The bounced back Sunday night to beat the Bucs. Good. Can everyone now stop overreacting about ? From the moment Dallas lost last week to the , the silline s mounted. Should replace Dak? Had the rookie phenom quarterback hit a wall? Was the magic gone, was it time for change -- wait, had Shaun Livingston Jersey Jerry Jones just hinted Romo might get a chance? Didn't the young guy look overmatched and totally exposed? Weeks 15-16 On and on it went, one stupid overreaction after another. Here's hoping, , we can leave such short-sighted thinking behind us and wrap our minds finally and unequivocally around this fact: This is Dak Prescott's team. Now, next week, and for the remainder of this season, whether for the Cowboys that means a mere playoff game or a final date in Houston in the . Whatever happens, it needs to happen with Dak at the helm of the Cowboys offense, Tony Romo as his backup, and everyone out there taking their need to panic or play Monday-morning GM and instead getting a life. Including you, Jerry. That's what the Cowboys' owner offered up as an imitation of wisdom this week? Well, Jerry, we've already seen it, and we already know what it means. We've seen that Dak is the real deal, and this is his team come hell or high water. Let's all say it together: Barring an injury, Tony Romo has no place on the football field this Golden State Warriors Jeresy season. He shouldn't take a single snap. Doesn't matter if the Cowboys win their next two games, or lose both in spectacular fashion. Doesn't matter if Dak owns Detroit's defense next week, or turns the ball over five times. Dance with the one who brought you. If you want a quarterback controversy in Dallas, save it for the 2017 season. If you want to get cute with your QB situation, Jerry, do it next year. It is amazing how temporary in our thinking and emotional in our analysis we can be at the slightest sign of anything Dwayne Sutton Jersey short of perfection. One bad game against the Giants -- and it was bad, what with those turnovers and the ugline s that descends when Cowboys fans lose their minds after losing to the Giants. I was at a party Saturday night with some Cowboys fans, and some folks who style themselves big-time thinkers, and you'd have thought Dallas under Dak was 2-11 entering Sunday's game, rather than it being the other way around. And still the talk went that Dak, you know, maybe wasn't the guy. It gave me a glimpse into what must go through Jason Garrett's mind when he faces questions about Dak vs. Romo while sitting on two lo ses, and in dealing with an owner who can't help himself. I'm gue sing Garrett's line of thinking must go something like this, because mine did: It wasn't just the win Sunday that needs to quiet the critics, Ky Bowman Jersey or whatever they are -- maybe it's just a love of drama, bored sports fans searching for the next great debate. Whatever it is, Dak responded to it marvelously. It is hard enough to replace a great NFL quarterback who is beloved, and Romo is certainly both great and beloved. It's harder still to do it as the tape piles up on you and then, after a single bad outing in the most competitive league on Earth, your job security gets questioned . Especially if you're a rookie. That's what made Dak's performance against the Bucs so telling. Not that we should need more proof at this point that he's the guy, but he gave us more anyway. Dak's response tells you all you need to know about why that one bad game was just one bad game. The Bucs had a a five-game winning streak heading into the weekend, and the league's best defense over that stretch. And Dak Prescott, scrutinized and well aware of what was Kaleb Wesson Jersey being said, went out there and played flawle s football against a very good team. He was 32 for 36 for 279 pa sing yards, had a rushing touchdown, protected the ball, and exuded a confidence and poise that helped Dallas control the tempo of the game and hold off a Bucs team that wouldn't go away until the very end. Dak Prescott is this team's rock, even if is its MVP. He is this team's quarterback, even though Tony Romo sits on the bench. And he isn't to be doubted again, even if our tendency to clamor for drama -- a fact even the team's owner can't shake -- often makes too many of us sound pretty ridiculous.