The Dallas Cowboys have one more game on their schedule and, given Cooper Rush’s struggles against the Philadelphia Eagles, why won’t Jerry Jones suck up his pride and give us all what we want for the final game of the season?
It’ll be Week 18 and, with nothing to fight for, it might happen, but actions speak louder than words, they say.
Will Trey Lance get a chance to start in the final game of the season? Why not, Jerry? I don’t understand how you can say wins are important when you just watched what Rush did, and already being out of the playoffs with nothing to play for.
You traded a 4th round pick for him, and you are not even trying to see if he can get you value this offseason?
I have no idea what Cooper Rush saw there.
— Marcus Mosher (@Marcus_Mosher) December 29, 2024
Awful Decision
Lance joined the Cowboys in 2023 after being acquired from the San Francisco 49ers in exchange for a fourth-round draft pick. I still remember the moment, I remember every single person thinking this was the future for the Cowboys.
The future because everyone who said it hates Dak Prescott.
The former third-overall pick brought intrigue but faced limited opportunities behind Prescott and Rush on the depth chart.
Lance got the majority of preseason reps for the Cowboys but did little to impress or show the Cowboys that he could be Prescott’s primary backup entering the regular season.
He completed 73 of 113 pass attempts with 662 passing yards, two passing touchdowns and five interceptions. He threw all five of those picks in one game, against guys who did not even make the final 53 for any NFL team.
Cooper Rush picked for a second time. Deep throw to a well covered Brandin Cooks. Not sure why he was forcing the throw there. Eagles have a chance to score before the end of half, leading, 17-7. That's the third turnover of the half for the Cowboys.
— Todd Archer (@toddarcher) December 29, 2024
He added 24 carries for 168 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown.
Yet, here I am saying, what is it going to hurt in week 18? Washington has already clinched a playoff spot, and the Cowboys are looking to help their draft position.
You traded a 4th round pick for NOTHING. You are going to more than likely cut him this offseason, anyway.
2025 Is A Blur
It doesn’t help that the Cowboys are paying Lance nearly twice as much as Cooper Rush. Rush is currently sitting with a contract paying him $2.5 million a year.
On the other hand, Lance is riding the bench for over $5 million. He’s holding on to cap money and not on the field. It makes no sense to keep him now, especially because the Cowboys never saw what they had with him.
So Jerry traded a pick away for nothing? Let that sink in. He flat out traded a 4th round pick, because at the time nobody was talking about his Dallas Cowboys enough.
He made the move to get the media back on his side, and now he won’t suck up his pride, play him and attempt to get SOMETHING out of him.
He is going to be cut next year, this team is about to be out a 4th round pick, and $5 million dollars for nothing?
Jones said yesterday afternoon that he may look at giving Lance a try next week. ““We want to finish strong against Washington. We’ll look at that situation this week and see where we go from there.”
Cowboys EVP Stephen Jones on @1053thefan when asked about potentially getting a look at backup QB Trey Lance in their season finale on Sunday:
“We want to finish strong against Washington. We’ll look at that situation this week and see where we go from there.”
— Jon Machota (@jonmachota) December 30, 2024
I am not buying it, he is only saying this because Cooper Rush finally did not have to play against a awful team like the Giants or the Panthers, he couldn’t score points without just throwing it up to CeeDee Lamb and hoping he made a play.
This season went from bad to worse in a hurry, and if you look at some of my post from before the season started, I said some of this might happen.
2025 is going a interesting year, whether Mike McCarthy is back or not.
Cannot believe the inaccuracies from a “beat writer” who should know more about facts about what he’s writing then anyone on the street as that is his career, Lance cut? You mean contract expires, About to be out the 4th rd pick and 5 mil? They already flipped that pick a year ago and 5 mil was a part of his rookie deal, The pick has already been lost unless you’re speaking of the Mingo trade ignorance but didn’t see his name in the article. Fans shouldn’t know more than you, study up Ol son
Thank for the comment, so if you actually did some of that before your commented you’d know, Dallas DECLINED his option because of a huge cap hit, the contract did not expire, he had one more year, and the Cowboys themselves don’t want him back. A waste of 5 million and a 4th round pick.
Thanks again for the comment, though.
Shane I shouldn’t have said study up Ol son or talk about inaccuracies and just be more positive I get it, My bad not clowning your game apologies, But truth be known 1st round picks get a 4 year deal with the OPTION of a 5th year . It’s still a 4 year deal, Dallas didn’t pick up the OPTION so again it’s still a 4 year deal which expires at end of season so therefore technically they don’t cut him like article states his contract simply expires and they don’t sign him back because they don’t have interest . A cut happens when someone is in the middle of a contract of some capacity correct? Cheers Shane !
I want Dallas to win every game possible. That means playing Cooper Rush. Trey Lance has been given up on by two coaches known for developing quarterbacks (Kyle Shanahan and Mike McCarthy). Why give him a start when he hasn’t even earned mop up duty. Just another first round quarterback bust like Ryan Leaf and JaMarcus Russell.
Can’t agree MORE. They should have had the kid in there in the last two or three games. Wasted pick a pick and then don’t play him to see what you received, and in the perfect situation as the season was basically OVER!!!
Make it make sense, someone!!!
Hate to say it but the team is NOT going anywhere for at least another one or two years. The competition in their own division has gotten much better, not to mention the rest of the league. These young QBs right out of school are better than their greedy overrated $240 million-man, aka DP.
Never thought I would say it, but it is getting difficult to watch this team for with all the drama, greed, and incompetence. Remembering the Tom Landry, Tex Schramm, Gil Brandt, etc, days, it puts these current people to shame.
I think the staff writer mistakes “hate dak prescott” for hating the fact that this team will never win a Super Bowl with dakota as the qb. Has nothing to do with hating him and everything do with having two eyes. He is a god awful quarterback who wets the bed when the games mean the most. He racks up good numbers when we are down 4 touchdowns, in part because of his ineptness, and then people are like wow did you see his numbers. .He looks so lost in playoff games while (basically rookie qbs) totally outplay him. When Trey was traded for there was optimism and I think it’s clear that was false hope. But even though Trey isn’t the answer, I know for a fact dakota isn’t. It was a colossal mistake giving him the first contract and an even bigger one giving him the second one. Here’s to hoping that Arch somehow ends up in Big D in a few years.
The article keeps talking about how bad Rush was without CD, & yes he was AWFUL, but I’m willing to bet Dak would’ve been just as Bad, the ONLY difference is Dak would’ve Thrown for 200 yds & 2 TD’s in the 4th Qrt once the game was out of reach
I think rush is pedestrian at best. But he knows the system and coaches like him. I don’t think coaches have put much quality time into working with lance. This coaching staff relies more on players existing talent. There are certain teams that have coaches that could turn lance into a pro qb. Dallas has not been one of those in the last 30 yrs. jerry wants to play him cause he wants to look like he made a deal. Have fun with that coach jerrah
Dallas might as well give away their fourth round pick every year. They’ve been blowing it, and I don’t understand the How’s and Why’s. Either way, the draft can’t replace the level of players that we have loss/will lose in free agency. I’m really curious what is going to happen with Diggy, Rico, J.Lew, and Turp.