The team needed a veteran as insurance behind Prescott, a fourth-round pick from Mississippi State.
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The Dallas Cowboys are adding quarterback Mark Sanchez as the backup to rookie Dak Prescott while Tony Romo recovers from a back injury. It was the first time he had played in a game since breaking his collarbone during the 2015 season. It doesn’t hurt that Prescott was one of the league’s biggest surprises in the preseason.
Vice president Stephen Jones still has a good feeling about Dallas after training camp and the preseason. “When you lose your starting quarterback for some time, and it’s obviously going to be some time, that certainly wasn’t in our plans”.
“You know what happened to Bledsoe and Brady. There is a lot of optimism for Dak”. If he’s placed on the injured reserve-return list, he’s ineligible for the first seven games of the season. He completed 20 of 30 attempts for one touchdown and one interception in the first two exhibition games with Denver. “If not, great. Just keep plugging away and enjoy being a Dallas Cowboy”.
“You look around”, Prescott said. The pressure is not on me.
Tony Romo and Jason Witten had second thoughts though, as Tony picked up the ball and fired it to the end zone.
Romo suffered a compression fracture in his back in a preseason game against Seattle on August 25.
CINCINNATI – The Bengals claimed rookie Jeff Driskel off waivers from San Francisco on Sunday, giving them a No. 3 quarterback.
DEFENSIVE QUESTIONS: Three projected starters will open the season on suspensions for substance-abuse violations: DEs Randy Gregory and DeMarcus Lawrence (four games each) and LB Rolando McClain (10 games).
The move with McFadden on Saturday helped the Cowboys get to the 53-man roster limit, but more moves are coming. Jackson tore a pectoral muscle early in camp.
Weaknesses: Questionable defense didn’t get many answers in offseason.
Dallas also gave Jameill Showers an opportunity to earn the job by allowing him to play the entire game against the Houston Texans on Thursday night.
The club is keeping two players who have shared time at fullback through the preseason, Rod Smith and Keith Smith.
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Now Romo is out again because of a fractured bone in his back. While AT&T Stadium hasn’t provided an overwhelming home field advantage for the Cowboys, they have been able to come away with a win in both of these meetings with NY. “You can’t flinch in these situations”, he said.
