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Rookie QBs shine in NFL

There’s never been quite the sort of clean, composed rookie quarterbacking that Carson Wentz of the Philadelphia Eagles and Dak Prescott of the Dallas Cowboys are producing week after week after week.

Wentz, drafted No. 2 overall out of North Dakota State, is the first rookie QB since 1970 to open a season 3-0 with zero interceptions. His 102 passes without a pick are an NFL record for a first-year player.

Second on that list? Prescott, a fourth-round pick from Mississippi State, with 99 so far.

“Everybody keeps waiting for that rookie mistake and it’s not happening,” Philadelphia safety Malcolm Jenkins said. “What he’s doing is special.”

Jenkins’ words also would apply to Prescott, who went 19 of 24 for 248 yards and a touchdown toss to Dez Bryant as Dallas defeated Chicago 31-17.

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