{"id":29530,"date":"2025-02-28T09:30:43","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T09:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=29530"},"modified":"2025-02-28T09:30:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T09:30:43","slug":"cowboys-eye-quarterback-in-the-upcoming-draft-despite-making-dak-prescott-the-highest-paid-player-in-nfl-history-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=29530","title":{"rendered":"Cowboys eye quarterback in the upcoming Draft despite making Dak Prescott the highest-paid player in NFL history&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"primary\"><main id=\"main\"><\/p>\n<article id=\"post-28541\">\n<div>\n<p>The Dallas Cowboys are expected to pick a quarterback in the NFL Draft in addition to building an offensive unit to strengthen their attack.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.firstsportz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/24123600\/Dak-Prescott-Stephen-Jones.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, (min-width: 769px) 1600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.firstsportz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/24123600\/Dak-Prescott-Stephen-Jones.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/media.firstsportz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/24123600\/Dak-Prescott-Stephen-Jones-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/media.firstsportz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/24123600\/Dak-Prescott-Stephen-Jones-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/media.firstsportz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/24123600\/Dak-Prescott-Stephen-Jones-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.firstsportz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/24123600\/Dak-Prescott-Stephen-Jones-150x84.jpg 150w\" alt=\"Cowboys eye quarterback in the upcoming Draft despite making Dak Prescott the highest-paid player in NFL history.. - 24\/7 News America\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Dak Prescott, Stephen Jones (Image via Pro Football Rumors\/The Dallas Morning News)<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Dallas Cowboys are reportedly eyeing a quarterback in the NFL Draft 2025 in April despite cash-rich\u00a0<strong>Dak Prescott<\/strong>\u00a0returning from injury for the next season. The Cowboys, after a dismal season, finished third in the NFC East and holds the 12th spot in the draft.<\/p>\n<p>The Dallas Cowboys\u2019 backup options\u00a0<strong>Cooper Rush<\/strong>, who had a pretty decent season compared to Prescott, and\u00a0<strong>Trey Lance<\/strong>\u00a0are impending free agency. In the latest media address,\u00a0<strong>Stephen Jones<\/strong>\u00a0admitted that the Cowboys aren\u2019t going to pursue both players and look at the upcoming draft for their potential new backup quarterback.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<p data-id=\"66OGx4tRBpE\" data-query=\"feature=oembed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/66OGx4tRBpE\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/66OGx4tRBpE?feature=oembed&amp;autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Stephen Jones acknowledged uncertainty about Cooper Rush\u2019s potential cost all while admiring his last season. He emphasized the team\u2019s\u00a0need to be financially cautious\u00a0when it comes to the backup quarterback position due to other contractual commitments.<\/p>\n<p>As for Lance, Jones indicated that the young quarterback is likely seeking new opportunities after\u00a0spending two seasons as the team\u2019s third-string option. With both quarterbacks expected to move on, the Cowboys are looking to the upcoming NFL Draft as a potential avenue to find a backup for Dak Prescott.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<blockquote><p><em>You know, I think one of our goals is\u00a0to get a young quarterback\u00a0in the draft. I don\u2019t know where that\u2019s going to be. That\u2019s why we gave a [fourth-round 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<\/em><\/p>\n<p><cite><em>Jerry Jones said, via David Moore of the\u00a0Dallas Morning News<\/em><\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The Cowboys will have an opportunity to evaluate quarterbacks at this week\u2019s Combine, but it will be some time before we know if they can land their preferred choice in Green Bay this April.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-who-are-the-likely-quarterback-options-for-the-dallas-cowboys\">Who are the likely quarterback options for the Dallas Cowboys?<\/h2>\n<p>The top names including\u00a0<strong>Shedeur Sanders<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Cam Ward,\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Jalen Milroe<\/strong>\u00a0are expected to be drafted before the Dallas Cowboys\u2019 12th pick. Although the Cowboys have backup QB issues, they also have more pressing matters to sort with the NFL draft, especially with the departure of\u00a0<strong>Ezekiel Elliott\u00a0<\/strong>and the impending\u00a0<strong>Rico Dowdle<\/strong>\u00a0issue.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.firstsportz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/19112035\/Ashton-Jeanty-1-1200x651.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.firstsportz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/19112035\/Ashton-Jeanty-1-1200x651.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/media.firstsportz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/19112035\/Ashton-Jeanty-1-600x325.jpg 600w, https:\/\/media.firstsportz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/19112035\/Ashton-Jeanty-1-768x416.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.firstsportz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/19112035\/Ashton-Jeanty-1-150x81.jpg 150w, https:\/\/media.firstsportz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/19112035\/Ashton-Jeanty-1.jpg 1280w\" alt=\"Cowboys eye quarterback in the upcoming Draft despite making Dak Prescott the highest-paid player in NFL history.. - 24\/7 News America\" width=\"1200\" height=\"651\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption>Ashton Jeanty (Image via Bolavip)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>They would preferably draft\u00a0<strong>Ashton Jeanty<\/strong>, who has been long associated with the Dallas Cowboys. The Boise State running back came\u00a0close to beating\u00a0<strong>Barry Sanders<\/strong>\u2018 collegiate record. If the Cowboys are planning to draft a quarterback, they will probably do in the late rounds.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Will Howard<\/strong>\u00a0of Ohio State\u00a0presents a strong case as a backup quarterback option\u00a0for the Dallas Cowboys. His impressive 73% completion rate, 35 touchdowns, and just 10 interceptions for the national champion Buckeyes highlight his efficiency and playmaking ability. At a bigger build than many of his counterparts, Howard is also a physical, bullish athlete, evidenced by his 26 career rushing touchdowns in college.<\/p>\n<div>\n<section>\n<div>\n<p>Howard possesses a strong arm talent despite his unrefined elongated throwing motion. The Cowboys, who once took a chance on a similarly built and skilled Dak Prescott in the later rounds of the draft, could find Howard to be an ideal developmental backup behind their franchise quarterback.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dallas Cowboys are expected to pick a quarterback in the NFL Draft in addition to building an offensive unit to strengthen their attack. Dak Prescott, Stephen&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29531,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cowboys eye quarterback in the upcoming Draft despite making Dak Prescott the highest-paid player in NFL history... - 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=29530\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cowboys eye quarterback in the upcoming Draft despite making Dak Prescott the highest-paid player in NFL history... - 24\/7 News America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Dallas Cowboys are expected to pick a quarterback in the NFL Draft in addition to building an offensive unit to strengthen their attack. Dak Prescott, Stephen...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=29530\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"24\/7 News America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-28T09:30:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dak-Prescott-Stephen-Jones-1200x.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=29530\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=29530\",\"name\":\"Cowboys eye quarterback in the upcoming Draft despite making Dak Prescott the highest-paid player in NFL history... - 24\/7 News America\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=29530#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=29530#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dak-Prescott-Stephen-Jones-1200x.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-28T09:30:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-28T09:30:43+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4fd584257b8aaef08c4e2bc73ee6a914\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=29530#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=29530\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=29530#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dak-Prescott-Stephen-Jones-1200x.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dak-Prescott-Stephen-Jones-1200x.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":675},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=29530#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Cowboys eye quarterback in the upcoming Draft despite making Dak Prescott the highest-paid player in NFL history&#8230;\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/\",\"name\":\"24\/7 News America\",\"description\":\"Breaking Stories, Real Insights&quot;\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4fd584257b8aaef08c4e2bc73ee6a914\",\"name\":\"Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Cowboys eye quarterback in the upcoming Draft despite making Dak Prescott the highest-paid player in NFL history... - 24\/7 News America","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=29530","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Cowboys eye quarterback in the upcoming Draft despite making Dak Prescott the highest-paid player in NFL history... - 24\/7 News America","og_description":"The Dallas Cowboys are expected to pick a quarterback in the NFL Draft in addition to building an offensive unit to strengthen their attack. Dak Prescott, Stephen...","og_url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=29530","og_site_name":"24\/7 News America","article_published_time":"2025-02-28T09:30:43+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":675,"url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dak-Prescott-Stephen-Jones-1200x.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Admin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=29530","url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=29530","name":"Cowboys eye quarterback in the upcoming Draft despite making Dak Prescott the highest-paid player in NFL history... - 24\/7 News America","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=29530#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=29530#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dak-Prescott-Stephen-Jones-1200x.jpg","datePublished":"2025-02-28T09:30:43+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-28T09:30:43+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4fd584257b8aaef08c4e2bc73ee6a914"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=29530#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=29530"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=29530#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dak-Prescott-Stephen-Jones-1200x.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dak-Prescott-Stephen-Jones-1200x.jpg","width":1200,"height":675},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=29530#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Cowboys eye quarterback in the upcoming Draft despite making Dak Prescott the highest-paid player in NFL history&#8230;"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/","name":"24\/7 News America","description":"Breaking Stories, Real Insights&quot;","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4fd584257b8aaef08c4e2bc73ee6a914","name":"Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Admin"},"url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?author=2"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29530"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29532,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29530\/revisions\/29532"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}