{"id":40324,"date":"2025-04-12T02:50:29","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T02:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=40324"},"modified":"2025-04-12T02:50:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T02:50:29","slug":"slim-dak-confirms-lie-in-dumbest-cowboys-rumor-of-offseason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=40324","title":{"rendered":"‘Slim’ Dak Confirms Lie In Dumbest Cowboys Rumor of Offseason"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FRISCO – We told you it wasn’t true.<\/p>\n

And now\u00a0Dallas Cowboys\u00a0quarterback\u00a0Dak Prescott is confirming our scoop that crushed the hoax that insisted he’d lost 30 or even 50 pounds during rehab after suffering a torn hamstring in Week 8 of the 2024 season.<\/p>\n

The Pro Bowl QB has taken his rehab very seriously.<\/p>\n

But an internet troll has spread the word that Dak has lost 30 pounds.<\/p>\n

And then a teammate is made fun of that with an obvious joke … that Dak’s has lost weight to the tune of losing 50 pounds.<\/p>\n

Prescott hosted another throwing session with his Cowboys receivers where tight end Jake Ferguson posted a video of Dak’s “slim” and “young” physique.<\/p>\n

Dak reposted Ferguson’s video saying, “Slimothy, that’s me.”<\/p>\n

Something wasn’t right. So we checked in with the Cowboys at the start of the week and we got to the bottom of it.<\/p>\n

At different times in his career, Prescott has measured in at 6-2 … and sometimes at as much as 238 pounds and sometimes at as light as 229. Indeed, at one point last year, 229 was the number.<\/p>\n

As we wrote and reported…<\/p>\n

“Dak’s weigh-in number at this moment, according to a source here inside The Star, is 226. So … as of today, he’s lost 3 pounds. Not 30.\u00a0Three.<\/em><\/p>\n

“He’s fit. He’s in shape. He’s maybe even ‘slim.’ But Prescott has not lost an extraodinary amount of weight so he can ‘Be like\u00a0Lamar Jackson,’ as one report said.<\/p>\n

“It’s all fake.”<\/p>\n

And now Dak is acknowledging the veracity of our report, telling reporters on Friday night at the Children\u2019s Cancer Fund event in Dallas that he’s “about the same.”<\/p>\n

“I haven’t really lost any weight,” he said. “I’m about the same. … Weight’s just moved. I might be leaner up top, but the weight’s the same.<\/p>\n

In the few clips we’ve seen of Dak since he has begun throwing and moving again, it’s clear he is “fit.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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