<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/cowboys-news-mike-mccarthy-shuts-down-calls-trey-lance-start');   ga('set', 'title', 'Mike McCarthy shuts down calls for Trey Lance to start');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Cowboys-news-Mike-McCarthy-shuts-down-calls-for-Trey-Lance-to-start.jpg"></figure><h1>Mike McCarthy shuts down calls for Trey Lance to start</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-23T17:10:09-08:00">December 23rd, 5:10pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-23T17:22:54-08:00">December 23rd, 5:22pm</time><address><a>Mike Gianakos</a>Mike Gianakos is the former editor-in-chief of High Times magazine, where he also spearheaded the video department and event production. He is a longtime podcaster and even longer suffering NY Jets fan.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Dallas Cowboys</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Despite being eliminated from the playoffs after the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl-news-eagles-choke-commanders-eliminates-49ers-cowboys">Washington Commanders’ wild win</a> over the Philadelphia Eagles earlier in the day, the Dallas Cowboys took the field Sunday night ready to play. Dallas beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 26-24 in Week 16, improving to 7-8 on the season. The team has now won four of its last five games.</p><p>Cooper Rush has played well filling in for Dak Prescott. After a solid performance against the Bucs, Cowboys’ coach Mike McCarthy has no intention of <a href="https://x.com/jonmachota/status/1871315443161374762" rel="noopener">making a change</a>.</p><p>“The mindset is to win. We’re going to Philadelphia to win the game,” McCarthy said after being asked if he planned to give Trey Lance a start in place of Rush, per The Athletic’s Jon Machota on X. The veteran coach wryly added, “The crowd is gonna welcome us with open arms like they always do.”</p><p>Rush made his first start of the season against the Eagles in a Week 10 blowout loss. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-dak-prescott-knocked-out-falcons-hamstring-injury">Prescott suffered a hamstring injury</a> against the Atlanta Falcons the previous week. Ultimately, the ninth-year veteran <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-dak-prescott-to-undergo-season-ending-surgery">underwent season-ending surgery</a>, leaving a massive void in the Cowboys’ offense.</p><h2><b>The Cowboys don’t care about assessing Trey Lance before he hits free agency</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Trey-Lance.jpg"><figcaption>Tim Heitman-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Rush played poorly against Philly and the team briefly turned to Lance. But the fourth-year passer was even worse, finishing the game with <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-why-trey-lance-fined-22511-eagles">more fines than touchdowns</a>. The Cowboys <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-mike-mccarthy-sticking-with-cooper-rush-trey-lance-despite-45-yard-game">decided to stick with Rush</a> moving forward and while that appeared to be shortsighted at the time, it was absolutely the right call. After starting the season 3-5 with Prescott leading the offense, Dallas has gone 4-3 with Rush under center.</p><p>Nonetheless, the Cowboys surrendered a fourth-round pick to acquire <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/trey-lance-trade-grading-cowboys-49ers-deal">Lance in a trade with the San Francisco 49ers</a> last offseason. And although <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-stephen-jones-has-no-remorse-trey-lance-trade">Stephen Jones does not regret</a> landing the former first-rounder, Lance is set to become a free agent after this season. In two years with Dallas, he has two appearances, six pass attempts, zero touchdowns and one interception. And while it seems likely the Cowboys burned a fourth-round pick, everybody appears to be okay with it.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-wild-ending-vs-buccaneers-sparks-wild-reactions">Dallas got an incredible win</a> over the 8-7 Buccaneers Sunday night. Rush offered just enough production to get the victory and the Cowboys’ defense was relentless. The veteran passer went 26/35 for 292 yards with a touchdown and no turnovers.</p><p>The win likely saved McCarthy’s job as <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-jerry-jones-immediate-reaction-mike-mccarthy-performance-week-16-win">Jerry Jones was effusive in praising the coach</a> following the game. Jones has repeatedly insisted that he would not fire McCarthy during the season. However, he’s in the last year of his five-year contract and the team is enduring a massively disappointing season. But Cowboys’ players made it clear they have not quit on McCarthy in a nationally televised game in Week 16. And that’s probably enough for Jones to bring him back in 2025.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mike McCarthy shuts down calls for Trey Lance to start

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/cowboys-news-stephen-jones-has-no-remorse-trey-lance-trade');   ga('set', 'title', 'Cowboys’ Stephen Jones has no remorse over Trey Lance trade');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Cowboys-news-Stephen-Jones-has-no-remorse-over-Trey-Lance-trade.jpg"></figure><h1>Cowboys’ Stephen Jones has no remorse over Trey Lance trade</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-22T14:33:31-08:00">November 22nd, 2:33pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-22T14:33:31-08:00">November 22nd, 2:33pm</time><address><a>Malik Brown</a>Malik Brown is a multimedia reporter based in Atlanta who covers the Hawks and Dream for ClutchPoints. Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Dallas Cowboys</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>With the Dallas Cowboys without <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-dallas-officially-places-dak-prescott-ir-season-ending-injury">Dak Prescott for the rest of the season</a>, they have a chance to look at some of the other quarterback options on the team. One of those players is Trey Lance, who the Cowboys traded for so he can get a change of scenery. So far, Lance hasn’t seen much playing time for the Cowboys, as Cooper Rush has been the starter since Prescott has been injured.</p><p>Stephen Jones was recently asked on 105.3 The Fan about the <a href="https://x.com/jonmachota/status/1860075277495283795" rel="noopener">return on the investment</a> in trading for Lance, and the Cowboys’ executive vice president had a thoughtful answer.</p><p>“Yeah, we’d do that again. He’s a top-tier pick. A guy we had at the top. Dak (Prescott) was coming up for contract. We wanted to take a look at a good, young talent, and didn’t 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,” Jones said, via Cowboys reporter Jon Machota on X, formerly Twitter.</p><p>“Obviously that puts a little less need in terms of having to rush to do something with Trey,” Jones continued. “And as a matter of fact, it makes it hard because Trey I’m sure is wanting to see what’s out there now that we have committed to Dak long-term. But I don’t regret that at all. That was a situation where you don’t know for sure.”</p><h2>Cowboys traded for Trey Lance as insurance policy for Dak Prescott</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Trey-Lance.jpg"><figcaption>Tim Heitman-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>In Stephen Jones’ answer about Trey Lance, he mentioned <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-dak-prescott-agrees-historic-240-million-contract-extension-before-week-1">Dak Prescott signing long-term</a>, which possibly means he would’ve had a real chance at being the quarterback of the future if he didn’t sign.</p><p>“I mean, Dak obviously controls his destiny. If he wanted to, he could’ve decided not to sign and sign somewhere else,” Jones said. “And we wanted options. Certainly, we just didn’t feel like we could get an option the quality of Trey in the fourth round to add in the building to compete for that job if for some reason Dak wasn’t going to be a Cowboy long-term.”</p><p>With Prescott locked in for the foreseeable future, it’s hard to see when Lance could possibly get a chance at being a starting quarterback. The closest Lance was to being the future at quarterback was at the beginning of his career with the San Francisco 49ers, but an injury early in the season messed up his chances. Now, it looks like he’ll have to play the waiting game.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cowboys’ Stephen Jones has no remorse over Trey Lance trade

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/cowboys-news-mike-mccarthy-cooper-rush-decision-trey-lance-twist-commanders-game');   ga('set', 'title', 'Mike McCarthy makes Cooper Rush decision with Trey Lance twist for Commanders game');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Cowboys-news-Mike-McCarthy-makes-Cooper-Rush-decision-with-Trey-Lance-twist-for-Commanders-game.jpg"></figure><h1>Mike McCarthy makes Cooper Rush decision with Trey Lance twist for Commanders game</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-19T15:55:33-08:00">November 19th, 3:55pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-19T16:03:43-08:00">November 19th, 4:03pm</time><address><a>Mike Gianakos</a>Mike Gianakos is the former editor-in-chief of High Times magazine, where he also spearheaded the video department and event production. He is a longtime podcaster and even longer suffering NY Jets fan.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Dallas Cowboys</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Dallas Cowboys got embarrassed by the Houston Texans, losing 34-10 on Monday Night Football in Week 11. It was the Cowboys’ fifth straight loss as the team fell to 3-7. Dallas has yet to win a home game this year, starting the season <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-dallas-pulls-off-feat-not-done-1989">0-5 at home for the first time since 1989</a>.</p><p>Monday night was an absolute disaster for Dallas. And while there are plenty of things to regret, like the humiliating final score, or the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-stadium-roof-failure-fans-poking-fun-lackluster-season">Cowboys’ retractable roof breaking</a> and a giant hunk of metal falling to the field in front of reporters prior to the game, head coach <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-mike-mccarthy-reveals-qb-regret-crushing-loss-texans">Mike McCarthy regrets not playing third-string QB Trey Lance</a> for a series.</p><p>On Tuesday, McCarthy went about <a href="https://x.com/calvinwatkins/status/1858994254619750667" rel="noopener">rectifying that oversight</a>. Although the coach was clear that Cooper Rush would remain the team’s starter, McCarthy said Lance would have a package of plays when the Cowboys take on the Washington Commanders in Week 12, according to the Dallas Morning News’ Calvin Watkins on X.</p><p>Dallas lost Pro Bowl quarterback <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-dak-prescott-knocked-out-falcons-hamstring-injury">Dak Prescott to a season-ending hamstring injury</a> in Week 9. Rush took his place against the Philadelphia Eagles the following week and, well, it went badly. Rush completed 13 passes for 45 yards. In the game. He also fumbled twice. The Cowboys lost the divisional clash 34-6.</p><p>Despite the underwhelming result, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-mike-mccarthy-sticking-with-cooper-rush-trey-lance-despite-45-yard-game">McCarthy stuck with Rush</a>, opting to start the eighth-year pro over Lance against the Texans. This, too, went badly. Although Rush improved on his previous outing with 354 yards and a touchdown Monday, he committed two more turnovers and most of his production came in garbage time as it never truly felt as if the Cowboys were in the game.</p><h2><b>The Cowboys enter ride or die status with backup QB Cooper Rush</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Cooper-Rush_158fbe.jpg"><figcaption>Brett Davis-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Nonetheless, Rush will be back under center next Sunday as McCarthy is doubling down on the veteran backup.</p><p>There’s been more doubling down this season in Dallas than a beginners’ blackjack seminar at a learning annex in Reno. Cowboys’ owner <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-jerry-jones-doubles-down-on-anti-curtains-stance">Jerry Jones has doubled down on his disdain for curtains</a>, on his <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-jerry-jones-doubles-down-after-issuing-threat-radio-host">right to threaten radio hosts</a> and, of course, on <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-jerry-jones-doubles-down-on-not-firing-mike-mccarthy-this-season">keeping head coach Mike McCarthy around</a>.</p><p>Taking a page out of the eccentric owner’s book, McCarthy has doubled – or maybe even tripled – down on rolling out Rush. Stubbornness is great and all but blindly sticking by Rush may not be in the team’s best interest.</p><p>The Cowboys gave up a fourth-round pick to land <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/trey-lance-trade-grading-cowboys-49ers-deal">Lance in a trade with the San Francisco 49ers</a> last year. With the season essentially over, it would be wise for Dallas to see what they have in the fourth-year passer before he hits free agency at the end of 2024.</p><p>The Cowboys look to end a five-game skid on the road against a dynamic, young Commanders team in Week 12. Washington has dropped two straight games to fall to second place in the NFC East.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mike McCarthy makes Cooper Rush decision with Trey Lance twist for Commanders game

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He has been covering sports for over 12 years at sites like Sports Illustrated, The Game Day, and countless others. Born and raised in California, he is a graduate of Virginia Tech and a diehard Hokies fan who now resides in southern Maryland.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Dallas Cowboys</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Despite only playing 15 snaps during the Dallas Cowboys’ blowout 34-6 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, quarterback Trey Lance, who <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-mike-mccarthy-shuts-down-trey-lance-starting-qb-question">isn’t likely to be the team’s starter</a> any time soon, was fined $22,511 by the NFL for unnecessary roughness (use of helmet) <a href="https://x.com/TomPelissero/status/1857893864490639754" rel="noopener">on the fumble</a> where he hit safety Reed Blankenship out of bounds, per NFL insider Tom Pelissero.</p><p>With Dak Prescott out for the season with a hamstring injury, the Cowboys are leaning on backup Cooper Rush. The 30-year-old signal-caller was a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-cooper-rush-on-injury-report-after-dak-prescott-injury">late addition to the team’s injury report</a> this week, although he is expected to play through a neck injury in Week 11 against the Houston Texans.</p><h2><b>Cowboys making all the wrong kinds of headlines</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Cowboys-Trey-Lance-passing-vs-the-Eagles.jpg"><figcaption>© Tim Heitman-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>In recent years, at this point in the season, Dallas would usually be talking about playoff seeding or fine-tuning adjustments during a relatively successful regular season–not this year. Instead, it has been about <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-jerry-jones-doubles-down-on-anti-curtains-stance">installing curtains</a> for the stadium or having head coach <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl-rumors-mike-mccarthy-good-as-gone-once-cowboys-finish-awful-season">Mike McCarthy in the hot seat</a>.</p><p>Another example of the wrong headlines is Shannon Sharpe taking Micah Parsons and Trevon Diggs to task for their podcast and its <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-shannon-sharpe-calls-out-attention-seekers-amid-micah-parsons-constant-drama">drama spilling over</a> into the real world.</p><p>“No, I would’ve stayed off social media because I don’t want to hear because everyone has social media and now they’re a GM, they’re a head coach, they’re ex-players, they know more about the game than players know,” Sharpe said. “They know more coverages, more fronts, more formations, no, I would not have wanted any part of that.”</p><p>“I wouldn’t have wanted to play in this league because it seems like guys play for attention,” Sharpe continued. “The thing that Trevon Diggs did, the reason he confronted the guy two minutes after walking off the field, so that’s what’s on your mind after a loss.</p><p>“After you got carried, the first thing is to go grab my phone and to see what they’re saying on social media? I want no part of that. I wanted to win, and I wanted to have teammates that wanted to win. I’m not so sure the lion’s share of these guys want to win.”</p><p>After the Cowboys’ loss, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-trevon-diggs-delivers-gift-after-viral-exchange-49ers-loss">Diggs approached a reporter</a> who criticized him.</p><p>Owner and general manager Jerry Jones also spent time talking up his former player Jason Witten and his potential future as a coach.</p><p>“Without a question, he can become — above high school — he can become a coach,” Jones said. “He has extraordinary work ethic. He absolutely calls on his teammates and would call on his players as a coach. So yeah. He can be a top coach.”</p><p>Is Jones setting the stage to talk up Witten as McCarthy’s replacement? Time will tell.</p><p>The 3-6 Cowboys host the Texans on Monday Night Football on November 18 at 8:15 p.m. EST.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Why Cowboys’ Trey Lance was fined $22,511 after Eagles game

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/why-cowboys-must-start-trey-lance-in-week-11-vs-texans');   ga('set', 'title', 'Why Cowboys must start Trey Lance in Week 11 vs. Texans');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Why-Cowboys-must-start-Trey-Lance-in-Week-11-vs-Texans.jpg"></figure><h1>Why Cowboys must start Trey Lance in Week 11 vs. Texans</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-12T14:31:37-08:00">November 12th, 2:31pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-12T14:31:37-08:00">November 12th, 2:31pm</time><address><a>Matty Breisch</a>Matty Breisch is a multifaceted writer who specializes in NFL and WWE content at ClutchPoints. He can be read at Heavy, FanSided, Philadelphia Sports Network, and right here at ClutchPoints. Are you ready to read about football and wrestling? Well, you've come to the right place.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Dallas Cowboys</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After watching the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-cooper-rush-statistical-ineptitude-eagles-2015" rel="noopener">Dallas Cowboys get beaten so spectacularly in Week 10</a> that Jerry Jones started ranting about *checks notes* <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-jerry-jones-blasts-att-stadium-concerns-ceedee-lamb-sunlight-issue" rel="noopener">the sun, and the moon</a>, it’s clear the season is over in Big D.</p><p>Sure, maybe they can secure a win or two down the stretch, but why bother? Dak Prescott is on IR, the season is basically a wash, and even a win or two more could seriously impact the team’s draft positioning in a year with multiple interesting quarterbacks but no clear number one player just yet.</p><p>And yet, there is one reason for fans to still tune into Cowboys games, but only if the team really leans into the chaos – haven’t they already? – in the form of Trey Lance, the former third-overall pick who only got gadget duty in Week 10 against the Philadelphia Eagles. If the Cowboys want to make these last few games mean something, they need to go all-in on the North Dakota State product to see what he can do, as otherwise, they’re just counting down the quarters until everyone can go on vacation.</p><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Trey-Lance-playing-for-the-Cowboys.jpg"><figcaption>Tim Heitman-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h2><b>1. Trey Lance cost a lot to acquire</b></h2><p>When the Cowboys acquired Lance back in 2023, it was genuinely anyone’s guess if it would work out.</p><p>Some fans loved the idea of landing a former first-round quarterback for a fourth-round pick with a year left on his rookie contract. Others, a group that has grown by the month, questioned the idea of trading a mid-round pick, the same round they used on Dak Prescott back in 2016, to acquire a quarterback who’d accomplished nothing in the NFL despite playing for offensive guru Kyle Shannahan.</p><p>Unfortunately, the latter group has largely been proven right, as Lance hasn’t done anything but throw preseason interceptions for the Cowboys and hang out on the bench, but that doesn’t change the reason Dallas made the trade in the first place, which Jones <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/cowboys-jerry-jones-acquired-trey-lance-without-telling-mike-mccarthy-i-can-make-that-trade-in-5-minutes/" rel="noopener">broke down shortly after the deal was announced</a>.</p><p>“That was, the first thing that I wanted to make sure we were clear on, but the idea of having what we had seen when he [Lance] came through the draft and being able to work with it again with our quarterback room was, just an opportunity that, we have thought about many times try to get to, if he had hung around long enough, we might have done this on the Philadelphia quarterback [Hurts] back two years ago on it,” Jerry Jones said. “My point is that, this, we view it as an opportunity. It is our plan when we can, but it very seldom happens to have someone of a, of high enough quality to be there at the right place with our draft pick, and this one worked, and so we’re excited about it.”</p><p>Since landing in Dallas, Lance has <a href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/L/LancTr00.htm" rel="noopener">played all 15 offensive snaps</a> for the Cowboys, completing four of the six passes he attempted for 21 yards and an interception. While he also picked up 17 yards on the ground on three attempts, Lance has hardly produced at the level the Cowboys were hoping for when his number was called, which is unfortunate because Cooper Rush is hardly a world-beater as a QB2.</p><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Cooper-Rush-on-the-field-for-the-Cowboys.jpg"><figcaption>Tim Heitman-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h2><b>2. The Cowboys know who Cooper Rush is in the NFL</b></h2><p>Since initially signing with the Cowboys as a UDFA out of Central Michigan, Rush has more or less been a member of the Cowboys.</p><p>Sure, technically, Rush had a cup of coffee with the New York Giants when then-offensive coordinator Jason Garrett was working for the team as their offensive coordinator in 2020, but that lasted all of a few months, and he doesn’t have a single on-field stat to show for it.</p><p>No, since turning pro in 2017, Rush has more or less been a member of the Cowboys, with the now-30-year-old appearing in 31 games with seven starts while <a href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RushCo00.htm" rel="noopener">completing 178 of his 298 passing attempts for 1,831 yards</a>, nine touchdowns, and six picks. Rush has a 5-2 record as a starter, even if he hasn’t won a game since 2022, and outside of the rare highlight play, the Cowboys more or less know what he is: a backup quarterback.</p><p>If Rush wants to stay in Dallas for five more seasons, he likely can, even if the team’s QB3 changes from one Day 3 draft prospect to another, depending on the year. If he wants to try his hand elsewhere, he would probably find work on a contender that wants a veteran hand sandwiched between their starter and a developmental arm, especially for a coach that already knows him like Dan Quinn or Kellen Moore. And if he wanted to follow in Moore’s footsteps, who knows, maybe he could get on the Cowboys’ coaching staff in one form or another, which has paid big dividends for other coaches in the past.</p><p>And as for Lance? Well, his ceiling is still unwritten, as it wasn’t even five years ago that he was one of the hottest prospects in the NFL draft.</p><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Trey-Lance-playing-for-North-Dakota-State.jpg"><figcaption>Tim Heitman-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h2><b>3. Trey Lance was once considered an elite prospect</b></h2><p>Remember, if you will, the spring of 2021. The previous college football season was kind of a wash, the combine had extra weight, and sports fans the world over were fully locked into the player evaluation process before the NFL draft.</p><p>Now to some, the idea of drafting Lance was dangerous, as he came from an FCS school and didn’t exactly have Carson Wentz’s body of work from the same system – not that Wentz ended up being that great of a QB long-term – but what he did have was insane athleticism the like of which few NFL players could match and an inability to drink alcohol until the following month.</p><p>Evaluating what made Lance special ahead of the draft, NFL.com’s Lance Zierlein noted that the pride of NDSU had the floor of a <a href="https://www.nfl.com/prospects/trey-lance/32004c41-4e01-6787-f7d5-ee3cea053121" rel="noopener">good NFL starter with a ceiling to become even better</a>.</p><p>Unfortunately for Zierlein and other members of the NFL draft community who were high on Lance, he really hasn’t made good on the hype, as he was fully outplayed by “Mr. Irrelevant” Brock Purdy in San Francisco and was traded for a mid-round pick a few years after going third overall but that doesn’t mean his career is over, let alone defined one way or the other. If Lance can play out the rest of the season, take his lumps, and ultimately make progress down the stretch, he might be worth a longer look in 2025, either in Dallas or on another QB-needy team like the Las Vegas Raiders.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2024 SEASON STATS
PASSING YDS	PASSING TDS	INTERCEPTIONS	POSITION RANK
35.8	0	2.9	50

2024 SEASON STATS
PASSING YDS	PASSING TDS	INTERCEPTIONS	POSITION RANK
35.8	0	2.9	50

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