They promised us it wouldn’t happen. That in his second season in the league, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott would simply take the next step in his evolution. And we had every reason to believe them.
Prescott was a late fourth round selection in the 2016 NFL Draft after all. Through the offseason, he got most of his reps as a third or sometimes even fourth-string option behind veterans like Tony Romo, Kellen Moore and even Jameill Showers.
It wasn’t until halfway through the preseason that Prescott was thrust into the starting role in Dallas, as injuries sidelined Romo and Moore.