{"id":9896,"date":"2024-12-12T02:51:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T02:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=9896"},"modified":"2024-12-12T02:51:02","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T02:51:02","slug":"breaking-cowboys-make-final-call-on-trey-lance-after-latest-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=9896","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Cowboys Make Final Call on Trey Lance After Latest Loss.."},"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\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2184074396-e1733908067412.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2184074396-e1733908067412.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2184074396-e1733908067412.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2184074396-e1733908067412.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"The Cowboys will continue to start Cooper Rush over Trey Lance at quarterback.\" width=\"780\" height=\"440\" data-img-load-time=\"825\" data-dom-ready-time=\"827\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-post-image-caption-text\">The Cowboys will continue to start Cooper Rush over Trey Lance at quarterback.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0Dallas Cowboys\u00a0remain hesitant to give\u00a0Trey Lance\u00a0a chance in the starting role, even as their playoff hopes grow dim.<\/p>\n<p>The Cowboys are coming off a tough 27-20 loss to the\u00a0Cincinnati Bengals, with a late special teams gaffe costing them the game.\u00a0Cooper Rush\u00a0did not have his best game, completing 16 of 31 passes for 183 yards, two touchdowns and one interception.<\/p>\n<p>Rush has been serviceable as a replacement for the injured\u00a0Dak Prescott, but some have still wondered why Lance hasn\u2019t been given an opportunity, especially with Dallas sitting at 5-8.<\/p>\n<p>Cowboys owner Jerry Jones does not feel like it\u2019s time to turn things over to Lance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought for the most part, I thought we did some good things out there, and I still believe [Cooper Rush] gives us our best chance,\u201d\u00a0Jones said during an interview on 105.3 The Fan. \u201cWins are important for us, very important for us. This is a young team. Cooper, we think, gives us our best chance. We want to look at everything about [Monday] night and make sure the tale of the tape, so to speak, keeps us in the same mode. But it\u2019s very important to go down and beat Carolina for this team next year. We\u2019ve got a lot of young players out here that we want to get that experience. And so you have to consider that when you consider, if you will, evaluating at such a critical position, quarterback.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Cowboys Don\u2019t Regret Trey Lance Trade<\/h2>\n<p>The Cowboys surprisingly made the trade for Lance in August of 2023, sending a fourth-round pick to the\u00a0San Francisco 49ers\u00a0for the former No. 3 overall pick. But outside of preseason action, Lance has seen next to no action, attempting just six passes in a Dallas uniform. But the Cowboys\u2019 front office does not regret making the deal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019d do that again,\u201d Cowboys executive vice president\u00a0Stephen Jones said in November on 105.3 The Fan in Dallas. \u201cI mean, he\u2019s a top-tier pick, a guy we had at the top. As you know, Dak was coming up for contract. We wanted to take a look at a good, young talent and didn\u2019t feel like we could get anything, from a quality standpoint, like we could get with Trey. As it turns out, we ended up signing Dak long-term. Obviously, that puts a little less need, in terms of having to rush to do something with Trey. As a matter of fact, it makes it hard because Trey I\u2019m sure is wanting to see what\u2019s out there now that we have committed to Dak long-term, but I don\u2019t regret that at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Cowboys declined\u00a0Lance\u2019s fifth-year option, and he is in the final year of his contract. With just four NFL starts under his belt, he\u2019ll have to hope a team in free agency is willing to take a shot at the upside that got him drafted.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Dez Bryant Calls for Trey Lance to Get Shot With Cowboys<\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s not just the fans who want to see Lance get a shot. Former Cowboys star Dez Bryant also thinks its time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrey Lance deserve a shot,\u201d\u00a0Bryant wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>Some reminded Bryant of Lance\u2019s uneven preseason. He got the majority of reps but did little to impress or show the Cowboys that he could be the backup to Prescott entering the regular season.<\/p>\n<p>He completed 73 of 113 pass attempts (64 percent) with 662 passing yards, two passing touchdowns and five interceptions \u2014 all coming in one game. 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