The Cowboys plunged from 12-4 in 2014 to 4-12 last season, when Romo missed 12 games with a twice-broken left collarbone. Best guess is the Cowboys win about nine games (give or take one) and eek into the playoffs.
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So what are the Cowboys going to do with him?
Romo, who suffered a broken bone in his back during the third preseason game on the first series, orginally faced a 6-10 week recovery. Players are preparing as if Romo could miss up to 10 weeks with a fracture in his back. His body can no longer cash the checks his style of play writes. The good news is he believes the Cowboys should be just fine in Romo’s absence.
Putting Romo on designated IR would mean he can’t return any sooner than November 6 against the Browns, the Cowboys eighth game of the season. The deadline for teams to get under the 53-man limit is on Saturday, which means they’ll have to cut about 22 players from their current 75-man roster.
This year, surprisingly, there is hope.
For now, rookie Dak Prescott looks poised to steer the ship.
Prescott has been nothing less than stunning passing for 454 yards and five touchdowns in three partial games. He has moved the Cowboys offense every time he’s led a drive and established connections with Dez Bryant and Brice Butler, who looks like he might be developing into the speedy deep threat that Bryant needs to thrive.
The Cowboys rookie quarterback will surely have some struggles adjusting to National Football League starting defenses, but his ability to spread the ball through the air will likely keep opposing defenses on their heels. A native of Dallas, Taylor spent the past 20 years writing for The Dallas Morning News, where he covered high schools sports, the Texas Rangers and spent 11 seasons covering the Dallas Cowboys before becoming a general columnist in 2006. The rest of the Cowboys’ offense is so good that anything better than awful quarterback play makes it above average.
At Mississippi State, Prescott improved his passer rating with each season, and completed 66.2 percent of his passes for 3,793 yards in his senior year against SEC defenses.
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It is Prescott’s team for the time being and he certainly seems to have a lot of support behind him. Of course he comes across as a hater to many people because it is well known by everyone that watches First Take that Steven A Smith is not too fond of the Cowboys.
