QB Trey Lance bounced back in a big way to lead Cowboys to win

Lance bounced back after a rough outing to lead the Cowboys to a convincing victory against the Las Vegas Raiders. | From @timlettiero

Who doesn’t love some late-night football? Continuing with their west coast theme, Dallas took on the Las Vegas Raiders in Week 2 of the 2024 preseason on Saturday night. The Cowboys continued to imposed their will on the defensive side of the ball, but the offense joined the party this week.

Once again Dallas went with the two-QB approach with Cooper Rush getting the start before handing the reigns to Trey Lance. Rush was only given a few pass attempts before Lance got his number called, which might just become the story of who took the QB2 job.

After failing to reach the end zone against the Rams, Lance orchestrated two touchdown drives in throwing for 151 yards with a 98.3 rating and rushing for 36 more. The performance earns him Cowboys Wire’s Player of the Game honor.

Lance started off slow with back to back three-and-out drives. It was reminiscent to how thigns went in Week 1 against the Rams with several bullet passes badly missing their mark.

Midway through the second quarter, though, he settled in and orchestrated a drive capped off by a beautiful touch pass to rookie WR Ryan Flournoy in the corner of the end zone.

On the following drive, he ushered the Cowboy offense 38 yards in only 25 seconds to set up a career long and faux-NFL-record tying 66-yard field goal attempt for K Brandon Aubrey. Surprisng no one, Aubrey nailed it with yards to spare.

Similar to the first half, Lance start off slow returning from the locker room. Dallas struggled to get the ball moving before Lance put on a show with his arm and legs to bring the Cowboy lead to 27-12, where it would finish.

 

Lance had a few purple patches but settled down at the end of both halves to deliver two clutch, touchdown-scoring drives. His accuracy and comfort levels seemed to take a massive step forward. It was not a perfect performance by any means but certainly one he can build on going forward with more snaps.