Dak Prescott could get the thumbs up for Week 6, but only if he passes the spin test.

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said Tuesday the doubt around Prescott is whether he has enough hand and grip strength in his right thumb to spin the ball with the velocity needed to throw passes on target.

Related players: Cooper Rush

If he can, Jones and the Cowboys should get Prescott back in the lineup Sunday with the NFC East lead on the line against the undefeated Philadelphia Eagles (5-0). If he can't go it will again be Rush who has filled in well whenever called upon. Keep in mind this is the late game on Sunday night.

Dak Prescott isn’t fully ready to return yet.

Related players: Cooper Rush

According to the rest of the tweet, McCarthy said Prescott had a good visit with the doctor Tuesday, a week after the removal of stitches in his thumb. Prescott will work exclusively in the rehab group today, it added. Reports said Prescott still can't grip the ball. The goal seemed to be getting him ready for a Week 6 return against the Eagles, but at this point it doesn't appear to be a lock.

Jerry Jones would not rule Prescott out from Sunday’s game vs. the Rams.

Related players: Cooper Rush

Jones went on to say in the tweet, “We are just starting the week. Let’s see how the week goes.” Reports said the more realistic time for Prescott's return was Week 6 against the Eagles, but Dak was pushing to play in Week 5. We should know more as we get to the end of the week.

Cowboys QB Dak Prescott is eyeing a potential return next week against the Rams.

Prescott has had the stitches removed from his thumb and has begun throwing. Schefter does note that the Cowboys want him 100% healthy and could push the return back to Week 6 against the Eagles. With Cooper Rush playing well, the Cowboys don’t need to rush Prescott back. Either way, this is still an earlier return than expected. Prescott was originally going to miss 6-8 weeks.

The most realistic time for Dak Prescott's return is Week 6 against the Eagles.

Rapoport said the stiches are out for Prescott and it's typically another two or three weeks after that before a player can play. Rapoport added things are going "really well" as far as the overall recovery goes, so that's the good news. Dak would like to play Week 5 against Rams, but Rapoport called that a "slim" chance.

Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy, “I do not have a timeline for when Dak Prescott will start throwing.”

McCarthy said Prescott, “still has some swelling he has to deal with” now that stitching is removed. Once swelling goes down, it becomes about strength, and then throwing. Reports yesterday Prescott wasn't ruling out a return in Week 4, but that doesn't seem likely at this point. Other reports said a Week 5 return was also possible.

Cowboys QB Dak Prescott tells me Cowboys/Rams Week 5 is a game that he could possibly start.

Related players: Cooper Rush

Prescott wasn't put on IR because the team believed he could return sooner than later after thumb surgery went well. Slater said Prescott showed her his thumb post stitch removal and there was no swelling and it's healing. The broadcast on Monday night said Prescott could return as early as Week 4. Slater went on to tweet she gets the sense he would go Sunday vs. Washington if he could, but this will be a "team/Dak decision to be smart."

Cowboys owner and General Manager Jerry Jones thinks Dak Prescott may surprise people with how quickly he returns from the injury to his throwing hand.

Jones said on 105.3 The Fan that it’s still too soon to say when Prescott will be back on the field, but it’s possible that he’ll miss only one more game and play in Week 4 against the Commanders.

Related players: Cooper Rush

Jones has been beating this drum all along, and right after Dak's surgery said the team wouldn't put him on IR, thinking he could be back sooner than later. Obviously there is a lot that can happen between now and Week 4 and we're likely to get a bunch of updates on Prescott and his progress.