The last time the Cowboys discussed Josh McCown in detail, they thought they needed a veteran backup quarterback for Tony Romo and were considering a trade with Cleveland in training camp.Dak Prescott changed everything for Dallas, stepping in when Romo joined backup Kellen Moore among the injured and becoming the second rookie in NFL history to win six of his first seven starts.No. 8 is Sunday at the winless Browns, who ended up needing McCown and four others after Robert Griffin IIIs broken left shoulder triggered a series of injuries.Thats something I guess Ill do after the season, Prescott said when asked if he stops to think how much things have changed in four months. I felt like I could be the starter at some point or another in this league and for this organization. It just happened sooner than I think we all expected.The Cowboys (6-1) are in the process of delaying their quarterback question, easing Romo back into practice because they can thanks to the surprising success of Prescott. Dallas has a two-game lead in the NFC East.It was a more immediate concern for the Browns (0-8).Rookie Cody Kessler, whose first chance came when McCown broke his left collarbone the week after Griffin got hurt, missed last weeks 31-28 loss to the New York Jets with a concussion, but was cleared this week.McCown was solid against the Jets, throwing for 341 yards and two touchdowns. And the 37-year-old was great the last time he faced the Cowboys, throwing for 348 yards and four TDs in Chicagos 45-28 win in 2013.Coach Hue Jackson said Friday that Kessler will start against the Cowboys.It is not difficult at all because we both want to play and we both want to do what is best for the team, McCown said. I have said it before, but especially when you are 0-8, you are all for whatever it takes to get us a win.It will be Clevelands first game since acquiring linebacker Jamie Collins from New England in the most significant deal before the trading deadline. If the fourth-year player was affected by the sudden change in his teams outlook, he wasnt showing it.I know how to handle situations, and situations occur all the time, Collins said. I am up for the challenge, and like I said, I have been there before, so it is really no big deal to me.Things to consider as the Cowboys go for their first seven-game winning streak since 2007, and first ever after an opening loss:BOOST AT RECEIVER: The Browns welcome back rookie first-rounder Corey Coleman, who broke his right hand in practice after catching five passes for 104 yards and two touchdowns in a Week 2 loss to Baltimore. McCown played that entire game despite breaking his collarbone in the first quarter. Coleman was born in Dallas and played for a suburban high school before going to Baylor. It means a lot, he said. They are a really good football team, too, so it means everything.SPEAKING OF HOMETOWNS: Dallas coach Jason Garrett spent his formative years in Cleveland, one of many NFL stops in the coaching and scouting career of his dad, Jim Garrett. Former Browns quarterback Brian Sipe was one of his boyhood idols, and he has fond memories of old Municipal Stadium. He also has family in the area. They were fun times, Garrett said. Lifelong friends were made there, and great memories.ANOTHER HOMECOMING: Cowboys rookie Ezekiel Elliott, the NFLs rushing leader with 799 yards, plays close to his college home of Ohio State for the first time. The 21-year-old is the second-leading rusher there and won a national championship.FAST FRIENDS: Prescotts relationship with Philadelphia rookie Carson Wentz, built mostly at the combine after both went to the Senior Bowl, was a prominent story line in the Cowboys 29-23 overtime win last week. Kessler attended both as well, and says his relationship with Prescott goes back even further, to the Manning camp. It is going to be exciting to see him out there Sunday, Kessler said.SECONDARY SHUFFLE: With Dallas safety Barry Church (broken arm) out several weeks, J.J. Wilcox gets a chance to be a full-time player after his roster spot was in jeopardy at training camp. And rookie Anthony Brown will get more opportunities with cornerback Morris Claiborne sidelined by a groin injury. 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The hard-court season is usually a nicely paced escalation through the US Open Series of linked tournaments to the climax of the Grand Slam season at the US Open.Not so this year.This summer promises to be an extra long, hard and riveting march to the climax in Arthur Ashe Stadium, because the calendar includes the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro (tennis starts Aug. 6).The six-week US Open Series action starts on Monday with the WTA event at Stanford (ESPN2 and WatchESPN will broadcast over 70 hours of all eight Road to the US Open events).Here are five key storylines for the coming hard-court season:1. The Olympics effect is impossible to predictThe stakes in Rio are huge, but playing there is a gamble in more ways than one. The tournament offers no ranking points. Many pros, including Roger Federer, will be eligible to participate in all three events: singles, doubles and mixed doubles. That means players will look at preparation with very different eyes -- and face different problems if they do well.Just how profoundly this will affect the contenders is difficult to gauge. Andy Murray and Angelique Kerber, for example, are the reigning champions at big tournaments before Rio. Murray will defend his Rogers Cup title in Toronto in late July, but Kerber has elected to skip Stanford. Shes focusing on Rio. Educated guess: Top contenders who play in the coming weeks will use the pre-Olympic events as training camp.2. American men have teed it up for a good summerThe U.S. men smell blood on the asphalt. Two of their top four singles players, No. 16 John Isner and No. 29 Sam Querrey, arent even taking part in the Olympics. Theyre putting all their eggs into the US Open Series basket. Its understandable, because the American men have momentum coming out of Wimbledon. Just dont expect the U.S. mens team to light it up in Rio, except perhaps in doubles. The singles squad, provisionally, consists of No. 26 Jack Sock, No. 25 Steve Johnson and two players outside the top 100, Denis Kudla and Brian Baker.Isner, Querrey, Sock and Johnson each made it at least to the third round at Wimbledon, and all prefer hard courts to grass. Each has a special reason to excel this summer. Querrey is proving critics wrong with his suddenly steely temperament. At 23, Socks peak-and-valley nature is leveling off. Johnson won his first title this summer and has all the mental tools. Isner, foregoing the Olympics, will be fresh for all the other events and historically does the most damage at this time of year.3. How much gas will Serena Williams have left in the tank?Williams has a glorious problem. But its still a problem. With her masterful wiin at Wimbledon, shes poised to surpass Steffi Graf as the Open eras most prolific Grand Slam singles title winner (theyve each won 22).dddddddddddd But Rio comes first. She will be vying to become the first two-time singles gold medalist (as well as seeking her fourth doubles gold). It would make her one of the most distinguished of all Olympians.Entered in the Montreal WTA event, Williams may have as little as five days off before the start of Olympic tennis play, which lasts nine days. Williams is almost 35 years old; Rio will be physically and emotionally exhausting if she goes deep. Her task at the US Open (it starts 15 days after the last day of Olympic tennis play and just eight days after the closing ceremony) will be formidable.4. Are we witnessing Roger Federers last big dance?While Williams left Wimbledon triumphantly, her closest peer, Roger Federer, departed shrouded in mystery. Also 34, the Swiss icon may have missed his last opportunity to win Wimbledon when he lost control of his semifinal and was eliminated by Milos Raonic.Federer said years ago that he wanted to remain a factor in tennis until the Rio Games. He hit that goal with ease, but things suddenly plunged downhill this year: left knee surgery, back problems and the disappointment at Wimbledon, even though Novak Djokovic was finally out of his way.Federer has never won Olympic singles gold. He is still ranked No. 3. If he can take the punishment in Rio and through the hard-court season and then contend at the US Open once again, hes entitled to declare his intent to play until the Tokyo Games of 2020. Its a big if, though.5. Cincinnati, the land of opportunityThe Cincinnati combined Masters/Premier 5 tournament is usually the high point of the US Open Series leading to the grand finale in New York. Its perfectly positioned as the ideal tune-up for the last major. Unfortunately, this year it also begins the day after the men play their singles final and the women wrap up the doubles in Rio.A lot of good players wont be around to ride The Beast roller coaster at Kings Island this August. It also means players who are at the door of the elite may slip inside to try the sofa while nobody is home. This ought to be particularly good news for promising young players, such as Nick Kyrgios, Garbine Muguruza, Alexander Zverev, Belinda Bencic and Dominic Thiem.Add up all these threads, and the conclusion is towering and inescapable: There will be no shortage of storylines by the time the US Open begins at the end of August. ' ' '