It’s no secret the Dallas Cowboys turned the keys to the team over to quarterback Dak Prescott during his rookie season when he officially supplanted Tony Romo as the starter.
It was the beginning of the process that sent Romo, the team’s all-time leading passer, out of the league and into a broadcasting career this offseason.
Still, for Prescott, earning the job in 2016 with arguably the best season of any rookie quarterback in NFL history when nothing was expected of you and now leading the team in the offseason when you are considered the new franchise quarterback are two different things.