{"id":33806,"date":"2025-03-17T07:47:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T07:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=33806"},"modified":"2025-03-17T07:47:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T07:47:22","slug":"cowboys-best-dak-prescott-backup-options-after-losing-cooper-rush-to-ravens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=33806","title":{"rendered":"Cowboys&#8217; best Dak Prescott backup options after losing Cooper Rush to Ravens"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex w-full max-w-[980px] flex-col px-4 pt-4 font-secondary lg:px-0\">\n<p class=\"dek prose mb-2.5 italic text-secondary\">Cowboys plan to find a new backup quarterback this offseason.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex w-full max-w-[980px] flex-row gap-5\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col lg:max-w-[660px]\">\n<div class=\"px-4 pb-5 lg:px-0\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-wrap justify-between gap-4  font-secondary md:items-center \">\n<div class=\"flex-row flex-wrap items-center text-primary\">\n<div class=\"author-link mr-2.5 flex items-center text-sm md:text-nowrap \">\n<div class=\"px-4 pb-5 lg:px-0\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-wrap justify-between gap-4  font-secondary md:items-center \">\n<div class=\"flex flex-row flex-wrap items-center md:mx-0 md:py-0 md:align-top lg:p-0\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-row items-center justify-center gap-2.5\">\n<div class=\"flex min-w-[120px] cursor-pointer items-center gap-1.5 text-nowrap rounded-2xl border border-solid border-tertiary px-2.5 py-0 font-secondary text-sm font-medium text-primary transition-all duration-300 ease-in hover:border-secondary\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aspect-video w-full max-w-full object-contain object-center px-4 lg:px-0\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Cowboys-best-Dak-Prescott-backup-options-after-losing-Cooper-Rush-to-Ravens.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"Dak Prescott next to Cowboys logo and Cooper Rush next to Ravens logo.\" \/><\/p>\n<article class=\"article-body prose max-w-none pb-7 pt-5 prose-figure:max-w-full prose-ol:pl-10 prose-img:max-w-full prose-video:max-w-full md:prose-ol:pl-6 [&amp;_iframe]:m-auto [&amp;_iframe]:block [&amp;_iframe]:max-w-full\">The\u00a0Dallas Cowboys\u00a0have lost their seven-year\u00a0backup quarterback to the Baltimore Ravens\u00a0in free agency.<\/p>\n<div class=\"aspect-video w-full\">\n<div class=\"not-prose flex aspect-video w-full items-center justify-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cooper Rush\u00a0<span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">agreed to\u00a0a two-year contract worth up to $12.2M with the Ravens on Sunday, per Ian Rapoport and\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">Tom Pelissero. Rush made 38 appearances and 14 starts as a member of the Cowboys, throwing for 3,463 yards, 20 touchdowns and 10 interceptions.\u00a0<\/span>Dallas also went 9-5 in the games that Rush started under center.<\/p>\n<div class=\"not-prose align-center\">\n<div class=\"min-w-[300px] overflow-x-hidden text-center font-secondary uppercase my-2.5 min-h-[280px] md:min-h-[250px]\">\n<div id=\"content_1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The organization will now undergo a QB search, and\u00a0it appears that the NFL Draft\u00a0could be a preferred option\u00a0for a replacement\u00a0behind\u00a0Dak Presco<a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nfl\/players\/af390a1e\/dak-prescott\">tt<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>COO Stephen Jones on the Cowboys&#8217; backup quarterback, via Rapoport:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will evaluate the whole situation. You&#8217;re always wanting to have a young guy coming, that&#8217;s always a preference, and certainly that&#8217;s something we&#8217;ll look at in the draft is to see if there&#8217;s a young guy to start bringing along. Obviously we were focused on Trey Lance there when we traded for him and he was our young guy if you will, that we were bringing along. But all of those are things that we will start to evaluate with this draft, coach Schottenheimer, coach [Steve] Shimko, and Clayton [Adams] and that group, what&#8217;s available out there, what&#8217;s going to be in the draft and make the best decision in terms of what we&#8217;re going to have behind Dak.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Prescott&#8217;s absence during the 2024-25 campaign, Rush completed 187 passes for 1,844 yards, 12 touchdowns and five interceptions.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Cowboys will replace Cooper Rush in the NFL Draft<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3295609\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3295609\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3295609\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Cooper-Rush.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Cooper-Rush.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Cooper-Rush.jpg?resize=300,168 300w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Cooper-Rush.jpg?resize=768,431 768w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Cooper-Rush.jpg?resize=1024,574 1024w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Cooper-Rush.jpg?resize=150,84 150w\" alt=\"Dec 29, 2024; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Dallas Cowboys quarterback Cooper Rush (10) passes the ball against the Philadelphia Eagles during the second quarter at Lincoln Financial Field.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3295609\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bill Streicher-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"not-prose align-center\">\n<div class=\"min-w-[300px] overflow-x-hidden text-center font-secondary uppercase my-2.5 min-h-[280px] md:min-h-[250px]\">\n<div id=\"content_3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Holding 10 available picks entering the NFL Draft next month, it&#8217;s likely that the Cowboys will be walking away with a new member of the QB room.<\/p>\n<p>Seeing how Dallas has the No. 12 pick, selecting a signal-caller at that spot would be a bit of a reach, given the dearth of first-round prospects.<\/p>\n<p>That said, the Cowboys could swing back in Rounds 2 or 3 and get themselves a Jaxson Dart, or a Quinn Ewers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"not-prose align-center\">\n<div class=\"min-w-[300px] overflow-x-hidden text-center font-secondary uppercase my-2.5 min-h-[280px] md:min-h-[250px]\">\n<div id=\"content_2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"not-prose flex w-full flex-col gap-2 divide-y divide-solid divide-[#58585820] bg-[#FAFAFA] px-4 pt-5\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cowboys plan to find a new backup quarterback this offseason. 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