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PITTSBURGH -- In the end, the Dallas Cowboys did not have to make a decision on their starting quarterback. Dak Prescott has made it for them.We are going to let the decision make itself, owner and general manager Jerry Jones said after the Cowboys beat the Pittsburgh Steelers?35-30 on Sunday. Dak has got a hot hand, and were going to go with it.At 8-1, the Cowboys have the best record in the NFL. Prescott has 14 touchdown passes and has been intercepted only twice. Against the Steelers, he completed 22 of 32 passes for 319 yards with two touchdown passes, and he led the Cowboys on a 75-yard drive that started with 42 seconds to play and ended with a 32-yard touchdown run by Ezekiel Elliott with nine seconds left.Its just going with the obvious, Jones said. You are going with how the team is doing right now. It must not be obvious because I get asked about it every time I open my mouth. Its not hard. Its not hard at all. Tony would make the same decision. Thats what you do.Jones said Tony Romo will be Prescotts backup next week against the Baltimore Ravens. Romo was inactive for the ninth straight game as he continues his return from a compression fracture in his back suffered Aug. 25.On Monday, coach Jason Garrett said the team will take it day to day with Romo, and that theyre certainly hopeful that Romo will be active.Romo went through three full practices last week for the first time since late in the 2014 season, splitting scout-team snaps with Mark Sanchez. Since becoming the starter in 2006, Romo has served as a backup in only one game -- in 2008, when he was replaced by Brad Johnson after he suffered a broken pinkie finger.Theres no fragileness because Tony is on board to ride this thing out as well, Jones said. Absolutely. Absolutely. Let me be real clear on that. There is no equivocation. 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Custom Royals Jerseys SAN DIEGO -- Drew Brees will play at Qualcomm Stadium on Sunday for the first time since Dec. 31, 2005, when he walked off the field holding his right arm at a 90-degree angle from his side because of a shoulder injury.That was his last game of quarterback of the San Diego Chargers, who gave him a low-ball offer and then let him leave as a free agent so that understudy Philip Rivers could become the starter.Brees signed with the New Orleans Saints, leading them through the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and then to a Super Bowl title following the 2009 season.Sunday, hell lead the winless Saints (0-3) against Rivers struggling Chargers (1-2), who once again are threatening to leave for Los Angeles, this time if a controversial ballot measure for a new stadium downtown doesnt pass on Nov. 8.Aging Qualcomm Stadium, where Brees Chargers career ended, is the only stadium he hasnt played in with the Saints.Listen, Ive got a ton of great memories from there, Brees said. I can close my eyes and visualize the stadium; visualize the ring of honor, all the names in it, the scoreboard, the flags that wave up on the top of the stadium. I can visualize it like it was yesterday.Said Rivers: Itll be neat. Youre not playing the other quarterback, but its always meaningful going against Hall of Fame players. Shoot, Ive had a chance to go against a lot of them and Drews certainly one of those guys. Im sure it will be an exciting Sunday.Here are some things that put Sundays matchup between Brees Saints and Rivers Chargers into perspective:THE EARLY YEARS: Brees was in the same draft class as LaDainian Tomlinson in 2001. He became the starter in 2002, helping San Diego to an 8-8 record in Marty Schottenheimers first season as coach. His final three years were a soap opera. The 2003 season was a nightmare as Brees threw 15 interceptions and only 11 touchdowns, and was benched in favor of Doug Flutie. The Chargers obtained Rivers from the New York Giants on draft day in 2004, but Rivers held out during training camp and Brees kept his job. He bounced back, leading the Chargers to the AFC West title and winning the AP Comeback Player of the Year award. Brees was again the starter in 2005, forcing Rivers to sit again.THE INJURY: Eliminated from the playoff race with one game to go in 2005, Schottenheimer wanted to finish 10-6 and so he played his starters against Denver. In the second qquarter, Brees dropped back to pass in his end zone and was blindsided by the blitzing John Lynch, who hacked at his right arm.dddddddddddd. Brees fumbled and was hurt when he went for the ball and had defensive tackle Gerard Warren land on him. Denver won the meaningless game. Brees has been back to Qualcomm Stadium only once since, to work at Reggie Bushs camp.THE DEPARTURE: Brees had surgery and was essentially pushed out the door by the Chargers, who turned to Rivers. Brees became a free agent, shopping himself to Miami and New Orleans. The Saints, who didnt view him as damaged goods, signed him.At the time it was post-Katrina, so when we were recruiting coaches or signing free agents we couldnt just be equal to our competitors, we had to be aggressive, coach Sean Payton said.The Saints knew Brees would work hard in rehab to get back, and they told him he wouldnt have to throw a lot until training camp.The main thing we felt all those intangibles were going to be working in his favor and fortunately we were right, Payton said.THE AFTERMATH: In his fourth season in New Orleans, Brees was voted Super Bowl MVP after helping lead the once woebegone Saints to victory against Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts. Rivers led the Chargers to four straight AFC West titles and to the AFC championship game after the 2007 season, which the Bolts lost to New England. That was the closest the Chargers have come to the Super Bowl with Rivers as starter. Theyve missed the playoffs five of the last six seasons.THE CONNECTION: Rivers and tight end Antonio Gates are the only two Chargers left from Brees days in San Diego. While coming back will be special, Brees is focused more on getting the Saints their first win.Ive been trying to make this just like any other game, he said. Its been hard to do that obviously, because its meaningful, but here we are in a short week, coming off a Monday night game and just trying to get all my preparation in, trying to get all the emotions out of the way, too, before game day. Because once I step in that stadium its all about business and doing whatever we can to win the game.---Online: http://pro32.ap.org/poll and http://twitter.com/AP-NFL---Follow Bernie Wilson on Twitter at http://twitter.com/berniewilson ' ' '