{"id":23401,"date":"2025-02-04T01:54:16","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T01:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=23401"},"modified":"2025-02-04T01:54:16","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T01:54:16","slug":"breaking-cowboys-predicted-to-replace-qb-with-reliable-new-option","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=23401","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Cowboys Predicted to Replace QB With \u2018Reliable\u2019 New Option.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1350703612-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1350703612-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1350703612-1.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1350703612-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Dallas Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-img-load-time=\"1017\" data-dom-ready-time=\"1170\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-post-image-caption-text\">The Dallas Cowboys are being projected to pick up a new quarterback close to head coach Brian Schottenheimer.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0Dallas Cowboys\u00a0are heading into the offseason with a totally new look, and new head coach Brian Schottenheimer will likely shake things up a lot before the first snap of the new season.<\/p>\n<p>Going into the 2025-26 season, Dallas has their franchise quarterback in\u00a0Dak Prescott. Unfortunately, Prescott spent much of the past season\u00a0out with an injury, but he\u2019s expected to be back and raring to go coming September. However, Prescott\u2019s backup quarterback is in question.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>New Dallas Cowboys QB Could Be Familiar With Brian Schottenheimer<\/h2>\n<p>In a January 28 feature for CBS Sports, NFL expert and analyst Cody Benjamin\u00a0suggests a handful of major quarterback trades\u00a0for the offseason. These moves would be in addition to teams scooping up quarterbacks during the\u00a02025 NFL Draft, and since that class isn\u2019t very strong, it\u2019s not wild to think that a lot of veteran quarterbacks will be in demand during the offseason.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeveral high-profile starters are on track to become free agents in March, and a number of others could also be available via trade,\u201d Benjamin states in the feature, adding that his feature puts 17 quarterbacks with new teams.<\/p>\n<p>As for the Cowboys, Benjamin sends\u00a0C.J. Beathard\u00a0of the\u00a0Jacksonville Jags\u00a0to the Cowboys.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMac Jones is better positioned to stick with the Jacksonville Jaguars as a backup for\u00a0Trevor Lawrence,\u201d he stated. \u201cWhich means Beathard could reunite with Brian Schottenheimer as Dak Prescott\u2019s new No. 2.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schottenheimer\u00a0coached Beathard in 2021\u00a0when he was the Jaguars\u2019\u00a0passing game coordinator, and he also became their interim offensive coordinator. While Beathard didn\u2019t have much playing time, Schottenheimer was hands-on with the Jaguars\u2019 quarterbacks during that 2021 season, so he\u2019s familiar with Beathard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeathard has been a consistent and reliable backup behind Lawrence,\u201d NFL writer and expert\u00a0John Shipley of Sports Illustrated notes\u00a0in a February 1 feature. \u201cHis groin injury in camp settled a competition between him and\u00a0Mac Jones\u00a0for the backup job, but Beathard then re-joined the team after Lawrence sustained a shoulder injury in Week 9 and served as backup quarterback to Jones during the final third of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shipley adds that it\u2019s totally foreseeable that Jacksonville could want to part with their backup quarterbacks, because the only known is that Lawrence is their main guy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith both Mac Jones and C.J. Beathard set to become free agents in March, the Jaguars are likely entering the offseason with an open mind,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Cooper Rush May Be a Fit With the Saints<\/h2>\n<p>There\u2019s more quarterback talk amid the Cowboys, too. In this CBS Sports piece, Benjamin also favors Dallas backup quarterback\u00a0Cooper Rush\u00a0heading to the\u00a0New Orleans Saints. Rush saw a lot of playing time last season, due to Prescott\u2019s injury.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew Orleans\u2019 head coaching search has revolved heavily around Dallas Cowboys connections (see: Kellen Moore, Mike McCarthy),\u201d he notes \u201cDak Prescott\u2019s backup could pair with a potential rookie in the Big Easy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Koby Skillern of Sports Illustrated agrees that Rush could go this season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCooper Rush, an undrafted free agent, has proven himself as a reliable backup with a 9-5 record as a starter for the Cowboys,\u201d\u00a0Skillern noted\u00a0in a January 16 feature. \u201cMeanwhile,\u00a0Trey Lance, the former number-three overall pick, has\u00a0started just one game\u00a0for Dallas, which ended in a loss, leaving him with a\u00a05-7 overall record.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty The Dallas Cowboys are being projected to pick up a new quarterback close to head coach Brian Schottenheimer. 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