The 36-year-old Romo underwent a pair of back surgeries in 2013 and he missed most of last season with a twice-broken left collarbone. Prescott had 116 passing yards on 17 of 23 completions with a touchdown. Tony Romo was injured just 3 plays into the first offensive possession and with injury after injury, this could be the shot Dallas has wanted to test out the eventual future of the franchise (granted an injury is never a good reason to do so). 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. It’s a fracture. We’ve gotten a lot of different timetables for when he can return. Dak Prescott was meant to be a player that could be used in the future; Tony Romo was meant to be the presumptive starting QB, but he is predicted to miss 6 – 10 weeks with a broken bone in his back, so Prescott will fill in for him.
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“I know he’s a rook, so when we play these defensive coordinators, they’re going to try to send the house. We live in the world day by day, do what you can to get yourself better and we’ll update you as we go”. They had a conditioning run and walkthrough on Saturday.
“Yeah I was a redshirt sophomore, the guy was a senior, Tyler Russell went down late in the first game with a concussion and I had to step in and start”, Prescott told Dallas media on Sunday.
Prescott’s experience in the SEC, along with the imposing numbers he’s put up in three preseason games, has the Cowboys inspired that they won’t be relegated to an also-ran this season without Romo. The Cowboys went 1-11 in games played without Romo a year ago after he broke his left collarbone twice. “Everybody focus on doing their job, and I think our team understands that”.
Head coach Jason Garrett refuses to admit it, but it’s essentially Dak Season in Big D. “It started in the spring after the draft”. He wants to take full advantage of the opportunities he gets on the practice field and in games. And that’s where our focus is.
“When I saw him go down and his spine crunch forward I was anxious for his health”, Michels said.
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“You got these guys that come around once a year, scouting these guys – and really don’t know half the [stuff] that they’re talking about”, Bryant said.
