FRISCO, Texas – Andy Dalton, the quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys, doesn’t quite remember all about the play, which knocked him out for a week due to provocation, but he remembers all about dealing with the coronavirus that caused him to lose the game on reserve. COVID-19 list.
“Covid, it hit me hard on my first day, then slowly it started to feel better,” said Dalton, who said he’s still trying to get his smell and taste back, as he did against the Minnesota Vikings. Preparing to start Sunday. “By the end of it, I was ready to get out of quarantine and go back here.”
When Dalton returned to the star last week during Calboy’s Bye, he had to go through consonance protocol. Because it was no different, he was unable to finish.
“It was three weeks crazy for me, but I’m glad to be on the other side of it,” Dalton said. “I’m glad to be back with everyone and during those three weeks.”
Dalton said he felt more than provoked symptoms when he was diagnosed with Covid-19, which led to a different type of headache. Dalton is not sure how he contracted the virus, but said his wife, JJ, and one of his sons have also tested positive. She did not have two children.
“All is well now,” Dalton said. “So we’re all healthy and back to normal.”
This intruder was the first of his career. In the third quarter of a 25-23 loss to Washington, he was provoked by the helmet splash Linebacker Jon bostika. Bostick was fined 000 12,000, but not suspended.
Dalton said he remembers everything up to the hit and was disappointed in Bostick’s league penalty.
“You know, with this whole thing, I was a little surprised by the numbers, seeing the fines and different things some people got,” Dalton said. “But that’s what it is.”
Unable to work on the star for more than a week and tighten up at her home away from her family, Dalton said she was able to get some conditioning work at her home gym “to stay in it.”
He said he has felt so far so good during his weeks of practice.
“It was a bit disappointing,” Dalton said. “After you strip a game, dealing with it first, and then covid. That’s it, it’s all sorts of hits at once. I wish I was out there. I wish I could play in this. Two games that I missed it. “
Rookie Ben Dinucci made his debut for the Phuladelphia Eagles on November 1, and Garrett Gilbert made his debut for Nov. 1. On the 8th against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Dak starts four without Prescott.
“I thought he was decisive and he threw the ball very well,” coach Mike McCarthy said of Dalton’s work in practice on Wednesday. “It’s the biggest thing because obviously the ball is coming out on time and forward. I felt like it was in rhythm. Andy has excellent command of the whole operation. … very nice to have him back.”
At 6-7 p.m., the Cowboys are last in the NFC East, but with Philadelphia having a -1–5-1 record in the division, there is a shot to compete.
“Everything is in front of us,” Dalton said. “It’s crazy about how this season goes. Some games we feel like we have opportunities. It doesn’t matter in all these things. Now we have to move on. We have to think about the next seven games and it’s ours. It’s about focusing – that’s against us. “
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