“I don’t want to rule out anything”, Jones said on his radio show. Prescott threw two of his five passing touchdowns to Bryant and one of them was also to Witten. “And I know from experience that’s really important”.
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The Cowboys can put him on the injured reserve-return list, which would free up a roster while sidelining the 36-year-old for the first seven games.
In the meantime, the Cowboys will open the season with rookie Dak Prescott starting at quarterback and the newly-signed Mark Sanchez backing him up.
In Denver they are going with a guy that most people haven’t heard of until this preseason, and that’s Trevor Siemian.
If the Cowboys would have done option 1 (placing Romo on IR return), it would tell us the Cowboys are not very optimistic towards the timeliness of Romo’s recovery. He started 13 games at Louisiana Tech last season, throwing for 4,033 yards with 27 touchdowns and eight interceptions. “I think the Manning camps helped me tremendously”. Coach Jason Garrett said the team was taking at least a couple of more days to decide. Romo will stay on the team’s active roster, getting deactivated before each week’s game until he is healthy enough to play.
“I wouldn’t necessarily say I’ve got my finger on the pulse here in Dallas”, said Aikman, who still lives in the area, “but basically what I hear and what I’m reading and watching on TV around town is there’s not the sky-is-falling attitude about Romo going down”.
-The Cowboys are carrying two fullbacks in Rod Smith and Keith Smith and Jameill Showers has initially stuck as the fourth quarterback behind Romo, Prescott and Sanchez.
Arian Foster, RB, Dolphins: Foster missed 23 games for the Texans over the past three seasons due to back, groin and Achilles tendon injuries.
Sanchez has started 72 games in a six-year career, going 37-35 in those games. “I thought there was a great opportunity there, and unfortunately it didn’t work out”.
The quarterback suddenly thrust into the spotlight by yet another injury to Tony Romo wasn’t happy with his footwork on the drill that had just finished, so he asked offensive coordinator Scott Linehan for a few more snaps.
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This might be a real stretch considering it’s his first start in an National Football League game that matters, but Prescott isn’t your typical rookie. “Wouldn’t have expected for it to happen this early, but it did unfortunately”, Prescott said.
