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Dak kept Cowboys in dark about crazy offseason procedure
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott. Jason Parkhurst-USA TODAY Sports

Cowboys HC, owner were unaware of Dak Prescott's 11-hour sedation during offseason procedure

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott had to be sedated for 11 hours while getting an enormous leg tattoo in March, just two months after the team's season ended in the playoffs.

Furthermore, according to a report by Clarence Hill Jr. of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, neither head coach Mike McCarthy nor owner Jerry Jones were aware of the procedure going on until afterward.

When asked if the idea of Prescott's sedation scared him, Jones said "I don't have a comment," per Hill Jr.'s report.

McCarthy, meanwhile, "found out the day after the procedure when he saw Prescott and his swollen leg in the locker room."

"I was like ‘Whoa, what the ... happen to your leg,'" the coach said, according to the report. "So he shows it to me. I’m like ‘Jesus Christ, how long did that take? You’ve been doing it all week. He said, no, I did it all at one time.' He showed me a video of it and like ‘Oh, my God.'"

The two-time Pro Bowl signal-caller explained to Hill Jr. that he wasn't even originally going to inform Jones or McCarthy of the situation.

Per the report, the procedure was "safe" and "supervised by a team of medical professionals and part of a new trend with expansive and expensive tattoos for celebrities."

According to the article, celebrities such as Lil Uzi Vert and Post Malone have gotten tattoos under sedation, as well as Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. Even two of Prescott's main weapons on offense used the same artist that the quarterback used in wideout CeeDee Lamb and running back Tony Pollard.

In fact, it was Lamb who had the procedure done first and then referred Prescott to the ink artist, Andres Ortega, from the Arizona tattoo shop Onder Link.

Now, the trio of stars (with their new body art) are just two days away from opening their 2023 season. The Cowboys visit the New York Giants in Week 1 at 8:20 p.m. ET on "Sunday Night Football."

Victor Barbosa

Victor Barbosa is a passionate follower of MLB, the NBA and NFL, with a deep interest in Boston-area teams. He graduated from Springfield College -- The Birthplace of Basketball --  in 2013 with a degree in Communications-Sports Journalism. Previous bylines include FanSided, Heavy and Syracuse

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