Dak Prescott poised to interrupt Tony Romo’s Cowboys’ passing report vs. Eagles

FRISCO, Texas — Some data in sports activities carry extra weight than others. Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott has taken maintain of a few of predecessor Tony Romo’s all-time franchise data earlier than, however the one obtainable to him in Week 12 in opposition to the Philadelphia Eagles is a giant one: the all-time Cowboys passing yards report.

Romo at present sits atop Dallas’ all-time passing yards leaderboard with 34,183 yards with Prescott simply 160 yards behind him at 34,024. Prescott’s longtime go-to-guy in All-Professional huge receiver CeeDee Lamb thinks the report will fall within the first quarter on Sunday at AT&T Stadium. 

“Dak deserves it. He is completed a variety of issues for this franchise, this group,” Lamb mentioned Thursday. “He is the epitome of a pacesetter and a dynasty, primarily. As for Dak, he will get that. I’ve little question about it. He will get it in all probability within the first quarter.”

Prescott himself, humorous sufficient, might have seen at the present time coming as a result of he felt he was slightly smug after going from being a fourth-round choose in 2016 to the league’s Offensive Rookie of the 12 months in a 13-win season. 

“I am humbled. Grateful to be wholesome and to be on this place to do it. I used to be on the [TV] manufacturing name, and so they requested me the identical factor, ‘Would I’ve thought this 10 years in the past?’ And I mentioned, ‘Yeah, I used to be very smug as a rookie,'” Prescott mentioned. “While you’ve performed on this recreation lengthy sufficient and you may keep wholesome, with my expectations of what my play is, that is purported to occur. So simply grateful, humbled, tremendous grateful to be taking part in a recreation I like at this excessive of a degree. To nonetheless be doing it and look ahead to conserving going any of these that may occur.”

It is one he views as being shared with the entire huge receivers and tight ends he is thrown to through the years from Lamb, George Pickens and Professional Bowl huge receiver Amari Cooper to future Corridor of Fame tight finish Jason Witten and extra. 

“I’s undoubtedly one thing to be shared, whether or not it’s with CeeDee, whether or not it’s with Amari had a giant a part of it, proper? All these receivers. Michael Gallup performed a giant a part of these data, proper? Dalton Schultz. Jake Ferg, Witten,” Prescott mentioned. “Like, so a lot of them. I am only a product of a variety of nice gamers. And that is my level, you play a very long time and also you play with the usual and expectation that I’ve, you must accomplish a lot of these issues.”

Nevertheless, Prescott himself truly takes extra delight in already being the Cowboys’ all-time completion proportion chief at 67.1%. He is additionally taken maintain of the profession passer ranking report (98.5) and extra. 

“I would in all probability say I take essentially the most delight in completion proportion, and that is one thing that is arduous to do. It is arduous to do yearly, every recreation and that is one thing that I truly do not take into consideration the lengthy haul of it,” Prescott mentioned. “I simply go into each recreation truthfully attempting to get 80 [percent] and that is such a steep quantity however that is what I need. I believe I’ve instructed y’all that after video games, any incompletion I do not like until it is a good one (the place) I’ve to throw it away and need to dwell to the following play. That is in all probability the one I am most pleased with. The remainder of them, like I mentioned, whenever you’re taking part in this recreation lengthy sufficient, I believe you must to an extent.”

* 160 yards away from surpassing Tony Romo as Cowboys’ all-time go yards chief

With Prescott on the controls as soon as once more this season below first-year head coach Brian Schottenheimer, Dallas’ offense is without doubt one of the finest in soccer. Prescott (2,587 yards passing, fifth-best within the NFL), operating again Javonte Williams (809 yards speeding, fifth-best within the NFL) and huge receiver George Pickens (908 yards receiving, second-best within the NFL) are all taking part in like top-five gamers at their respective positions for the NFL’s No. 2 scoring offense (29.6 factors per recreation). The Cowboys are the one staff within the league this yr getting into Week 12 to have a participant within the high 5 of the NFL in passing, speeding and receiving. That does not even consider Lamb, who missed three video games with a sprained ankle.

“He is hoopin. I’ve mentioned that loads of instances,” Lamb mentioned. “He is taking management of the offense, he is taking the management of the sport, he is managing the sport, he is working the sport, and clearly we’re clicking on all cylinders when he is doing that.”

To Lamb’s factors, Prescott is taking part in like a top-5 to high 10 quarterback on the sphere this season. Though to Schottenheimer, that is not even the place Prescott is at his most dear at instances regardless of the glowing statistics. 

“I believe he is invaluable in so some ways, what worth he provides to this staff, from management, from accountability, from he holds himself extra accountable than perhaps anyone. He is the primary to say, ‘I messed that up; I screwed this up. Hey, I received to be higher.’ You like that about your chief, one in all your finest gamers, the arrogance he exudes, the way in which he is educating and studying a few of these younger guys,” Schottenheimer mentioned. … We have had a number of extra player-led conferences the previous two weeks, simply form of wanting these guys to have the ability to speak soccer loads. Typically it is good for the coaches to get the hell out of the way in which, and let these guys that need to go step in between the white traces and do the issues collectively, try this. We have completed that each on offense and protection. Dak definitely could be very concerned operating that, however I am not in there. I keep out of there, however my suggestions from speaking to the fellows in there may be it is nice suggestions. They work out the kinks on sure issues, which I believe is invaluable for us on this recreation and transferring ahead.”