Jerry Jones isn’t tipping his hat on whether the Dallas Cowboys are considering changing starters at quarterback, but he’s not outright dismissing the possibility either.
The biggest overreaction stemming from last week’s NFL results was Dak Prescott’s poor play against the New York Giants. Considered by many as an MVP candidate, the 23-year-old rookie struggled against New York, going 17/27 with 165 yards, one touchdown, and two picsks as Dallas lost 10-7. With Tony Romo, the longtime Cowboys starter, sitting healthy on the sidelines, some have questioned whether the organization should switch starters.
When asked what it would take for Romo to return as the starter, Jones referenced the famous definition of obscenity.
“I don’t have a definition for it, but you’ll know it when you see it,” the Cowboys owner and general manager said on 105.3 The Fan’s Shan and RJ show [KRLD-FM]. “It’s kind of like the definition I heard one time of another issue — trying to define a negative topic — and they said: ‘I don’t know how to say it, but it’s just something that when you see it, you know it’s there.’
“We’ll see it.”
For those unfamiliar with the reference, it comes from the United States Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart’s definition of obscenity from the 1964 Supreme Court decision Jacobellis v. Ohio. When explaining the definition, Stewart famously stated, “I know it when I see it.”
You can always count on Jones for sick references from more than half a century ago.
Jones explained Romo would start when “it was time for him to come in and play,” but wouldn’t say when that would be.
If Prescott continues to go through rookie struggles and not perform like the MVP candidate he’s been all season, Jones might go with the old and bring Romo back into the mix. It’s a crazy proposition to even think about considering Prescott’s success, but this is Jones and the Cowboys we’re talking about.
