Dak Prescott & Mike McCarthy 'Like An Old Married Couple'?

SEPT 7 MARRIED How are coach Mike McCarthy and QB Dak Prescott - who led the league in touchdown passes (36), finished second in MVP voting, and had a 12-5 record last year - more and more like an old married couple? In the sense that they, as McCarthy said this week in preparation for Week 1 at the Browns, have "an ability to finish each other's sentences.'' McCarthy is entering the second year serving as his own playcaller in Dallas, and the point in what they call the "Texas Coast Offense'' is that the coach and the QB speak the same language. What are the differences in that "marriage relationship'' with Prescott from a play-caller/quarterback perspective in Year 2? "I think you look at Week 1 last year, it was more about getting the plan set,” McCarthy said.

"That's a maturation process, in my opinion, between any quarterback and play-caller where now, the conversation is always, 'What's next?' "I think we all clearly get to that point, and I feel like we're definitely in that direction.” SEPT 5 BELL RUNG The Cleveland Browns feel good about their wideout group that will line up against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday ..

.and they feel that way despite a late-week cut. The Browns have ex-Cowboys star Amari Cooper and they acquired Jerry Jeudy in the offseason, so they have now waived wide receiver David Bell.

Bell was a third-round pick back in 2022, as the Browns selected him with the No. 99 overall pick that year. SEPT 5 FREAK! Tyler Guyton was drafted by the Cowboys i.