Jake Ferguson injury update: Cowboys TE ruled out with concussion

Dallas Cowboys tight end Jake Ferguson suffered a concussion during the Monday Night Football game against the Houston Texans. He has been ruled out for the rest of the game.

Before the injury, Ferguson caught one pass for 11 yards. It’s not clear how Ferguson suffered the concussion, but this is the second injury for him this season as he injured his knee in the season opener against the Cleveland Browns.

Ferguson only missed one game this season and is having a solid year despite all the challenges the Cowboys have faced. Heading into the Texans game, Ferguson has tallied 42 receptions for 358 yards.

In September, Jake Ferguson talked about the Cowboys’ slow starts on offense. “Yeah, I think that’s something we also need to look at,” he said, per the Cowboys’ official website. “This is a league where the margin for error is small and you can’t give up that much time. Time is precious and you can’t start slow. You can’t end slow. So I think we just got to put together a whole game.”

That still is an issue for the Cowboys, the fact that Dak Prescott is out for the rest of the season with a hamstring injury doesn’t make things better. Ferguson and Prescott seemed to work well together this season, especially in the Baltimore Ravens game as the former Wisconsin Badgers tight end caught six passes for 95 yards in the loss earlier in the season.

Last week, Ferguson reacted to Prescott being out for the rest of the year. “It’s tough. It’s tough losing your leader, especially in the middle of the season,” Ferguson told Newsweek. “At the same time, you think about him, who he is as a guy, his mental, how he’s doing. At the end of the day, he’s still human. You want to see how he is doing. On the flip side of things, being there to support Trey, being there to support [Cooper Rush]. Whatever they may need.”