After his rough outing against the Eagles, the Cowboys will bench quarterback Ben DiNucci, as Tom Pelissero of NFL.com tweets. Instead, the Cowboys will allow Cooper Rush and Garrett Gilbert to compete for the top job in practice.
The Cowboys entered the season with one of the best starter/backup situations in the league. Then came Dak Prescott‘s injury, followed by Andy Dalton‘s concussion and COVID-19 diagnosis. That led the Cowboys to DiNucci, who is not quite ready for primetime.
A former UDFA out of Central Michigan, Rush spent three seasons with the Cowboys, spent a bit of time with the Giants, then returned to Dallas in late October. Rush has appeared in five games for the Cowboys, exclusively in a mop-up role. Gilbert, meanwhile, has no NFL starts to his credit — his only first-string pro experience came with the Orlando Apollos, a team in the now-defunct Alliance of American Football.
Between the two, whoever emerges as the better option in practice this week will be the Cowboys’ starter against the Steelers on Sunday afternoon.
The IR is the most likely spot where these 2 will wind up after facing the Steelers.
Id love to see Gilbert get a shot, but i wonder why they wouldn’t sign a PS guy like Rosen over Rush
Rush knows the offense
Because we aren’t trying to win. I’m happy with the decision. Lose out.
NOOO NOT DINUCCI
Seriously? We are talking about back-up QBs and the article had no mention of Colin Kaepernick? Oh, wait. My bad. We aren’t on ProFootballTalk.
Kaep should be getting a shot, he’s obviously way better then the scrubs mentioned above
But he doesn’t know the offense!!!???
Quit the Kap stuff the dude hasn’t played in years he is his own worse enemy. He chose to opt out of his deal, he chose to not sign with the Broncos, ravens and Seattle it’s his own fault no one else’s.
Nobody wants to sign that idiot racist
You resemble the quote “You can’t fix stupid…..”
HMMMMMM
Because Kaep is a distraction and at his age, he’s not a piece to build around. They should be seeing with the nooch has as a starter though. #teamtank
Organic tanking
Well Jerra knows it all and all the success is on Jerra. Surprised he isn’t suiting up. The Cowboys are almost as pathetic as the Jets. The Jets however know they are horrible. Jerra is in DENIAL. 23 years and counting.
I’m not sure the Jets know they’re horrible … They came out today and said that Gase is part of the solution … Unless the solution is getting the top pick and being fired Gase should not be part of it
Wise take…..
Gilbert Grape has a Super Bowl ring! A proven winner!
DiNucci didn’t look that great, but no offseason, no exhibition games and gets thrown out there with that horrible o-line. They did him no favors with that idiotic playcalling, one gimmick after the next and also reigning him in from running which is a strength for him.
Cowboys are trying to get Justin Fields more than the Giants.
Cowboys: trade for Fitz-magic!
Zeke is useless to me…..they can’t cross mid-field!
Cowboys should trade Zeke and Dak and start putting together an actual team… Boy that offensive line that allowed Dak and Zeke to get massive contracts fell apart pretty quickly…
Can’t trade a guy not signed let see what draft pick they get then Dak can walk or sign for less.