“We have a lot of faith in Cooper,” coach Mike McCarthy said. “Because I was here last week, everyone believes in him. How can you not base it on the way he performed? But that fumble and the recovery attempt got off to a rough start. I just felt like he never got into a tough situation. rhythm.”
In Sunday’s loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, Rush completed 13 of 26 passes for 45 yards and lost two fumbles. He was also fired once. Most importantly, the Cowboys did not score a touchdown in their first game without Dak Prescott.
Rush’s 1.96 yards per attempt tied for the fourth-lowest for any quarterback since 1990 with a minimum of 20 attempts. The last quarterback with fewest yards per attempt was Peyton Manning of the Denver Broncos in 2015 against the Kansas City Chiefs.
“Everyone has confidence in Coop,” offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer said. “Again, yesterday wasn’t our best performance as an offense, for sure. It wasn’t all him. We’re all involved in that.”
Rush was replaced for good by Trey Lance in the fourth quarter on Sunday after Lance took two snaps in the third quarter. Lance finished with 21 yards on 4-of-6 passing. He was sacked twice and intercepted once. He also rushed three times for 17 yards in his first regular season action since being acquired by the Cowboys in 2023.
“We put him there on that first series, trying to give us a spark, and then we got to third down and I felt like he didn’t have any reps on that particular situational work,” McCarthy said of Lance. “But then I gave him some sets based on where we were; I thought he did some good things. And definitely some things he can learn from. It was good to get it out there.”
