Rookie-led Cowboys are 4-1 after 28-14 win over Bengals

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones reiterated on the team's website Monday that Tony Romo is their No. 1 quarterback, while discussing the status of the 14th-year veteran's return, according to Cowboys beat writer David Helman.

I think the Cowboys' players know the decision is not made by Garrett but by the Jones family, and I think they will live up to their word and give Romo his job back.

Although Jones clearly stated that Romo is still the team's No. 1 quarterback, the rest of the owner/GM's quote is a bit confusing, as it seems to suggest Prescott could retain some kind of role. "I'm so proud because every time Dak takes a snap I see our future getting stronger".

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"I do expect a good report Monday", Jones said. Our execution on offense, I thought did a good job and then we would just stall the drive out on third down.

Rookie Dak Prescott has played well in Romo's absence, winning four of the team's first five games. Prescott is on the verge of breaking the record for pass attempts without an interception to start a career. That brought his season total to 546 yards, meaning he would need to average 115 a game to eclipse Dickerson's mark.

The Cowboys are playing superior complementary football with Prescott and the added dimension of his running ability makes the Cowboys more hard to stop than ever.

Dak Prescott, a fourth round pick. scratch that Dallas' second fourth round pick was the teams developmental pick.

"You've got a long way to go", Dickerson tapped out in response. "Depending on how he feels with the work, you try to ramp him up each day as we go". A big test comes Sunday when the Cowboys play at Green Bay against a Packers defense ranked No. 1 against the run, a unit that has given up 42.8 yards rushing a game and one touchdown. With this team operating the way it is, veteran Tony Romo has to be anxious about his status as this team's quarterback when he returns from injury.

Over the first five games of his National Football League career, Prescott has a completion percentage of 69.9%, has thrown four touchdowns and zero interceptions, and has had two rushing touchdowns. Again, it's not an indictment of Romo's abilities, but if the team returns to him how much do they lose in terms of chemistry?

When Teddy Bridgewater was lost for the season with an August 30 knee injury, the Minnesota Vikings played dial-a-quarterback and landed Sam Bradford from the Philadelphia Eagles in a trade eight days before the regular-season opener.