The Cowboys open up their 2016 regular season at home against the rival New York Giants. And now he’s without Romo again.
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But the Cowboys are not moping around licking their wounds.
“No one’s naive”, executive vice president of personnel Stephen Jones said.
“Mark’s been a good player in this league”, Garrett said. He lost out on the Denver Broncos’ starting quarterback competition to Trevor Siemian and was cut on Saturday. That certainly wasn’t in our plans; you certainly hope something like that doesn’t happen. “There is a lot of optimism for Dak”. “Some of the other things we can do that we don’t have to depend on that experience are there and alive in this team”. “He had numerous opportunities once the Broncos parted ways with him and he felt the Cowboys were the best fit for a variety of reasons”.
Meantime, Dallas is expecting Prescott to deliver wins after he threw for five touchdowns without an interception and ran for two scores in three exhibition games. He has a career passer rating of 74.3.
It’s not the same uncertainty without Romo as it was a year ago. They need veteran LB Sean Lee to show the playmaking ability from early in his career. He’s an experienced guy who has a lot of ability. He’s going to see it all.
After holding off on adding a veteran following Moore’s injury, the Cowboys knew they would have to add one once Romo got hurt.
Gregory is out four games and possibly more for violating the NFL’s substance abuse program.
Clemson’s Dabo Swinney kept his kicker on the sideline and put the game in star quarterback Deshaun Watson’s hands.
The Chiefs announced a series of roster moves Saturday to reach the NFL’s limit of 53 players, though they actually have 54 on the active roster. The biggest thing will be learning the language.
Dallas added Sanchez to the 53-man roster on a one-year contract Sunday while waiving Jameill Showers with the likely intention of adding the second-year player to the practice squad if another team doesn’t claim him.
Now the starting quarterback job falls now to the 135th pick in the 2016 NFL Draft out of Mississippi State, Dak Prescott.
Dallas has to decide whether to place Romo on the injured reserve-return list after he broke a bone in his back in a preseason game at Seattle.
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Defensive end Mike McAdoo went on the waived/injured list despite a strong performance in the preseason finale against Houston. An NFL spokesman told the newspaper that the league would have no further comment on Gregory beyond what was announced February 19 when the four-game suspension was revealed.
