Play Lance most of the rest of the season

[Jarv]

We know what we have in Rush. The season is pretty much a wrap after yesterday, and Dak is hurt. To me, the most logical thing to do is to put Dak on season ending IR (let him reboot next in season), and let's see what Lance can do. At this point, let's sort through our roster and see what we have. Save our starters that are hurt until next year, and let's see if we can get a good evaluation of what we have. That starts with Lance. Let's see if he's any good.

Yes it is the most logical thing to do, therefor Jones will not do that.

Remember the most logical thing to do in September was to let Dak playout his contract, another misstep by the evil empire. Only Lance...err I mean Luke can save us now.

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

Most likely. It certainly appears that way. It would take a miracle for the Cowboys to reach the playoff this season.

And yet, miracles can happen once in a generation. The Cowboys have been long overdue.

Admittedly, there is the highest probability that the Cowboys will be completely irrelevant within the next 2-3 games. However, probability of a certain outcome implies possibility of another, small that it is.

I'm that cello player on the Titanic orchestra that just keeps playing until the ship goes down.

I'd say you're still playing as the ship hits bottom.

 

[Jarv]

If you’re really trying to win it would be smart to have a Lance option package. No opponent would be ready for it especially with a quarterback like Rush out there. I would play both. I bet Lance will get not get any reps with the first team. Which is not real smart.

Yeah the Philly special!

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

I love how people hide behind the “they have to see what they have” line. Like the coaches haven’t seen him in practice for over a year, didn’t see training camp, and didn’t see the majority of preseason snaps.

They know what they have. A complete bust of a 1st rounder that was traded for a mid round pick and who looked barely capable at times against defenses comprised of practice squad players.

The coaches don’t owe Lance anything he hasn’t earned just because Jerry was an idiot and traded for him. Now that Dak is locked up, it really doesn’t matter.

So we spend all week, every week, sayin how terrible and mismanaged this whole organization is but now...with lance....its suddenly convenient to trust their judgement.
Oh boy.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

Yes it is the most logical thing to do, therefor Jones will not do that.

Remember the most logical thing to do in September was to let Dak playout his contract, another misstep by the evil empire. Only Lance...err I mean Luke can save us now.

Haha, it's not so much about salvaging the season as much as, we have nothing to lose. So, why not see what he's able to do? Ideally, we finish with a top 5 pick.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

They already know what they have in Lance: an incompetent turnover machine. They found that out in preseason.

 

[fivetwos]

I agree with you, but we also traded a 4th for Lance. So, it's only logical that we should see what we have in him at this point. Otherwise, what was the point in trading for him a year ago?

Fair question….if you don’t play Lance what exactly was the point of trading for him in the first place?

Although it’s tough to argue against Rush giving them the best shot to win. The difference is you’re wishing for a better draft pick and they are trying to win games. Can’t expect a staff to lose on purpose to get a better pick that they won’t be here to use. They wouldn’t anyway. That’s a fan thing.

Coach Jerry may very well intervene if Rush doesn’t play well, but there’s no real advantage to playing Lance since he is going to be a free agent. He is gone if he plays well or not.

That trade never made an ounce of sense, and the fact that he won’t even start with Dak hurt proves it. It was simply Jerry playing with his toy.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

Fair question….if you don’t play Lance what exactly was the point of trading for him in the first place?

Although it’s tough to argue against Rush giving them the best shot to win. The difference is you’re wishing for a better draft pick and they are trying to win games. Can’t expect a staff to lose on purpose to get a better pick that they won’t be here to use. They wouldn’t anyway. That’s a fan thing.

Coach Jerry may very well intervene if Rush doesn’t play well, but there’s no real advantage to playing Lance since he is going to be a free agent. He is gone if he plays well or not.

That trade never made an ounce of sense, and the fact that he won’t even start with Dak hurt proves it. It was simply Jerry playing with his toy.

Exactly, we traded an important pick (a 4th round pick isn't exactly a pick you just throw away imo) for a player who has yet to play an NFL regular season game with us. There's only so much that he can learn in practice. He needs game reps. He's got an opportunity now to get those reps. The better he does, the higher the comp pick value we can get for him. If he doesn't play the rest of the season, especially if Rush is bad, then it makes the possibility of him getting another team to sign him next year goes down. It'd be understandable if he didn't play because we have Dak and we're competitive the entirety of both last year AND this year. The fact we aren't competitive and Dak the fact that is hurt means that we SHOULD be getting Lance reps.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

They already know what they have in Lance: an incompetent turnover machine. They found that out in preseason.

Right, but he's got an opportunity to play regular season games and get some game time reps in. There's only so much a player can learn in practice. This is an opportunity for him to play. Let's see if we can entice another team to give him a decent contract next year so we can get a decent compensatory pick for him.

 

[Chuck 54]

We know what we have in Rush. The season is pretty much a wrap after yesterday, and Dak is hurt. To me, the most logical thing to do is to put Dak on season ending IR (let him reboot next in season), and let's see what Lance can do. At this point, let's sort through our roster and see what we have. Save our starters that are hurt until next year, and let's see if we can get a good evaluation of what we have. That starts with Lance. Let's see if he's any good.

Why? You guys wanting to see if he’s any good make no sense. He’s going to be a free agent….period. We refused his option. We are not going to outbid anyone. First, he’s been here 2 years; the coaches know what he is. Second, if he is suddenly lighting it up in practice, we have a better chance of resigning him if we don’t show what he can do.

We cannot trade him after the season.

 

[LOBO7]

We know what we have in Rush. The season is pretty much a wrap after yesterday, and Dak is hurt. To me, the most logical thing to do is to put Dak on season ending IR (let him reboot next in season), and let's see what Lance can do. At this point, let's sort through our roster and see what we have. Save our starters that are hurt until next year, and let's see if we can get a good evaluation of what we have. That starts with Lance. Let's see if he's any good.

Its a win win, if he sux we lose and climb in the draft. If he eventually shows promise then we can go from there.

 

[sbark]

Who does JJ trade for to help Rush & or Trey
and or the D

They already know what they have in Lance: an incompetent turnover machine. They found that out in preseason.

And Dak is?????

 

[Flamma]

Lance plays out his current contract with the Cowboys - but you seem to be in a hurry to close that door. What, Dallas never re-signed one of their players before?

I'm not closing any doors. I couldn't care less what they do with Lance. I am strictly speaking on the situation. When a team makes a decision, it's with the hopes of improving the team.

If they start Lance and he plays great for the rest of the season, they can't re-sign him. If he plays like crap, why would they want to re-sign him? What good could come out of this for the Cowboys? That he plays ok, and they can re-sign him as a cheap backup?

 

[McKDaddy]

They don't get to plead insanity. They're not getting off that easy.

The Cowboys top management is entitled, incompetent, talentless, clueless and way over their heads as far as NFL football operations is concerned. But they are not crazy.

They have made a lot of crazy decisions was all I was saying.

 

[JustChip]

Lance can throw from anywhere on the field.

Rush is a pocket passer.

Yep. I would hope they have some packages that involve him on the field even if Rush is the QB. He’s going to be on the 53 anyway. I think they’ve missed an opportunity to use him in a RB role.

 

[McKDaddy]

They already know what they have in Lance: an incompetent turnover machine. They found that out in preseason.

Why is that all that anyone takes from the preseason? Yes, he had 5 turnovers in the finale. But he got better each game & was making plays with his arm & legs. In the finale, he played the entire game (most he had played) and by second half was playing with the bottom of the barrel and certainly no kind of cohesion between the random mix of players. Weren't three of the interceptions to a veteran player?

Preseason is for evaluation, don't overemphasize the turnovers while ignoring everything else.

 

[kskboys]

We know what we have in Rush. The season is pretty much a wrap after yesterday, and Dak is hurt. To me, the most logical thing to do is to put Dak on season ending IR (let him reboot next in season), and let's see what Lance can do. At this point, let's sort through our roster and see what we have. Save our starters that are hurt until next year, and let's see if we can get a good evaluation of what we have. That starts with Lance. Let's see if he's any good.

x a zillion.

 

[kskboys]

McCarthy already said they were starting Rush this afternoon.

I'd love to see what Rush has on Jerry. It's got to be even bigger than the stripper groping thingie.

 

[JustChip]

No doubt, but I still want to see what Lance can do. Might as well inventory what we have.

I agree. I’m actually a tad bit exited at the prospect and considering going to the game now. That’s not anti-Dak, it’s just about seeing something different.

 

[jgboys1]

No! No! No!

Dak gives us the best chance to win a Super Bowl!

Jerry needs to extend his extension ASAP!

Sorry, just sucking up to the last 3 or 4 Dak fans on this board.

All kidding aside, I agree. Lets see what Lance can do. It is too late now anyway because even if he does look good, we can't keep him anyway because resigning him after extending Dak would be impossible.

You would have 2 QBs' taking up almost half your team's cap space!

Way to go Jerry!