Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz tore his ACL trying to score a touchdown on Sunday.
Now, the team with the NFC's best record is no longer a Super Bowl favorite because their quarterback is out for the season.
Wentz's injury, though, should have no impact on Dak Prescott's approach to the Cowboys' game against Oakland on Sunday Night Football.
Running is part of what makes Prescott among the game's best quarterbacks, if we're talking about dudes 26 or younger.
Seriously, who do you want more than Prescott? Wentz, San Francisco's Jimmy Garoppolo and Houston's Deshaun Watson are pretty much the only players in the conversation, unless you want to add Tennessee's Marcus Mariota or Tampa Bay's Jameis Winston to the conversation.
Prescott has passed for 2,752 yards with 21 touchdowns and nine interceptions with a passer rating of 91.6 this season.
He's rushed 45 times for 288 yards, but that doesn't begin to tell the entire story. He's rushed for five touchdowns and 23 drive-sustaining first downs. He's converted 11 third downs and one fourth down running.
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He slides to avoid big hits, which is something Wentz has been criticized for not doing often enough.
But he'll also run over defenders if he needs a key first down or a touchdown.
Remember the key touchdown in the win over Arizona, when he leaped over a defender and helicoptered into the end zone to give Dallas a 7-6 lead? Or when he ran through an arm tackle at the goal line for a touchdown to give Dallas a 31-28 lead against Green Bay with 73 seconds left?
Two weeks ago against Washington, Prescott bruised his right hand when a defender's helmet hit him just as he pitched the ball on an option play. The reality is you can't escape the NFL's physicality no matter how hard you try.
"No, I'm not going to put that in my mind," Prescott said when asked if Wentz's injury would change his style.
"I don't think anybody is. That's part of the game. That just comes with it. Us running quarterbacks, we know that we're susceptible to that when we're running," he said.
"For me, it's just about going to get what I can," Prescott said. "If I need to get that touchdown, or in his case right there, it was needed. He went and got it. That's just him being a competitor. I'll treat the game the same way as I've been playing."
The Cowboys just want him to continue being smart about his approach. He ran the ball 14 times a game at Mississippi State, but only 3.5 times a game with the Cowboys.
Most of his designed runs come in the red zone on the read option. The others are scrambles when his pass protection breaks down.
"I got hit a couple of weeks ago and hurt my hand, so it's real," Prescott said of the dangers of running. "You're more susceptible to [getting] hit and these guys hit hard."
"It's different than college. I'm taking all those things into account, but I'm going to play smart, I'm going to keep my competitive edge while doing that," he said.
He must for the Cowboys to continue their improbable playoff run.
