Some have recommended that sure people inside the Dallas Cowboys might view backup quarterback Trey Lance as an eventual alternative for starter Dak Prescott as Prescott stays on monitor to achieve free company after the upcoming season.
Lance hasn’t but confronted an actual opposing protection this summer time however seemingly has but to mild the world on hearth along with his coaching camp performances.
“Whereas we’ve been in a position to watch him in follow conditions, it’ll be fascinating to see how he performs within the Cowboys’ offense in stay motion,” The Athletic’s Jon Machota mentioned Wednesday about Lance receiving “lots” of preseason snaps starting with this Sunday’s exhibition recreation on the Los Angeles Rams. “Lance has been up and down throughout camp practices. He actually hasn’t completed something to make you assume he would assist the Cowboys win extra video games than No. 2 Cooper Rush if Dak Prescott went down. However that might change if Lance performs effectively in preseason video games.”
The Cowboys acquired Lance from the San Francisco 49ers for a 2024 fourth-round draft decide in late August of final 12 months after which stashed him on the roster as an unused backup for the equal of a redshirt season. Lance turned simply 24 years previous this previous spring and the third decide of the 2021 draft has made simply 4 regular-season begins on the highest stage.
Dallas declined the fifth-year possibility for 2025 hooked up to Lance’s rookie contract earlier this 12 months, however it’s value noting that there’s no signal that Prescott will provide workforce proprietor and common supervisor Jerry Jones any kind of low cost throughout contract negotiations earlier than the upcoming season will get underway in September. It feels like Lance may give Jones one thing to consider by taking part in effectively towards second- and third-team defenses this month.
“Bear in mind,” Machota added, “Prescott didn’t precisely lock up an eventual beginning spot his rookie 12 months (2016) due to what he did in camp. It was how effectively he performed within the preseason.”
With that mentioned, Jones and Co. ought to have all the data they want about Lance if the fourth-year professional cannot defeat Rush — a 30-year-old profession backup — in a contest for the QB2 job via Dallas’ preseason finale versus the Los Angeles Chargers on Aug. 24.
