DALLAS Cowboys owner Jerry Jones says his NFL team, on a seven-game win streak, might never solve the quarterback controversy between star rookie Dak Prescott and injury-recovered veteran Tony Romo.
Romo has taken part in workouts on a limited basis the past two weeks as he recovers from a back injury sustained in pre-season play while Prescott has sparked the Cowboys to a 7-1 start and a share of the best record in the NFL with New England.
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“The key thing I want to emphasize is we probably are never going to have this totally sorted out,” Jones told a Dallas radio station Tuesday.
“We’re going to play it by ear, play it as it comes. We can do that.”
While Jones says he expects Romo will challenge for the starting spot when he returns to health, he did not say Romo was the top man as he had been before the injury.
“I know how bad he wants to compete,” Jones said of Romo.
“Any time he’s limited because of injury, I hate that. It’s always has been the biggest downer for a competitor.
“On the other hand, for Tony, there isn’t anything more important than being on a team that is capable of winning and competing for the big prize.”
Either Prescott, 23, or Romo, 36, will start Sunday when the Cowboys visit Pittsburgh.
Romo has played all 12 of his NFL seasons with Dallas but struggled with injuries and has never led the Cowboys to the conference finals much less the Super Bowl.
Prescott has completed 165 of 248 passes for 2,020 yards and 12 touchdowns with only two interceptions in the first half of the season. He also ran for 125 yards and four touchdowns.
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