“We learned that with (Jason) Witten (and his spleen injury). We don’t want to eliminate him from eight weeks of our schedule”, said Garrett.
Advertisement
As I preach to my fellow Cowboys fans to take things one week at a time, I have a good feeling that with the offensive line Dak will have in front of him and the skill players he will have at his disposal that good things are on the horizon for Dak.
According to the Star-Telegram, Jerry Jones is hoping Romo can come back before November against the Eagles. But with Romo doing light rehab work, the signs of progress are being noted at team headquarters in Frisco, Texas.
That’s when the Cowboys will find out the Giants pass defense is much better than a year ago. He had one snap last season and it was a kneel down. With conversations already looming about Elliot being rookie of the year for the Cowboys with Romo injured, the Cowboys will rely more heavily on the run attack of Elliot, while making sure Prescott is comfortable with his receivers.
Prescott then added to the drama by playing nearly flawlessly in the preseason, compiling a 137.8 passer rating after connecting on 78 percent of his passes with five touchdowns and no interceptions. But there is no replacing Romo, who is a four-time Pro Bowler and has thrown for 26 or more touchdowns in a season on seven occasions. Some projections are 10-12 weeks due to his third major injury to his spinal area, not including a procedure to remove a cyst from a vertebrae.
Like many starting National Football League quarterbacks before him, Dallas Cowboys signal caller Dak Prescott got his first taste of professional experience in Thibodaux, Louisiana at the Manning Passing Academy. “It was great to be around Eli and Peyton – the whole Manning family – and just have them coach us and teach us some things”, Prescott told reporters during a conference call on Wednesday. “Initially, when he had the injury he was pretty immobilized and over the course of the last week or so I just think he’s gotten better and better and better”. Over the course of the last week or so, he’s gotten better and better and better. We don’t have a situation on the 53, this isn’t an active roster day-game situation. Fans watch the starters play a few series, or maybe watch the highly touted rookie throw a few balls, but that’s it.
Vice president Stephen Jones still has a good feeling about Dallas after training camp and the preseason.
Advertisement
Two days after Romo’s injury occurred, the man who was taken as the eighth quarterback overall was named Dallas’ starting quarterback for Week 1 of the 2016-17 National Football League season. Make no mistake about it, and I don’t care how you gild a lily. People say, well, Brett Favre was really tough, or [another] guy was really tough.
