Awkward! Years ago, Dak Prescott ripped new teammate Tony Romo
In late 2012, Dak Prescott likely wasn’t thinking about an NFL future. He was just a Dallas Cowboys fan with some angst and a Twitter account.
Who knew that on Dec. 30, 2012, he wasn’t just ripping Tony Romo on Twitter, he was ripping future Cowboys teammate Tony Romo? The Cowboys picked Prescott late in the fourth round on Saturday, presumably to possibly be Romo’s successor someday.
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Here’s are the tweets, which Prescott hadn’t deleted as of Saturday afternoon but probably will soon:
And the 2016 draft has yet another embarrassing social media issue.
It’s really not that big of a deal. Prescott was 19 years old and at that point had 29 career college passes. There’s no way he could have known that day, as Romo threw three interceptions in a Week 17 game at Washington with a playoff spot on the line, that he’d work with Romo someday. And it’s definitely not as inflammatory as another similar issue, when Larry Nance was drafted by the Lakers in 2015 and people found a tweet in which he called Kobe Bryant a racist.
Prescott’s tweets are pretty funny, really. Hopefully Romo has a sense of humor and has some fun with his new teammate over it.
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