Dak Prescott has missed 26 games the past five seasons. For most of the games he missed, the Cowboys turned to Cooper Rush and felt pretty good about their chances.<\/p>\n
Rush went 9-5 as the team\u2019s starter, including 4-4 last season in Prescott\u2019s stead.<\/p>\n
On Saturday night, the Cowboys saw what they now miss.<\/p>\n
Rush started for the Ravens in the preseason game at AT&T Stadium and went 20-of-30 for 198 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions in Baltimore\u2019s 31-13 win. Milton was 9-of-18 for 122 yards with an interception and a sack for a safety.<\/p>\n
In the first half, Milton went 2-of-8 for 14 yards with an interception and a sack for a safety.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s obvious the Cowboys have a backup quarterback problem.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wouldn\u2019t say I\u2019m concerned,\u201d Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t get into rhythm offensively. What we did in the first half against the Rams, I think we came out a little bit of a different mindset in terms of trying to run the ball. They got him. They fooled him a little bit on the safety on the third-down there. We were trying to get the ball out of his hand fast. They showed down one side and brought the blitz from the other side, and it just spooked him. He\u2019s got to try to throw that ball away, and his feet were kind of talking to him.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t just Joe. We have to be able to run the ball better. We have to be able to take care of the ball. He throws the ball with a lot of tempo. I thought [fullback] Hunter [Luepke] had a ball he could have made a catch on. . . . Again, you hit a couple of those things it gets you going. Sometimes you need somebody to help you make a play. I don\u2019t think we did a great job of that.\u201d <\/p>\n
The Cowboys traded for Milton after not being able to afford to keep Rush. They also have Will Grier, who is what he is, with no games played since 2019. <\/p>\n
Schottenheimer said the Cowboys \u201cdon\u2019t have to decide anything today\u201d about who their backup quarterback will be going into the season. They need a better option than what they have now.<\/p>\n
Milton is a developmental quarterback as was Trey Lance last season as the No. 3 behind Prescott and Rush.<\/p>\n
Schottenheimer was asked if he believes he can win with what he has if the Cowboys don\u2019t have Prescott.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we have to believe that. I think we do believe that,\u201d Schottenheimer said. \u201cAgain, you put a game plan together for these guys. Whether you\u2019re playing with Joe or you\u2019re playing with Will, you\u2019re going to have a plan of how you want to play. Hey, look, Cooper Rush has played in this league for a long time. What we did tonight, it didn\u2019t surprise anybody in the first half. I\u2019ve seen him do that for the last three years. Joe Milton is in year two. I\u2019m not panicked.<\/p>\n
\u201cAgain, it\u2019s not just them. It\u2019s us as coaches; it\u2019s the other players; it\u2019s all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n
In 2020, the Cowboys had Andy Dalton behind Prescott, but he, too, got hurt and they ended up starting Garrett Gilbert and Ben DiNucci in games that season. Prescott missed 11 games, and the Cowboys finished the season 6-10. They need a better option than they had in 2020 and a better option than they have now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dak Prescott has missed 26 games the past five seasons. For most of the games he missed, the…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":152532,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[1232,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-152531","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-nfl","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115042839788013523","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}