Jerry Jones: Cowboys can win with Cooper Rush at QB

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is optimistic his team can succeed with Cooper Rush at quarterback over Dak Prescott, who's reportedly expected to miss at least six weeks due to a hand injury.

"He can play at a level that we can win ballgames," Jones said of Rush, according to Jori Epstein of USA Today. "The main thing about him as (a) backup quarterback is we didn't have to alter the offense to have him. That's a good thing to have continuity. That's the main reason he won the job. Just count on him. He threw a couple (of) good balls out there."

Prescott sustained the ailment in the final minutes of Sunday's 19-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Rush took over for Dallas under center late in the game, completing 7 of 13 passes for 64 yards.

The 28-year-old Rush entered the NFL as an undrafted rookie in 2017 and made his first career start in Week 8 last season versus the Minnesota Vikings after Prescott suffered a calf injury. Rush passed for 325 yards and two touchdowns against one interception while helping Dallas steal a win on Sunday Night Football in the contest.

Jones compared Rush's situation this year to the one Prescott went through during his rookie campaign in 2016 when an injury to then-starter Tony Romo during the preseason gave Prescott a chance to start.

"Candidly, we have to look at it, and I don't see this in the horizon, but I'm going to use it as an example of how I felt when Tony Romo went down against Seattle," Jones said. "And how I felt two-and-a-half, three months later, when you had to make a decision whether Tony was starting or Dak."

Cowboys tight end Dalton Schultz also said that Dallas can overcome Prescott's absence.

"The way I see it, it is just a storm," he said. "You got two choices: You can either run away from the storm or you can run right into it. I know myself included and everybody in this locker room is going to run right into that."