Everything you just said, may cause the Cowboys to hand Trey Lance the backup job but if he has to play and doesn’t play well they’ll have to look for someone else. Backup QB is a very important position. We wouldn’t have made the playoffs last season had Cooper Rush not played well when he had to take over for Dak.
I'm sorry but the"Expiring Minds" comment made me spit coffee all over everything laughing.
Then it's a wasted 4th. The OP asked what "the plan" was. The plan is not for him to suck, although it could end up that way.
I think the idea was, and yes it is probably this dumb, was that trading for Lance might somehow give them leverage in the Dak negotiations next offseason. Now lets be clear Trey Lance has not been a starter on any level for more than 1 game in soon to be 5 years. He will have lost his job both to the last pick in the draft and then lost a backup job to a career bust in Sam Darnold. However, because he was picked 3rd I think the hope was that somehow that would give Jerry leverage. That is not going to happen and Dak is going to almost certainly sign a record extension.
Then why hasn’t Dak already signed a new extension?
What option? Dak cannot be tagged, he cannot be traded, he represents a significant cap hit unless he’s a post June 1 release, in which case the almost $60 million cap hit is simply split over two years instead of one. Dak’s representation knows some team will pay him huge money if the Cowboys don’t. And you think handing the QB1 to Trey Lance is a viable option? Lance’s deal is over $5 million next season, he’s done nothing to indicate he’s worth that. His fifth year option, if exercised by the Cowboys, would pay him over $20 million in 2026. Dak Prescott and his agent have put him in a position to literally sign the largest player contract in NFL history. And none of the current five players, all QBs, with the highest guaranteed contracts has ever won a Super Bowl. No “deep playoff run” is necessary.
Do people already worth 10's of millions get job scared?
They really do not have options. Their option is massively downgrade at QB, having your starter being inferior to Sam Darnold, and remove themselves as contenders or sign your now top 10/top 5 QB who might very well win MVP this year.
So eloquently articulated!
Took longer than usual to get our weekly Lance Thread.
You guys are slipping........
but that's when he is up for a new contract. so the team better have a really good feel & Idea before giving him a contract, else if they let him walk, its like throwing away a 4th round pick. think Ferguson, Gholston, Schultz, Armstrong. its really not a throw away pick
well, one could argue the 4th round pick is one of those picks that are critical. think Ferguson, Schultz, Gholston, Armstrong, about 50% turned out to be contributors and good rotation guys for depth and some top 5ish type players.
Be glad that Lance had the two freak injuries.
totally agree
Come draft day if Lance was available in the 4th round I sure hope the Cowboys would use that pick to select him.
had a chance to do that this year to draft a QB, there were plenty out there
