Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo and tight end Jason Witten, along with former Texas Longhorns quarterback Colty McCoy, were in Austin to take in the Longhorns' game against No. 1 Kansas Monday night.

Witten is good friends with Longhorns assistant coach Mike Morrell. The two grew up together in Tennessee.

This isn't the first time Romo and Witten have been spotted at a college basketball game together. They've attended numerous Duke and SMU games. But this is the first time they've been seen at a Texas game.

It's particularly interesting that they were sitting with McCoy.

The Cowboys could be in the market for a veteran backup quarterback and McCoy, an unrestricted free agent, would be a player that makes sense.

However, the Cowboys could also choose to draft a quarterback and stick with Kellen Moore as their backup for the 2016 season.

Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones assessed Moore's play during a lengthy session with reporters in Indianapolis on Saturday.

"I'm looking at the positive, the negatives were obvious," Jones said. "You can't win making those kinds of bad plays - I'm talking about the turnovers and interceptions. On the other hand, for someone that had never played in a game, he did some really impressive things.

"There's no question in my mind that he can ultimately play and win games as a quarterback in the NFL - Kellen Moore can. There's no question in my mind. Now, along the way will he lose more than you can afford to be around for when he does win one, or win two or three? That's the big question. So I'm not basically saying he can take you to a division or a Super Bowl - I don't know that. But I will say that he's got something special.

"His negatives are obvious, but he's always been challenged by those, which is principally size. And our staff is really impressed with him, and of course they would and should know the very best. But what he didn't do is spit the bit out when he got in the games. It wasn't too big for him. As a matter of fact, he would step up and go to the occasion.

"He didn't get glassy-eyed when he threw those interceptions. He came over there and just said - his famous line to Jason [Garrett] was 'Well, let's be positive, Coach. I can't do any worse than that. It's all uphill.' That's pretty strong."

In three games last season, the 26-year-old Moore completed 58.7 percent of his passes for 779 yards, four touchdowns and six interceptions.

McCoy, 29, has played six seasons in the league for Cleveland, San Francisco and Washington. He started four games for the Redskins in 2014. McCoy appeared in two games for Washington last season. In 35 career games, he's thrown 26 touchdowns to 23 interceptions, posting a 78.9 passer rating.