the Cowboys quarterback reminded everyone about his legs.
Prescott kicked off the Week 8 scoring bonanza for Dallas with a seven-yard carry,
finishing in the end zone for the 26th rushing touchdown of his career and his first in almost a full calendar year.
“He’s just a really smart runner in the red zone,”
offensive coordinator Kellen Moore said of Prescott’s scoring run the day after the Cowboys’ 49-29 win.
“I think he’s always done that, for as long as he’s been here. He had the opportunity to pull it,
Dallas with a beautiful drive to start the game capped off by a Dak Prescott TD run!
A quarterback keeper out of the shotgun to cap off the game’s opening drive may have seemed like an unusual play call, but it wasn’t at all random.
Rush after rehabbing a fractured thumb on his throwing hand,
it was Cowboys owner Jerry Jones who had said what he really wanted to see from his returning passer was more running.