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Dak Prescott looks comfortable but not great – and that's all the Cowboys need

As gifted as Tony Romo is as both a passer and offensive mind, he sometimes tries to do too much. His stand-in is keeping it simple, and succeedingThe Dallas Cowboys were left for dead when Tony Romo went down in the preseason. They already had so many holes, especially on their defense, that the thought of giving the team to a rookie quarterback seemed disastrous. How would Dallas survive with Dak Prescott as their leader?Perhaps they won’t. Maybe over the months without Romo, Prescott’s inexperience will be exposed. But for one important week against his team’s biggest rival, in their stadium, he looked every bit as capable of handling himself. On Sunday, he mowed through Washington in a way many...

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