In Brief: Prescott out at least one game
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott will miss at least one game with a hamstring injury that the team says is still being evaluated.
Coach Mike McCarthy says Prescott is out for Sunday’s game against Philadelphia after getting hurt at Atlanta. Multiple reports citing anonymous sources say Prescott is expected to miss multiple games. Any lengthy absence from Prescott would be another setback in a season full of them for the Cowboys.
They are on their first three-game losing streak since 2020. Dallas played the last 11 games of that 6-10 season without Prescott after he broke an ankle.
Cooper Rush replaced Prescott in the 27-21 loss to the Falcons.
KELCE APOLOGIZES FOR INCIDENT
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Retired Eagles center Jason Kelce has apologized after grabbing the phone of an unruly fan and spiking it to the ground before the Ohio State-Penn State game last weekend.
Kelce was attending the Big Ten matchup between the Buckeyes and Nittany Lions in State College, Pennsylvania, when the incident occurred. Video on social media showed him walking through a crowd near Beaver Stadium and fans asking for photos and fist bumps when one fan began to heckle him.
He said on ESPN Monday night that “in a heated moment, I decided to greet hate with hate” and that “I fell short this week.”
SAINTS FIRE COACH DENNIS ALLEN
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Saints have fired coach Dennis Allen a day after a loss at last-place Carolina extended the Saints’ losing streak to seven games. It’s the franchise’s longest skid since 1999. Allen is 18-25 without a playoff appearance since taking over in 2022 after Sean Payton began what turned out to be a one-season retirement from coaching.
The 52-year-old Allen is 26-53 in his NFL coaching career, including an 8-28 mark with the Oakland Raiders from 2012 to 2014. The Saints named special teams coordinator Darren Rizzi the interim coach with eight games left in what likely will be the club’s fourth straight season without a playoff berth.
GIANNIS OUT WITH MUSCLE STRAIN
CLEVELAND (AP) — Milwaukee superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo will miss Monday night’s game against the unbeaten Cleveland Cavaliers with a strained adductor muscle, another early-season hiccup for the struggling Bucks.
Coach Doc Rivers said Antetokounmpo went through morning shootaround before the team decided to give him the night off.