FRISCO, Texas -- As Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo ramps up his practice work in his recovery from a compression fracture in his back, he will have to do it mostly running the scout team.
“The way we have done it with our quarterbacks here for a long time is the starting quarterback gets the practice work with the ones all throughout the week,” said coach Jason Garrett, who has operated with this schedule since becoming the offensive coordinator in 2007. “The backup quarterbacks get the scout-team work. ... Typically, all around the league, the starters get the first reps at the quarterback position and the backups get what they can at scout team and get themselves ready that way.