FRISCO, Texas _ Dak Prescott's statistics in his second season didn't match the Rookie of the Year numbers he put up a year before.
In the second half of the season, Prescott threw for more than 200 yards just twice. He threw nine interceptions during that stretch after throwing only four all of last season.
In his final news conference of the season Tuesday, head coach Jason Garrett confirmed that he's not concerned about his quarterback's play. Garrett said he's "absolutely" as optimistic about Prescott's future as he was at this time last year.
"I think he's absolutely the right kind of guy to have as the quarterback of your organization," Garrett said. "I think he's demonstrated that time and time again. Now, if you pull back and look at what he's done in his first two years of his career, he's won 22 out of 32 games, he's 22-10 as a starting quarterback in the National Football League. You reflect back at other quarterbacks as they have started their careers no one has really had that kind of success like he has.
"Now, is he perfect? Absolutely not. Does he need to get better? Absolutely he does. We're focused on that. But he's done a lot of really good things in a short period of time for us. He'll continue to grow because of the kind of person he is."
Garrett was then asked if that's another way of saying the former fourth-round pick is a franchise quarterback.
"Yeah," Garrett responded, "we think he's an awfully good quarterback to have leading your franchise. There's no question about that in our minds."
