Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones and his son Stephen Jones don't always agree on everything evidently including Dak Prescott running with the football. Prescott only ran 19 yards against the Carolina Panthers and the team really struggled to get the offense going. Against the New York Giants Prescott did more with his legs running for 46 yards and the offense had a lot more success.
Jerry Jones appearing on KRLD via Clarence Hill of The Fort Worth Telegram said that the games are so important to the team that they will continue to use him running the football.
“We’re going to use Dak. We should. These games are so important to us. The other thing that Dak does is a very good job throwing on the move. We just have him in a lot of play-action. The pass-run option is a key part of the game today, and Dak can really do it well. So, we’ll use him.”
Stephen Jones doesn't have the same feelings and appearing on 105.3 The Fan via Jon Machota of The Dallas Morning News that Prescott doesn't need to run a lot, and his running should only be used to set other things up.
“You can’t just consistently serve your quarterback up as a runner… I can’t necessarily see our plan being to run Dak 8-10 times a game. I think you use it to set everything else up.”
Which side wins out will be interesting to watch but if Prescott running the ball gives the team the best chance to win, that is probably how the team will operate.
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