Will Cooper Rush be cut?

leeblair

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Serious question: With Trey Lance and Dak Prescott, will the Cowboys cut/release Cooper Rush as the roster tightens?
They may do it as a favor to him to allow him to find another team who needs a stable backup rather than keeping him as a third string emergency option.
 

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How about let Trey Lance prove something first? Rush at least has shown he can manage games. Lance has shown very little in the NFL.
I'm for Rush, but I don't know that he would do as well in McCarthy's system as he did under Kellen Moore.
 

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I'm for Rush, but I don't know that he would do as well in McCarthy's system as he did under Kellen Moore.
I would hope McCarthy would be able to adjust the gameplan for Rush if Dak was to go down as well as Kellen did. McCarthy is supposed to be a QB guru and specialize in doing such things with his offenses. I think Rush would be fine for what he is.

But yeah, if Trey Lance shows upside to be a starter or viable backup then Rush should be shown the door.
 

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Serious question: With Trey Lance and Dak Prescott, will the Cowboys cut/release Cooper Rush as the roster tightens?
They may do it as a favor to him to allow him to find another team who needs a stable backup rather than keeping him as a third string emergency option.
No.

Rush is the ultimate relief pitcher.

He’s not a starter.

But he’s an elite QB2.

Dallas loves Rush. For good reason.
 

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I would hope McCarthy would be able to adjust the gameplan for Rush if Dak was to go down as well as Kellen did. McCarthy is supposed to be a QB guru and specialize in doing such things with his offenses. I think Rush would be fine for what he is.

But yeah, if Trey Lance shows upside to be a starter or viable backup then Rush should be shown the door.
lance is for real.
 

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No reason for me to think this way other than just suspicion however I get the sense that they might try to utilize Lance with a few packages this year. I could see Dak as the starter, Rush as the backup, and Lance as a 5-10 snap per game RPO situational package type of player.
 

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I'm for Rush, but I don't know that he would do as well in McCarthy's system as he did under Kellen Moore.
Conventional wisdom he should fair better in McCarthy’s system than Moore’s. The original scouting reports even said he’d basically be relegated to backup in a west coast offense because of his lack of velocity!
 

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Serious question: With Trey Lance and Dak Prescott, will the Cowboys cut/release Cooper Rush as the roster tightens?
They may do it as a favor to him to allow him to find another team who needs a stable backup rather than keeping him as a third string emergency option.
Trance has an opportunity to compete with Rush.

Look at the current depth chart.
 

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Isn't there some rule now where teams are suppose to carry 3 QB's?
There is no rule that you must have three QB on your 53 man roster. There is a rule that allows you to dress a third QB for games if he is on your 53 man roster and he will not count against your 48 man game roster. He can come into the game if both your QBs are unable to continue to play.
 

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Serious question: With Trey Lance and Dak Prescott, will the Cowboys cut/release Cooper Rush as the roster tightens?
They may do it as a favor to him to allow him to find another team who needs a stable backup rather than keeping him as a third string emergency option.
Well, we cut him once and no team wanted him. I would say it’s a low risk move to cut him again.
 

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Rush is going to get real popular if/when some team's QB1 goes down this July or August. There may be other options, but probably none as appealing. Few other QB2s are proven and at the same time, considered potentially dispensable by their current team.

If it's a team that isn't serious about contending? Probably looking at a 5th round pick in return.

If a contender? 3rd round pick.

You heard it here first. No, really, you already did... :p I wrote this when we first acquired TL last summer.
 

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Rush is going to get real popular if/when some team's QB1 goes down this July or August. There may be other options, but probably none as appealing. Few other QB2s are proven and at the same time, considered potentially dispensable by their current team.

If it's a team that isn't serious about contending? Probably looking at a 5th round pick in return.

If a contender? 3rd round pick.

You heard it here first. No, really, you already did... :p I wrote this when we first acquired TL last summer.
If that's the case, they would have done that last offseason when Rush's 4-1 record was a lot more fresh. I don't think anyone will be calling about Rush.
 

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Serious question: With Trey Lance and Dak Prescott, will the Cowboys cut/release Cooper Rush as the roster tightens?
They may do it as a favor to him to allow him to find another team who needs a stable backup rather than keeping him as a third string emergency option.
I believe McCarthy likes to carry three QBs, but I guess if Lance played well enough, maybe they would consider it for a roster spot they want to use elsewhere. We've cut him before and placed him on the practice squad, but that was before the team went 4-1 with him starting in 2022. His spot was secure last year.
 
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