Dak Prescott has 4 TD as Cowboys beat Dolphins
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) Tony Romo led a touchdown drive in his preseason debut once the Dallas offense stopped committing holding penalties, rookie backup quarterback Dak Prescott had a strong encore and Ryan Tannehill finally got the Miami Dolphins moving.Alfred Morris finished the second of Romo’s two possessions with a 15 yard scoring run before Prescott ran for two touchdowns and threw for two scores, including another one to Dez Bryant, in the Cowboys’ 41 14 exhibition victory Friday night.Tannehill had two scoring tosses to Kenny Stills.Dallas (1 1) had three holding penalties in the first five plays of an opening drive that stalled. Then Romo completed all three passes, including a pair to trusty tight end Jason Witten, before the scoring run from Morris, who had 13 carries for 85 yards.Romo was 4 of 5
http://www.cowboysfanproshop.com/Cowboys-Tyron-Smith-Jersey for 49 yards, and the Dallas offense had 300 yards at halftime."It was a good start. We needed that," Witten said. "It’s been a long offseason. We have Tony leading the way. We had a lot of energy."Tannehill, who played late into the first half with the Dolphins (1 1) trying to move past a rough opener for the first team offense last week, had scoring passes of 13 and 3 yards to Stills. Tannehill led another drive inside the 5 that ended on downs and finished 12 of 20 for 162 yards."I liked the mentality that he had going into that first half," first year coach Adam Gase said. "I liked the fact that the ones wanted to stay in and do another series. That’s what I wanted to see."Prescott has two touchdowns passes in each of the two preseason games and is 22 of 27 for 338 yards without an
http://www.cowboysfanproshop.com/Cowboys-Travis-Frederick-Jersey interception after completing his first eight passes following a 10 of 12 showing in his NFL debut against the Los Angeles Rams last week.The fourth round pick out of Mississippi State had a 20 yard scoring run and a 1 yard sneak that was held up on review. Prescott tossed a short touchdown pass to Brice Butler the play after a 58 yarder to the speedy
http://www.cowboysfanproshop.com/Cowboys-Greg-Hardy-Jersey wideout.Prescott had an overthrow for what would have been his first interception in the second quarter, but it was wiped out by a roughing the passer penalty against Andre Branch."It’s been a great start for him, and he’s excited about it," Romo said. "You just keep building on it every day, but you can’t ask for a better start."TOO MANY MISTAKESThe Cowboys had 10 penalties for 100 yards in the first half and 12 for 113 yards for the game. The Dolphins twice had options of two penalties that were either personal fouls or unsportsmanlike conduct. End Cameron Wake was held out again.ROOKIE WATCHDolphins: LG Laremy Tunsil made his first start as the offensive line again looked shaky. Tannehill was sacked on third down on the opening possession, and the Dolphins averaged 3.2 yards per carry
http://www.cowboysfanproshop.com/Cowboys-Dan-Bailey-Jersey in the first half.Cowboys: RB Ezekiel Elliott,
Matt Cassel Jersey the fourth overall pick, was sidelined again with a mild hamstring injury that has kept him out of most of training camp. Ajayi carried six times for 19 yards, and Foster had minus 5 yards on two carries in his first action since tearing an Achilles tendon in Week 4 last season, the last of seven in Houston.Cowboys: Second year linebacker Mark Nzeocha, who missed last season recovering from a knee injury sustained at Wyoming, left in the first half with a strained Achilles tendon."On defense, we just got to do a better job of stopping the run," Gase said. "We just got to get some negative plays, get our hands on some balls and when we do, we have to finish it with a turnover."