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FRISCO, Texas — Ever since Dallas Cowboys face-of-the-franchise quarterback Dak Prescott went down for the season in Week 9 against the Atlanta Falcons with a hamstring tear, eight-year veteran backup Cooper Rush has been the starter.
In the leadup to the Cowboys’ (7-9) season finale at AT&T Stadium against the Washington Commanders, head coach Mike McCarthy has changed his tune. Dallas was all in on starting Rush when the team was still mathematically alive to reach the postseason. The Cowboys are 4-4 in his eight starts since Week 10, and he has completed 61.3% of his passes while averaging 209.6 passing yards per game. Rush’s 11-4 touchdown-to-interception ratio since Week 10 is tied for 17th in the NFL with MVP candidate Josh Allen, but his passer rating in this stretch is just 86.6, 25th among the league’s 32 qualified quarterbacks in this span.
Now, there’s a chance Trey Lance, the 2021 third overall pick of the 2021 NFL Draft by the San Francisco 49ers, could be in the mix for serious play time on Sunday. Rush, 31, and Lance, 24, are both set to be free agents in March.
“I really like what Cooper’s done,” McCarthy said Monday. “I think we all have to recognize the job that he’s done to this point. This is the time that you do think about not only the quarterback positions, all positions. We want to make sure that we do have information on our young players. Frankly, we probably have plenty because of just how much they played so. We’re not really looking to answer those kinds of questions right now, so we’ll talk about that moving forward. I’d like to be in a position where everybody plays. I think that would be practical. How we make it happen and how we put it together, the game plan, that’s what we’ll be doing here the next 36 hours.”
Lance has completed five of his seven passes this season for 22 yards and an interception while rushing for 15 yards on five carries…
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Author : Garrett Podell
Publish date : 2025-01-02 22:53:00
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