FRISCO -- While the past week has been filled with criticism of Dak Prescott's play in the season opener, Jerry Jones went in the opposite direction Friday morning.

Prescott struggled in last Sunday's 16-8 loss at Carolina, throwing for only 170 yards. It was the seventh time in Dallas' last nine games that Prescott threw for fewer than 200 yards. The Cowboys quarterback acknowledged Thursday that he missed a lot of plays and has to be better Sunday night against the New York Giants.

The Cowboys owner and general manager defended Prescott during his weekly radio appearance.

"I have tremendous confidence in Dak," Jones said on 105.3 The Fan (KRLD-FM). "I feel so good about Sunday. I feel good about our future. I don't want to be trite but teams have lost games and have had bad games with the best quarterbacks there's ever been. I'm talking about generally speaking.

"You can have an outing that you'd like to have back, but man alive, one of the strengths of our team going in against the Giants, or one of the strengths of our team as far as I can see into the future, is Dak Prescott."

Jones was responding to a question about Giants safety Landon Collins, who said earlier this week that New York has a better shot at winning if they focus on stopping running back Ezekiel Elliott and "put the ball into Dak's hands."

"He gives a lot of dimensions," Jones said, referring to Prescott's ability to have success with his arm and legs. "He knows how to bring it with those dimensions when that particular area of the game calls on it. That's very special.

"He will do what it takes to win the ballgame. Does he win them all? No. It wouldn't be right. It wouldn't be entertaining. Do I wish it would be that way for the Cowboys? You bet. But as far as having the guy in that spot, he's my man on the board."

Here are some other highlights from Jones' weekly radio interview:

Jerry Jones couldn't say if Randy Gregory (concussion) or Xavier Woods (hamstring) will be able to play Sunday night. He did say Gregory has a better chance than Woods — Jon Machota (@jonmachota) September 14, 2018

Jerry Jones on @1053thefan: "We did some very good things [at Carolina]. Our receivers didn't have the bad day across the board that it appeared. There's no reason to think we can't be better or more effective moving the chains. ... I expect to see something better this week." — Jon Machota (@jonmachota) September 14, 2018