FRISCO -- After a brief practice Wednesday morning at The Star, the Cowboys will scatter for the bye-week break. The Dak Prescott-Tony Romo debate will continue unabated as Romo works his way into playing shape with the fractured bone in his back healed.

As team owner Jerry Jones never ceases to remind Cowboys fans, this is a joyous time.

The Cowboys are 5-1, just like the silver and blue masses predicted they would be -- wink, wink -- and Dallas' sudden surplus of starting QBs is no burden to Jones.

"It's not our decision to make," said receiver Cole Beasley, who caught passes from Romo last week and said the balls had the familiar velocity. "We're winning right now. Nobody's worried about anything. There's nothing going on outside that can take our minds off of that. Winning cures everything. There's no reason to focus on anything else but playing ball right now."

Let's use this downtime to take a look back at five reasons Dallas already surpassed last season's win total, using some key numbers, and peek ahead to what the Cowboys are focusing on when play resumes Oct. 30 against NFC East rival Philadelphia.

1. "Zeeeeeeeeeeeeeke"

Head coach Jason Garrett made a pointed remark about Ezekiel Elliott on Sunday night after Dallas won at Green Bay's Lambeau Field for the second time ever. "The runner matters," he said.

While the Cowboys' offensive line deserves loads of credit, the rookie RB is also due his for his combination of physicality and speed. Not just any running back can take advantage of being fed the ball (cue Elliott's signature motion of circling his hand near his mouth) the way he can. Elliott leads the league in rushing with 703 yards. The next-closest back is Buffalo's LeSean McCoy with 587 yards. Elliott would have to average 110.6 yards over the remaining 10 games to hit 1,809 yards, one yard more than Eric Dickerson's rookie rushing record, which he set for the Rams in 1983. It is within range, with Elliott coming off four straight games of 130 yards or more. He is averaging 23 carries per game.

Another key stat for Elliott (no, not the number of Zeke Leaps) -- since fumbling twice and losing one at Washington in Week 2, he has not committed another fumble.

With Elliott and the O-line, Dallas has formed the identity it wanted to build around.

2. They've been good enough to overcome problems

Cincinnati Bengals strong safety Shawn Williams looks on as Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Terrance Williams (83) gestures after making a catch during an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016, in Arlington. (AP Photo/Michael Ainsworth) (Michael Ainsworth / AP)

No Dez Bryant? The Cowboys won all three games since the No. 1 receiver suffered a hairline fracture in his right leg. In that stretch, Beasley (13 catches, 177 yards, three touchdowns), beleaguered Terrance Williams (13 catches, 159 yards, one touchdown), tight end Jason Witten (14 catches, 132 yards) and Brice Butler (eight catches, 81 yards, two touchdowns) have made plays. It's a positive sign considering Bryant has missed 10 of his last 21 games.

Starting cornerback Orlando Scandrick has missed four games. Romo all six. Left tackle Tyron Smith missed two games after he'd missed just one in his career, in 2012 to an ankle injury.

Dallas fell behind 14-0 on the road at San Francisco -- and still won.

That one-point loss in the season opener to the New York Giants could've had lingering effects when Williams didn't get out of bounds in time to allow Dan Bailey to attempt a game-winning field goal, but didn't carry over.

3. Rookies aren't the only breakout players

It's more than Zeke and Dak. Several breakout players, especially on the defensive side of the ball, are making a difference in timely play that cures other ills. Cornerback Morris Claiborne is putting together perhaps the best season of his career. Tackle Terrell McClain has 1.5 sacks. He had two in the first five seasons. Second-year defensive lineman David Irving had three forced fumbles in 19 defensive snaps at Green Bay. Byron Jones looks more comfortable at safety. The defense has nine turnovers through six games after it had 11 last season.

4. Chutzpah

Dallas Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett (right) and offensive coordinator Scott Linehan smile after Dez Bryant's first quarter touchdown in their first preseason game against the Los Angeles Rams at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Saturday, August 13, 2016. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News) (Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)

Garrett and offensive coordinator Scott Linehan have used the scope and variety of their options to their benefit this season, from going to kick returner/receiver Lucky Whitehead twice on third-and-1 at Green Bay for big gains to going from Prescott to Beasley for a 47-yard gain to seal the win late at San Francisco when a more conservative play might have done the job in the past.

It's created an attitude among the Cowboys to expect success. And if it doesn't work -- as it didn't when the Cowboys tried an onside kick at Washington -- they've mostly overcome it.

5. Dak

Prescott had to get in here somewhere, eh? The Cowboys were 1-11 without Romo last season, they are tied for the second-best record in the NFL right now. He's riding a streak of five consecutive games with a 100.0 quarterback rating. That ties for the second-longest streak overall by a Cowboys quarterback. Only Romo has a longer streak -- a stretch of seven games in 2007.

The Cowboys made note Sunday that Prescott snapped his streak of games completing 70 percent of his passes at four -- which says a lot.