Through the first two games of the NFL preseason, the Dallas Cowboys have elected to play quarterback Dak Prescott in limited action to get him prepared for the start of the regular season.

However, this game plan looks like it will be altered a bit over the last two games of the preseason as team owner Jerry Jones has stated that the Cowboys likely won't play Prescott during that stretch, according to Jon Machota of the Dallas Morning News.

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Prescott has looked quite comfortable in the first two games as he has had success in leading the team down the field for scoring drives as he has tossed a touchdown pass in each appearance. In total, he has completed 13-of-18 passes for 125 yards with a pair of touchdowns and no interceptions. There has been no cause for concern with his play as he has been efficient with his passing while showing some promising connection with his revamped group of wide receivers this upcoming season.

It shouldn't come as much of a surprise that the Cowboys have elected to head in this direction given that they haven't played star running back Ezekiel Elliott at all in the preseason. Like Prescott, Elliott is a huge piece of the puzzle offensively, and there would be no point in risking him getting hurt prior to the start of the regular season. This makes it more reasonable for the team to sit the third-year quarterback to preserve his health now that he has gotten his feet under him a bit with the preseason action.

This should see more action for the other quarterbacks in the roster such as Cooper Rush and Mike White over the final two exhibition games to make some stronger case to earn the backup spot behind Prescott for the 2018 campaign.