The Dallas Cowboys are set to move on from an infamous NFL Draft bust this offseason.
Cowboys CEO Stephen Jones revealed Monday that the team will likely look to draft a quarterback this season as a backup and insurance policy for Dak Prescott. That means the team plans to move on from Trey Lance, who was acquired from the San Francisco 49ers in a 2023 trade.
“We took a shot a Trey and wanted to do that,” Jones told David Moore of The Dallas Morning News. “We think the world of Trey.
“But us having Dak signed up for the long-term, I think he’s probably going to be looking for something different.”
Lance was the No. 3 overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, and the 49ers once anointed him as their franchise quarterback. Injuries largely ruined that, and the final blow was when seventh-round pick Brock Purdy outperformed Lance and seized the starting job for himself.
The Cowboys gave up a fourth-round pick to get Lance in 2023, a move that confused many observers. That confusion wound up being warranted, as Lance spent virtually his entire tenure with Dallas as the third-string quarterback behind Prescott and Cooper Rush.
The Cowboys seemed to reveal a lot about what they thought of Lance when Rush kept playing ahead of him even after Prescott suffered a season-ending hamstring injury last season.
Lance played in four games for Dallas in 2024, including one start. He went 25/41 for 266 yards with one interception in those appearances, and he also ran 11 times for 41 yards.
