{"id":29060,"date":"2025-02-27T02:29:45","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T02:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=29060"},"modified":"2025-02-27T02:29:45","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T02:29:45","slug":"breaking-cowboys-contract-offer-to-dak-prescott-backup-trey-lance-gets-stunning-reaction-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=29060","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Cowboys Contract Offer to Dak Prescott Backup Trey Lance Gets Stunning Reaction Update.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"m-detail-header--dek\">Here&#8217;s a scoop: Trey Lance was approached late in the season by the Cowboys front office and was presented with an offer of a contract extension.<\/div>\n<div class=\"m-detail-header--flexbox\">\n<div class=\"m-detail-header--meta\">\n<div class=\"m-description--list\">\n<p>FRISCO &#8211; The Trey Lance Experiment is over.<\/p>\n<p>But maybe to the credit of the\u00a0Dallas Cowboys, they did give it one more try.<\/p>\n<p>Just 18 months and one regular-season start after the\u00a0Dallas Cowboys&#8217; surprising trade for him, the former No. 3 overall draft pick is officially not in the team&#8217;s future plans.<\/p>\n<p>COO Stephen Jones said this week from the\u00a0NFL\u00a0Scouting Combine in Indianapolis that the team expects Lance to leave in free agency &#8211; and that the Cowboys are hoping to pick a developmental\u00a0quarterback\u00a0in April&#8217;s\u00a0NFL Draft\u00a0to replace him.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\" data-zone-count=\"5\">\n<div id=\"_adr_abp_container_3\" class=\"_adr_abp_container\" data-section=\"7db9a01170294858359598238868b29f\" data-packetid=\"00000001-a99ef8a4-a707-4dc8-b647-cd88397af572\" data-render-time=\"1740622459622\">\n<div>AD<\/div>\n<p><iframe id=\"iframe-ad-container-7db9a01170294858359598238868b29f\" src=\"https:\/\/delivery.adrecover.com\/recover.html?siteId=46584&amp;dataDogLoggingEnabled=true&amp;dataDogLoggingVersion=1\" name=\"7db9a01170294858359598238868b29f\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;We took a shot on Trey, and wanted to do that,&#8221; Jones said.\u00a0&#8220;We think the world of Trey. But us having Dak Prescott signed up for the long-term, I think he&#8217;s probably going to be looking for something different.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But there is another wrinkle here.<\/p>\n<p>The Cowboys traded a fourth-round draft choice to the 49ers for Lance just before the 2023 season opener. &#8230; and then never quite got around to discovering whether he could play.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\" data-zone-count=\"5\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>After sitting out most of 2023, Lance got his chance to supplant Cooper Rush as Prescott&#8217;s backup in 2024. But in the preseason finale he threw five interceptions, and was underwhelming in his only start in the teams&#8217; last regular-season game.<\/p>\n<p>He completed 20 of 34 passes for 244 yards and rushed for 26 in the 23-19 loss to the Washington.<\/p>\n<p>But there is this scoop from NFL.com:\u00a0Lance, who did show flashes of his athleticism and elusiveness as a runner but was inconsistent as a thrower, was approached late in the season by the front office and was presented with an offer of a contract extension.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\">\n<div id=\"_adr_abp_container_6\" class=\"_adr_abp_container\" data-section=\"a949c511f11a84c1ee0b5e40ffd4273a\" data-packetid=\"00000001-a99ef8a4-a707-4dc8-b647-cd88397af572\" data-render-time=\"1740622459631\">\n<div>AD<\/div>\n<p><iframe id=\"iframe-ad-container-a949c511f11a84c1ee0b5e40ffd4273a\" src=\"https:\/\/delivery.adrecover.com\/recover.html?siteId=46584&amp;dataDogLoggingEnabled=true&amp;dataDogLoggingVersion=1\" name=\"a949c511f11a84c1ee0b5e40ffd4273a\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\" data-zone-count=\"5\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Lance &#8211; choosing to bet on himself via free agency, which opens March 12 &#8211; declined the proposal.<\/p>\n<p>We don&#8217;t know the numbers involved, but even if it was a low-ball try &#8230; it constitutes an effort of some sort. That&#8217;s something.<\/p>\n<p>But now Dallas moves on.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think one of our goals is to get a young quarterback in the draft,&#8221; Jones said. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know where that&#8217;s going to be. &#8230; They always go so much higher than what you think.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-3\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-3\" data-zone-count=\"5\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Under rookie head coach Brian Schottenheimer, the $60 Million Man Prescott will be the starter. He could be backed up again by Cooper Rush, though Jones is suggesting that might be a pricy proposition.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You know how much we think of Cooper,&#8221; Jones said. &#8220;We just don&#8217;t know what he&#8217;s going to cost. When we&#8217;re paying Dak what we&#8217;re paying him, unfortunately we do have to go cheap there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As we&#8217;ve noted before Will Grier is also on the roster. Could he be a viable No. 2, with a rookie pick as the No. 3 guy?<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-4\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-4\" data-zone-count=\"5\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>One more item here: NFL.com is also insisting that there could be multiple teams bidding on Lance in free agency.<\/p>\n<p>Said Tom\u00a0Pelissero: &#8220;There were multiple teams .. trying to trade for Trey Lance (when Dallas did so, who is still only 24 years old &#8230; There is going to be interest in Trey Lance as a developmental player in this cycle.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a scoop: Trey Lance was approached late in the season by the Cowboys front office and was presented with an offer of a contract extension. 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