Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said after Monday night’s loss to the Texans that he has no desire to see Trey Lance before the end of the season. The Cowboys gave up a fourth-round quarterback pick, and Lance, who has yet to start a game in Dallas, will become a free agent in March.
The trade will likely go down as one of the worst in team history.
49ers General Manager John Lynch admitted his team got more for Lance than expected.
San Francisco used the 124th overall pick on safety Malik Mustapha, who has played 10 games with six starts, but the Cowboys could have drafted a running back at that spot. Bucs rookie Bucky Irving (125th overall), 49ers rookie Isaac Guerendo (129th overall) and Jets rookie Braelon Allen (134th overall) have all had success this season.
Still, the Cowboys would do it all again.
For the first time, Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones admitted that uncertainty surrounding Dak Prescott’s future drove the August 2023 trade.
The Cowboys didn’t sign Prescott to a contract extension until a year later.
“[Lance] is a top-tier pick, a guy we had at the top,” Stephen Jones said Friday on 105.3 The Fan. “As you know, Dak came up for a contract, and we wanted to take a look at a good, young talent and didn’t feel like we could get anything from a quality perspective like we could get with Trey. It turns out we ended up signing Dak long term. So there’s obviously a little less need to rush to do something with Trey. In fact, it makes it difficult because Trey, I’m sure, wants to see what happens now that we’re committed to Dak for the long term. But I don’t regret it at all.”
Jerry Jones said Cooper Rush will continue to play because he gives the Cowboys (3-7) the best chance to win if Prescott is out for the season with a torn hamstring. So Lance will sit out and then likely leave without ever starting a regular season game.
The Cowboys gave up a fourth-round pick and paid him $6.25 million for two seasons of nothing.
