Cooper Rush turned in dreadful numbers during Sunday’s 34-6 pounding at the hands of the Eagles, but the poor stats won’t keep him from getting his second consecutive start next Monday night when the Cowboys host the Houston Texans to close out Week 11.
Head coach Mike McCarthy confirmed that the team would be moving forward this week with Rush as QB1, ostensibly leaving Trey Lance as the backup once again.
But a third quarterback is on the way, the coach explained in his Monday afternoon press conference, though he declined to share details about who it is.
“I’m just going to let him go through the process and make sure everything goes well,” McCarthy said, “but we’re in the process of signing one.”
NBC5 sports director Newy Scruggs reports that it is Will Grier, the 2019 third-round draft pick out of West Virginia who served as a backup in Dallas in 2021 and 2022. Grier, 29, was released by the Eagles on Nov. 7. He’ll join the practice squad.
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Rush, the seventh-year veteran who came in to the Week 10 divisional clash with a 5-1 record as the Cowboys starter, struggled to get anything going against Philadelphia. Per 96.7 The Ticket’s Matt McClearin, his 45 passing yards were the third-fewest by a Cowboys quarterback in a game with 20 or more attempts in franchise history.
The Cowboys teased the possibility of a special package of plays for Lance, the former first-round draft pick whose athleticism has made him a 14-month developmental project in Dallas. (Grier was cut after acquiring Lance in a 2023 trade.) Lance ended up taking 15 offensive snaps Sunday, going 4-of-6 passing for 21 yards and an interception.
Combined, Rush and Lance threw for just 66 yards on the day and had a team passer rating of 49.1.
Starter Dak Prescott was in New York on Monday to meet with a specialist about the partial hamstring avulsion he suffered in Week 9. Surgery is reportedly scheduled for Wednesday pending the results of that consultation and would put Prescott on a recovery timetable of about three months.
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