Jerry Jones not ready to give Trey Lance a look as Cowboys quarterback

Another loss at home Monday night sent an already spiraling Dallas Cowboys season into further disarray.

But with the playoffs all but mathematically out of reach, owner and general manager Jerry Jones isn’t yet ready to find out what the Cowboys have in backup quarterback Trey Lance.

Jones was asked about the Cowboys’ quarterback situation in his weekly radio appearance Tuesday morning. He’s not ready to move on from Cooper Rush, who’s started the last two weeks in place of injured starter Dak Prescott.

Here’s what Jones said when asked if it’s time to switch to Lance at quarterback.

“I don’t know that,” Jones told 105.3 The Fan. “I thought Rush actually had improvement last night from the game before. He didn’t have far to go to get improvement, but I did think he had improvement.

“And frankly, there were times in that ballgame that I thought it was really coming to it. And we know that we’ve got limited time to work with these quarterbacks at this particular time, and I would look for us to stay with the experience.”

Rush improved, but Cowboys didn’t

Rush did show marked improvement in Monday’s loss to the Houston Texans from his first start of the season a week prior. Against the Texans, Rush completed 32 of 55 passes (58.2%) for 354 yards (6.4 yards per attempt) with one touchdown and one interception. The Cowboys generated 388 yards of total offense.

In Week 10 against the Philadelphia Eagles, Rush completed 13 of 23 passes (56.5%) for 45 yards (2 yards per attempt) with zero touchdowns and zero interceptions. The Cowboys generated 146 yards of total offense in that game, Rush’s first start of the season.

But the end results of each game were nearly identical. The Cowboys lost 34-6 to the Eagles. They lost 34-10 on Monday against the Texans. Both losses took place in Dallas, where the Cowboys are now 0-5 for the season.

The Cowboys are now 3-7 overall with no reasonable chance of rallying to make the playoffs. They can’t run and they can’t stop the run, and…

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Publish date : 2024-11-19 21:01:00

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