Hall of Fame Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach knows about winning football, quarterbacks and quarterback controversies.
So when "Roger the Dodger" — a franchise icon who led Dallas to its first two Super Bowl victories — weighs in on Dak Prescott, it carries extra heft.
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"You can tell that the players respect the heck out of him and that he's already a leader," Staubach told ESPN. "He is amazing at making decisions when ... there's a difficult situation there and he needs to dump the ball off. He also can throw to lead a receiver. Sometimes he throws the ball a little low, and I don't know if it's intentional, but he's right on the money in allowing his receivers to make tough catches.
"He's got something ticking up there, and you know you've got to get rid of the ball pretty quick in the NFL. He makes good, solid decisions. I think we've got a wonderful quarterback for the future."
As for the quarterback for the present? Prescott and the Cowboys face that question as Tony Romo gets closer to returning. Early in his career, Staubach and veteran Craig Morton went head to head; some even assert that the Cowboys could've won three Super Bowls if coach Tom Landry had gone with Staubach over a less-mobile Morton.
So the current question takes this form: Stick with Prescott, especially if the Cowboys win Sunday at Green Bay to move to 5-1 under the rookie, or no matter the outcome, hand the job back to Romo after a bye week and going into an Oct. 30 home game against the Eagles?
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"It's still all about winning football games," Staubach said, "and Tony deserves to get back in there eventually. We have a great one in Tony and a future great one in Dak. If I was in the atmosphere of the Cowboy locker room, which (coach) Jason (Garrett) will be, he'll get a sense of what's the right thing for the team. They all like Tony, who's a heck of a football player, but they also love Dak right now and what he's doing. He's got the team behind him.
"If they beat Green Bay, there will be a lot of controversy to it. I'm a Romo fan, too, so I don't want to say anything against Tony. But the way Dak's going, it's all about the team and what's the best feel for the team at this particular point."
