining his third NFC East team. Running back depth is an issue past Tony Pollard and it is a wonder how much work Clement will get. His special teams background is the main reason he was added.

Cowboys QB Dak Prescott is expected to throw during 7-on-7 drills today, according to Dan Helman of the Dallas Cowboys. It will be his first competitive work since the first week of training camp.

The Cowboys have preached patience and have talked down the severity of Dak's shoulder injury, and his expected participation will help ease some worried in the fantasy community. Prescott is not out of the woods and he has not played in the preseason so there is still legitimate concern about the short and long-term severity of the injury.

Jerry Jones reiterates to 105.3 The Fan that Dak Prescott can and would play in regular-season game today.

It's "just not worth the gain out here in practice to not get him the rest," Jerry says of Dak's pitch count. "Very common for pulls, muscle pulls, soft tissue-type injuries."

Epstein went on to tweet the Cowboys reiterated the belief is Dak's injury is from single incident, and they are not compensating for last year's ankle injury. The tweet quoted Jones as saying, "Any type of restriction he’s having right now in his routine 100% is about later in the season. I have no compunction about him going out and playing against Tampa."

Cowboys WR CeeDee Lamb, S Malik Hooker and rookie S Israel Mukuamu are the three players added to COVID-19 protocol.

In addition defensive coordinator Dan Quinn and defensive tackle Carlos Watkins were added to the list last week. Beat writer Calvin Watkins tweeted a source told him Lamb is vaccinated. The Cowboys had virtual player meetings on Monday, it was reported.

Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy told reporters that QB Dak Prescott will continue to be limited at practice. “There’s a good chance he probably won’t play” Saturday against Houston, McCarthy said.

Prescott will continue to strengthen his arm but at some point concern for him being in game shape will set in. The good thing for Dak is he has a full, healthy stable of offensive talent surrounding him.

Dak Prescott is on track to potentially take the field when the Dallas Cowboys play host to the Houston Texans on Saturday.

Prescott had a second MRI, which the team said was scheduled, but still caused panic. The story said Prescott has resumed throwing in measured amounts and feels no soreness, but the Cowboys wanted one additional MRI to make sure all is well before allowing him to formally get back to throwing in team drills in practice.