Romo has solid debut and Prescott excels in rout of Dolphins

RB Bell’s suspension reduced to 3 games

ARLINGTON, Texas — Tony Romo led a touchdown drive in his preseason debut once the Dallas offense stopped committing holding penalties, rookie backup quarterback Dak Prescott had a strong encore and Ryan Tannehill finally got the Miami Dolphins moving.

Alfred Morris finished the second of Romo’s two possessions with a 15-yard scoring run before Prescott ran for two touchdowns and threw for two scores, including one to Dez Bryant, in the Cowboys’ 41-14 exhibition victory Friday night.

Tannehill had two scoring tosses to Kenny Stills.

Dallas (1-1) had three holding penalties in the first five plays of an opening drive that stalled. Romo then completed three passes, including a pair to trusty tight end Jason Witten, before the scoring run from Morris, who had 13 carries for 85 yards.

Romo was 4-for-5 for 49

yards. The Dallas offense had 300 yards at halftime.

“It was a good start. We needed that,” Witten said. CHARGERS 19, CARDINALS

3: In San Diego, the host Chargers forged ahead early and cruised past Arizona.

With Cardinals QB Carson Palmer limited to three series and San Diego QB Philip Rivers not playing, the first half was mostly a competition between veteran backup quarterbacks Kellen Clemens and Drew Stanton.

On their way to a 16-0 halftime lead, the Chargers (1-1)

took advantage of two turnovers for 10 points.

REDSKINS 22, JETS 18: In Landover, Md., top running back Matt Jones left with a sprained shoulder and receiver Rashad Ross made his best case for a roster spot as Washington came back to beat New York in the second preseason game for both team.

While the Redskins rested several key starters, including quarterback Kirk Cousins, receiver DeSean Jackson and cornerback Josh Norman, Jones suffered an AC sprain in his left shoulder when he was pushed out of bounds and landed awkwardly.

Notes

STEELERS: Pittsburgh didn’t put all the blame on quarterback Landry Jones for Thursday’s preseason loss against Philadelphia.

Jones, an Artesia High alum, threw four first-half interceptions, including one that was returned for a touchdown. But the Steelers were quick to defend their backup QB following the 17-0 loss.

“Some of it was good plays by them and some of it was

negligence by us, whether it’s route-running or throwing,” Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said. “I understand that it falls under his stat line, but those are unit plays.”

BELL SUSPENSION: The NFL on Friday suspended Pittsburgh running back Le’Veon Bell for the first three games of the season for missing multiple drug tests, a violation of the league’s substance abuse policy.

Bell initially faced a fourgame suspension, but it was reduced to three after an appeal to the league.