Dallas Cowboys must decide season-ending quarterback

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Keith Allison

Quarterback Dak Prescott of the Dallas Cowboys runs for a touchdown in a game against the Washington Redskins at FedExField on September 18, 2016 in Landover, Maryland.

Spencer Sayfarth, Staff Writer

The Dallas Cowboys, the most popular NFL team in Texas, haven’t won a Super Bowl in over two decades.

In the 1970s, 1980s, and the 1990’s the Cowboys were known as America’s Team because of their dominance. But the team hasn’t lived up to that reputation for some time. The last time the team won was the 1995 season and they have yet to win since then. Now, Cowboy fans are starting to get tired of losing every season Romo, who has been the starting quarterback for the Cowboys for 13 years, has been a valuable player. He has racked up many 4th quarter comeback wins. However, he’s never been able to win a championship, something that has eluded him throughout his career.

Tony Romo was hurt in the preseason in Week 2 against the Seattle Seahawks. The Cowboys had to put Dak Prescott in for him. Everyone thought that by putting in Dak for the regular season, the Cowboys would do really bad. That was until he had a breakout game against the San Francisco 49ers, throwing for 245 yards and 2 touchdowns.

After that, he became known as one of the best quarterbacks this year. He led the Cowboys to a comeback win against the Philadelphia Eagles. They were down 20-10 in the fourth quarter and led them back to an overtime win 29-23. Now, if you look at Romo, he has a good reputation for coming back and winning. I think that he isn’t as good as he used to be. His age is starting to kick in and his body is starting to fail him. If you look at Prescott, he is 23 with huge potential. His stats for the season so far are really good for a rookie QB.

Now the major decision for Head Coach Jason Garrett is choosing between the veteran Romo and the fan favorite Prescott for the season. If I was Jason Garrett, I would start Prescott because he has the entire team behind him and has chemistry with everybody. Romo would mess that up if he came back and started at QB. If Dallas was smart, they would leave Dak in and have Romo as the backup for the rest of the season and maybe the future