FRISCO, Texas – There were moments in training camp last summer when the only quarterbacks on the Cowboys’ practice field were Dak Prescott and Jameill Showers.
Kellen Moore’s season-ending leg injury the first week of camp made Prescott and Showers the first candidates to back up Tony Romo. The rest, of course, is history.
The backup job, and eventually the starting job, became Prescott’s. Moore is now Prescott’s backup. Romo is now in the CBS broadcast booth.
And Showers is now a full-time safety, a conversion he’s making at the coaches’ request after two years playing multiple positions on the practice squad.