NFL1000: Will Dak Prescott’s Regression Force the Cowboys to Return to Romo?

December 13, 2016   ·   Doug Farrar   ·   Jump to comments

Few people expected Dak Prescott to happen.
The fourth-round pick out of Mississippi State was supposed to be Tony Romo's backup for the Dallas Cowboys, but Romo's back injury put Prescott in the spotlight as the 2016 season began, and he handled the quarterback position about as well as any rookie could—especially through the first 11 weeks of the season.
In Dallas' first 10 games, Prescott completed 214 of 316 passes (67.7 percent) for 2,640 yards and 17 touchdowns with two interceptions. Prescott was the ideal quarterback for the Cowboys offense with his play-action acumen and mobility; he added an element of read-option trickery that made the Dallas attack even tougher to stop than it would have been otherwise.
Then, over the last three games, Prescott hit the seemingly inevitable rookie wall. Sunday's 10-7 loss to the New York Giants, only the second defeat of the Cowboys' season, was the third contest in a pattern of regression for Prescott. In those three ga...

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