The Dallas Cowboys are experiencing one of their worst seasons in recent memory as the one-time Super Bowl hopefuls are now staring down another lost year.

At 3-7, the Cowboys will almost certainly miss the postseason, though it’s hard to blame them considering all the injuries they’ve endured.

Quarterback Dak Prescott is out for the remainder of the 2024 NFL season due to a hamstring injury, leaving Dallas to turn to Cooper Rush as its starter.

Rush is an experienced option but not the type of player who can help a team win multiple games in the long term.

Meanwhile, Trey Lance is his backup, which is surprising considering the team’s hopes that they could extract value from him when they acquired him in a trade with the San Francisco 49ers.

Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones executed the deal for Lance, and he recently said he doesn’t regret the move.

“Stephen Jones admitted he doesn’t regret the Cowboys’ trade for Trey Lance ‘at all,’” 49ers on NBCS wrote on X.

At the time, the trade made sense, as Lance could have been a younger, talented option if the Cowboys didn’t agree to terms with Prescott on a contract extension.

However, Prescott got the extension he wanted, which means the No. 3 overall pick from the 2021 NFL Draft will have to keep waiting in the wings.

Unless Rush gets injured, Lance will likely ride the bench, which could spell the end of his dreams of becoming a starter in Dallas or elsewhere.