Every NFL team uses preseason games to evaluate key position battles every year, and there is no position more important than the quarterback (obviously).
The Dallas Cowboys have an entrenched starter, of course, in Dak Prescott, but whom his backup will be in 2024 is up in the air. The battle is between Cooper Rush, an undrafted 30-year-old passer out of Central Michigan who has been in the NFL since 2017, is squaring off against Trey Lance, the 2021 NFL Draft’s third overall pick by the San Francisco 49ers who was acquired by Dallas for a fourth-round pick last year.
Entering the team’s final preseason game, and their only one at home, against the Los Angeles Chargers, the Cowboys’ backup quarterback job is still up for grabs, according to Dallas head coach Mike McCarthy.
“I think just like anything, you play this all the way out,” McCarthy said Wednesday about his backup quarterback battle. “You can never have enough good quarterbacks, and we got three good ones. We’re fortunate.”
Rush is the safe pick given that he’s a tenured Cowboys veteran and a player who…
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Author : Garrett Podell
Publish date : 2024-08-21 20:41:47
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