{"id":28973,"date":"2025-02-26T08:57:35","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T08:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=28973"},"modified":"2025-02-26T08:57:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T08:57:35","slug":"shocking-move-cowboys-could-target-4000-yard-champion-quarterback-to-shake-up-qb-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=28973","title":{"rendered":"SHOCKING MOVE: Cowboys Could Target 4,000-Yard Champion Quarterback to Shake Up QB Room!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"c-content entry-content\">\n<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-2195011783-2-e1740518070892.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-2195011783-2-e1740518070892.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2195011783-2-e1740518070892.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2195011783-2-e1740518070892.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Cowboys potential draftee Will Howard\" width=\"780\" height=\"437\" data-img-load-time=\"228\" data-dom-ready-time=\"334\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-post-image-caption-text\">Cowboys potential draftee Will Howard<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>At the beginning of last season, the\u00a0Cowboys\u00a0had a bit of a quarterback problem. They had too many.\u00a0Dak Prescott\u00a0was given the biggest QB contract in league history just before the year opened, and veteran backup\u00a0Cooper Rush\u00a0was firmly in place, too. The Cowboys stubbornly held onto\u00a0Trey Lance\u00a0as well, which made some sense given that the team had traded a fourth-rounder for him the previous summer.<\/p>\n<p>Now, though? Prescott is on the books, but both Lance and Rush are pending free agents. And it appears that the Cowboys won\u2019t be bringing back either one of them, according to VP Stephen Jones.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, I think one of our goals is to get a young quarterback in the draft,\u201d Jones told\u00a0David Moore of the Dallas Morning News. \u201cI don\u2019t know where that\u2019s going to be. That\u2019s why we gave a pick for Trey. It seems like all the quarterbacks, even guys we have in the fourth round, go in the first. They always go so much higher than what you think.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Cowboys Will Have a Long List of Secondary Draft Options<\/h2>\n<p>There won\u2019t be too many quarterbacks going high this year, however, as the first round is expected to feature Colorado\u2019s Shedeur Sanders along with Miami\u2019s Cam Ward\u2013but likely no other passers. There could be a surprise there, but most likely, the rest of the QB field will drop into the later rounds of the draft.<\/p>\n<p>Still, there are some interesting prospects on hand, ones with accomplished NCAA backgrounds. In listing potential draftees at QB for the Cowboys, the Dallas Morning news included some successful collegians, like Kyle McCord of Syracuse, Dillon Gabriel of Oregon and Quinn Ewers of Texas.<\/p>\n<p>But none has a better resume than that of Will Howard, the Ohio State quarterback who rallied his team to playoff dominance in taking the Buckeyes to the national championship. Playoff dominance does, indeed, sound like a phrase Cowboys fans could get used to.<\/p>\n<h2>Will Howard Was a Winner in 2024<\/h2>\n<p>Howard transferred to OSU last year from Kansas State in what was a notable deal worth a reported $1 million. He threw for 4,010 yards on the season, with 35 touchdowns and 10 interceptions.<\/p>\n<p>The Cowboys will get a good look at him this week at the NFL combine in Indianapolis. In an article titled, \u201c<span class=\"dmnc_generic-header-header-module__i2K-Y mr-7\">With Trey Lance likely playing elsewhere, could Cowboys target these QBs in NFL draft?\u201d t<\/span>he\u00a0DMN examined the fit:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 2024 season was Howard\u2019s best at the collegiate level. He transferred to Ohio State after spending four seasons at Kansas State. Like Gabriel, Howard was invited to this year\u2019s Senior Bowl. Howard didn\u2019t participate in the event due to Ohio State\u2019s extended season, which ended on Jan. 20. ESPN projects Howard as an Early Day 3 selection. PFF lists him as the 106th-best player in the draft class.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Cowboys potential draftee Will Howard At the beginning of last season, the\u00a0Cowboys\u00a0had a bit of a quarterback problem. They had too many.\u00a0Dak Prescott\u00a0was given the biggest&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot-news","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>SHOCKING MOVE: Cowboys Could Target 4,000-Yard Champion Quarterback to Shake Up QB Room! - 24\/7 News America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=28973\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SHOCKING MOVE: Cowboys Could Target 4,000-Yard Champion Quarterback to Shake Up QB Room! - 24\/7 News America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Getty Cowboys potential draftee Will Howard At the beginning of last season, the\u00a0Cowboys\u00a0had a bit of a quarterback problem. 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