Will Cooper Rush be cut?

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He won those games just passing for over 100 yards. He did what he was asked to do and did a solid job, but keep believing that he put us on his back. That DEFINITELY wasn't the case.

Rush has been in the league going on 8 years now. If he was as good as some here try to build him up to be, he wouldn't have spent most of his career being picked up and released from practice squads.

If Rush is so good and is capable of leading a team, why the 31 other GMs, coaches and scouts, haven't came and plucked him from our roster yet???

I'll wait.....

(this is another one of those questions that the trolls always avoid when trying to build Rush up like he's a starting quarterback in this league)
Rush is a lifetime backup. If a backup can win 5 games with this team, that should tell you something about the starter. Nobody is building Rush up, they are pointing out that the team is not that bad.
 

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With Lance having a $5 million price tag, is there any way we will keep Cooper Rush on this team. It's been said that Mike likes to keep 3 QBS on the roster.

In paying Lance, it would almost be smarter to draft a rookie and develop him, which would be cheaper than having Lance at 5 million and Cooper at $2 million. What will we do in the end? DISCUSS!!!!
cooper rush should be cut, else Jerry is really stupid. why would he pick up Lance's option, pay 5M to 3rd stringer. even if he thinks he has potential, why not guarantee himself Lance for 2025 and pick up his 25M option. if Rush is on this team along with Lance, then Jerry has totally lost his mind.
 

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Being a lifetime dak support, I would hope they cut him. I can't stand that he won 5 games with the same team that dak had struggles with. I know it hurts and worries dak, so I say cut him so that is one less thing for dak to worry about.
you do know the defense won those games. they gave up 13 points a game while Rushy Mushy took the offense all the way up to 22nd ranking in almost every statistical category. the defense even scored a couple of times. the first team to score more than 20 on Dallas, Rushy Mushy folded like a cheap walmart lawn chair.

btw, one team in the past 5 years who had an offense ranking 22nd and worse made the playoffs...just sayin
 

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Rush is a lifetime backup. If a backup can win 5 games with this team, that should tell you something about the starter. Nobody is building Rush up, they are pointing out that the team is not that bad.
sorry, here we go again. Rush sucks. like a big lollipop. the defense averaged 13 points a game during the 4-1 run. even scored a couple of times, while rush took this offense to a whole new level of 22nd or worse in every statistical category. if that defense could show up consistently, I show you two rings. btw, the first time a team scored more than 20 on dallas, rush and the offense folded like a cheap walmart chair.
 

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you do know the defense won those games. they gave up 13 points a game while Rushy Mushy took the offense all the way up to 22nd ranking in almost every statistical category. the defense even scored a couple of times. the first team to score more than 20 on Dallas, Rushy Mushy folded like a cheap walmart lawn chair.

btw, one team in the past 5 years who had an offense ranking 22nd and worse made the playoffs...just sayin
you know the defense carried dak all last year, once they didn't he folded like a broken table.
 

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cooper rush should be cut, else Jerry is really stupid. why would he pick up Lance's option, pay 5M to 3rd stringer. even if he thinks he has potential, why not guarantee himself Lance for 2025 and pick up his 25M option. if Rush is on this team along with Lance, then Jerry has totally lost his mind.
If jak were to get hurt, and he plays well, then you go ahead and do that!
 

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If jak were to get hurt, and he plays well, then you go ahead and do that!
we traded a valuable 4th for lance. paying him 5M. then you roll the dice with him as back up. he has been in the league 3 years now. if he can't play backup, then he really sucks and the trade was stupid.
 

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Trey Lance will be given a chance to compete for the QB2 job. That's what we have to look forward to in the preseason. That job will not be determined before then.
 

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Favre was traded away by Atlanta because he had an alcohol and substance abuse issue and he refused to focus on football and instead was drawn to that same Atlanta nightlife. Green Bay was chosen because of the lack of temptation there.

Lance has been a model employee for the Niners organization but sadly can't blame exterior issues dragging him down......Shanahan and his great staff simply couldn't him to perform.

As far as Dak, Rush and Lance go, I wouldn't give a bag of farts for any of them.

We need to do better and not drafting a QB above the 4th round for the last quarter century ain't gettin it done
Farve was in a car wreck that could've taken his life.
Stomach and intestines spilling out inside the car.
he got addicted to pain killers as a result
 

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He won those games just passing for over 100 yards. He did what he was asked to do and did a solid job, but keep believing that he put us on his back. That DEFINITELY wasn't the case.

Rush has been in the league going on 8 years now. If he was as good as some here try to build him up to be, he wouldn't have spent most of his career being picked up and released from practice squads.

If Rush is so good and is capable of leading a team, why the 31 other GMs, coaches and scouts, haven't came and plucked him from our roster yet???

I'll wait.....

(this is another one of those questions that the trolls always avoid when trying to build Rush up like he's a starting quarterback in this league)

Also if Cooper Rush is so great and such a threat to Dak's job like some are making him out to be. Then why are Cowboys fans proposing that the team should be either tank or trade away Parsons in an attempt to move up to a top 3 spot in the draft and then use that pick to get Caleb Williams or one of the other high draft prospects? Why aren't they proposing for the Front office just to reward Cooper Rush the starting job for the rest of the time he'll either be in the NFL or be on the Cowboys roster? Because if they really believed Cooper Rush's skills and talents as a QB was the main or sole reason for the Cowboys being 4-1 like they keep on saying over and over again. Then they would be just encouraging the front office to go with Cooper Rush as the starter and would be okay with them bypassing drafting high QB prospects (Even if they had a top 10 pick to get one) on the logic of "Cooper Rush went 4-1 with this team. So we don't need to draft a promising prospect out of college since we have won games with and because of Cooper Rush).

I'm all for moving on from Dak. But never will agree with the building up of Cooper Rush. And those who are building him up just because they want Dak gone from Dallas, can't explain why other teams haven't picked him up if he is so great. And also needs to explain would they be okay with the front office deciding to forgo the chance at getting the next potential Mahomes or tier 1 and tier 2 NFL QB in the draft on the reason that Cooper Rush is 4-1 with the team, therefore they believe they could make him the starter for a few seasons and win a lot of games with him.
 

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Fans on here been trying to run off Rush for a while.

Lance isn’t here to replace Rush.

Lance gonna replace Dak.
 

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Farve was in a car wreck that could've taken his life.
Stomach and intestines spilling out inside the car.
he got addicted to pain killers as a result
He was also a heavy drinker out of college... the two things don't have to be mutually exclusive....the point still remains that even the Guru Shanahan couldn't develop Lance.... .can this staff do it?
 

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Also if Cooper Rush is so great and such a threat to Dak's job like some are making him out to be. Then why are Cowboys fans proposing that the team should be either tank or trade away Parsons in an attempt to move up to a top 3 spot in the draft and then use that pick to get Caleb Williams or one of the other high draft prospects? Why aren't they proposing for the Front office just to reward Cooper Rush the starting job for the rest of the time he'll either be in the NFL or be on the Cowboys roster? Because if they really believed Cooper Rush's skills and talents as a QB was the main or sole reason for the Cowboys being 4-1 like they keep on saying over and over again. Then they would be just encouraging the front office to go with Cooper Rush as the starter and would be okay with them bypassing drafting high QB prospects (Even if they had a top 10 pick to get one) on the logic of "Cooper Rush went 4-1 with this team. So we don't need to draft a promising prospect out of college since we have won games with and because of Cooper Rush).

I'm all for moving on from Dak. But never will agree with the building up of Cooper Rush. And those who are building him up just because they want Dak gone from Dallas, can't explain why other teams haven't picked him up if he is so great. And also needs to explain would they be okay with the front office deciding to forgo the chance at getting the next potential Mahomes or tier 1 and tier 2 NFL QB in the draft on the reason that Cooper Rush is 4-1 with the team, therefore they believe they could make him the starter for a few seasons and win a lot of games with him.
lmao, Rush a lifetime backup won 5 games with the same team. Nobody is building him up, they are saying Dak isn't some great superstar once-in-a-lifetime QB. If Rush can win 5 teams what does that tell you?

You weren't one of those guys who celebrated like it was a Super Bowl victory when Rush finally lost were you, if so that tells more about you than you realize. shrugs it is what it is.
 

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lmao, Rush a lifetime backup won 5 games with the same team. Nobody is building him up, they are saying Dak isn't some great superstar once-in-a-lifetime QB. If Rush can win 5 teams what does that tell you?

You weren't one of those guys who celebrated like it was a Super Bowl victory when Rush finally lost were you, if so that tells more about you than you realize. shrugs it is what it is.
Yeah fans are building him up by saying implying that Cooper Rush will or would be cut because of Dak viewing his QB play as a threat to take the starting job in Cooper Rush were to stay. Or that Dak would in some way be threatened by Cooper Rush remaining the backup, as if Dak should be worried that the front office sees Rush and not the defense as the main reason for the Cowboys going 4-1 in his absence. Some have even made threads stating how Cooper Rush was even better than Dak as a QB in some areas.

There's also those who said this team would have won just as many games with Cooper Rush as the QB and they have been winning with Dak as the QB. So if this is the case then why wouldn't Jerry and Stephen believe the same and decide to let go of Dak, Then decide to forgo drafting a QB in the next couple of years to give Cooper Rush a chance to be the starter for 2 or 3 seasons to see where the team can go with him. Or why don't they make him a starter on the theory that he can win just as many games as Dak can with this roster, then see if they can get some draft compensation for him. Since this scenario would mean Cooper Rush starting and winning at least 10 games with the roster some Cowboys fans insist didn't and doesn't need Dak to have won the 12 games they won over the last few seasons. Therefore the Joneses could move on from Dak and start Rush for a season or two then turn him into an attractive trade option in which other teams would want if Rush was really capable of QBing a team to 10 or more wins.
 

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what value? people complain about salary cap. then they want to keep a 3rd stringer that gets paid 5M!!!
what in the!?
People not me.
Cowboys are a team with Playoff aspirations, so have guys that can get you wins if your QB1 goes down for a few weeks is vital. Rush has shown he can help win games, so that's valuable. Trey is valuable due to his status which can be flipped for a draft pick.
 

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What I do know is we’re never going to win a championship with Dak. So why pay Dak and kill the salary cap?
We’ve been over this countless times. We have a much better chance of winning a championship with Dak than with the QBs some of you are mentioning to replace him. He’s battle tested and is one of the top QBs in the league whether you want to come to grips with that or not. We wouldn’t have a prayer of winning a championship with Justin Fields or Russell Wilson. You mentioned Wilson and he’s practically done. He won a championship over a decade ago with one of the greatest defenses in NFL history and with a Hall of Fame RB. He didn’t have to put up big numbers, just hand the ball to beast mode and allow the Legion of Boom to win games. He lost a Super Bowl with the game on the line with an INT. Had Dak made that mistake there would’ve been a mutiny on this board. Everyone wants to replace Dak with bargain QBs that have losing records. That’s not a recipe for winning a championship.
 
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