Add Jerry Jones to the list of people who are jumping on the Dak Prescott bandwagon. In fact, he may be the engineer leading the charge.
Prescott's first preseason game was a very good debut—so good that Jones and the Dallas Cowboys are holding off finding a veteran backup to Tony Romo.
"He is a long way from Canton, a long way from Canton," Jones said Monday via The Star-Telegram. "But it was certainly a great start. It was just good to see the coaching staff and everybody get behind the promise of what he might be able to be as a player. Certainly the way he and (Jameill) Showers played, I wouldn't consider a backup quarterback situation at all. I wouldn't want to, by any way, deter the progress and the excitement that he can bring to the building of the team and the future."
It's a good thing Jones qualified his comments with saying Prescott is "a long way from Canton" since we all were thinking he's destined for a bronze bust.
Prescott did fire on all cylinders though, connecting on 10 of 12 passes for 139 yards and two touchdowns in Dallas' 28-24 loss to the Rams, prompting All-Pro receiver Dez Bryant to call him "special."
[h/t NFL.com]
