Cowboys' Jerry Jones not sold on starting top NFL quarterback prospect

Trey Lance was the No. 3 wide prime of the 2021 NFL Draft, erstwhile helium was selected by the San Francisco 49ers to perchance beryllium the aboriginal of the franchise.

The 49ers moved up from the No. 12 slot to the 3rd prime successful a commercialized with the Miami Dolphins to draught Lance. However, the moving and shaking did not crook retired the mode the 49ers had hoped – astatine slightest successful Lance’s case. He started 4 games for San Francisco and was 2-2.

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Dallas Cowboys backmost Trey Lance, #19, hands the shot disconnected to moving backmost Rico Dowdle successful the 2nd fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the Philadelphia Eagles successful Arlington, Texas, connected Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Gareth Patterson)

Lance suffered a fewer injuries, and Brock Purdy yet emerged arsenic the team’s starting quarterback. He was traded to the Dallas Cowboys successful 2023 and has sat arsenic the 3rd drawstring backmost down Dak Prescott and Cooper Rush.

Even with Prescott finished for the 2024 play and Rush not performing well, squad proprietor Jerry Jones said helium does not privation to spot Lance successful the game.

"I thought Rush really had betterment past nighttime from the crippled before. He didn’t person acold to spell to get improvement, but I did deliberation helium had improvement," Jones said successful an interrogation connected 105.3 The Fan.

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Dallas Cowboys backmost Trey Lance throws a walk successful the 2nd fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the Philadelphia Eagles successful Arlington, Texas, connected Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeffrey McWhorter)

"And frankly, determination were times successful that ballgame that I thought it was truly coming to it. And we cognize that we’ve got constricted clip to enactment with these quarterbacks astatine this peculiar time, and I would look for america to enactment with the experience."

Jones added that helium does not deliberation the Cowboys missed erstwhile they traded a mid-round prime for him and said helium thought Lance has "improved dramatically" since the trade, according to Yahoo Sports.

"You’ve got to get retired there, and you’ve got to play. We person thought it was conscionable excessively important for america to person him astatine rookie backmost successful these past 2 ballgames, due to the fact that we request to triumph to that grade and springiness ourselves each accidental we can."

San Francisco 49ers backmost Trey Lance, #5, throws during the archetypal fractional of a preseason NFL shot crippled against the San Francisco 49ers connected Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021 successful Inglewood, California. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

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Lance has 818 passing yards and 5 touchdown passes successful 9 full games. He made an quality with the Cowboys against the Philadelphia Eagles. He was 4-of-6 for 21 yards and threw an interception.

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