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Dak Prescott passes Tony Romo to set Cowboys' all-time passing record

Dak Prescott pass Tony Romo as the Cowboys' all-time passing yardage leader. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)
Dak Prescott pass Tony Romo as the Cowboys' all-time passing yardage leader. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)
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ARLINGTON, Texas — Dak Prescott has etched his name into the Dallas Cowboys record book again.

Facing the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday, Prescott reset the Cowboys record for all-time passing yards with the franchise.

Prescott threw a 9-yard pass to George Pickens to start the Cowboys' first drive of the second half to set the record.

“I’m humbled, thankful to be healthy and to be in this position to do it,” Prescott told reporters Thursday. “I was on the production call earlier and they asked me the same thing: Would I have thought this 10 years ago? And I said, ‘Yeah, I was very arrogant as a rookie.’

“When you play in this game long enough and you can stay healthy, with my expectations of what my play is, that’s supposed to happen. Just thankful, humbled, super grateful to be playing the game I love at this high of a level.”

Prescott entered the contest 160 yards shy of Romo’s 34,183 career yards. Romo threw for that in 13 seasons with the Cowboys, including 10 starting at least one game. Prescott is in his 10th season with the franchise that selected him in the fourth round, 135th overall, of the 2016 NFL Draft.

Injuries to Romo and now-New Orleans Saints head coach Kellen Moore helped Prescott rise from fourth- to first-string on the depth chart during his debut training camp. He started Week 1 for the Cowboys in 2016 and has been the franchise starter since.

The Cowboys entered Week 11 with the second-most potent scoring offense and third most productive offense by yardage, even as their bottom-three defense contributed to a 4-5-1 start.

Prescott entered the week with a league-high 253 completions, Prescott completing 69.9% of his pass attempts for 2,587 yards, 21 touchdowns and six interceptions this year.

Prescott entered the week with 234 career passing touchdowns, 15 shy of surpassing Romo’s 248.

Tee Higgins is in the concussion protocol

The Bengals expect to have wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase back for Thursday night's game against the Ravens and it looks like there's a good chance of quarterback Joe Burrow playing as well, but Tee Higgins is unlikely to join them on the field.

Higgins left Sunday's loss to the Patriots after he landed on his head while trying to catch a pass in the fourth quarter and he did not return. The Bengals later announced that Higgins has been diagnosed with a concussion.

Clearing the concussion protocol in any week is difficult and it's all but certain that he'll be ruled out for the Thanksgiving game.

Higgins had five catches for 31 yards in the loss.

Mike Tomlin anticipates Aaron Rodgers playing in Week 13

The Steelers don't expect quarterback Aaron Rodgers to miss another game with his fractured left wrist.

Rodgers was listed as questionable to play after returning for limited practices on Thursday and Friday. Head coach Mike Tomlin told CBS that Rodgers would miss the game a couple of hours before kickoff and said after the Steelers' 31-28 loss to the Bears that he made the decision to go with Mason Rudolph on Saturday.

Tomlin also said at his press conference that he thinks Rodgers will be ready to play against the Bills next Sunday.

"I anticipate him being ready for next week," Tomlin said. "It was a prudent decision to make. Certainly it was a fluid week for him, a fluid week for Mason in terms of reps and so forth. I think it’ll be in our rear view as we move forward. I’m hopeful of that."

Thanks to the loss and the Ravens' win, the Steelers are now out of first place in the AFC North. We'll see if Rodgers' return to action can nudge them back ahead of Baltimore before the year is out.

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