ARLINGTON, Texas – One final preseason game far way, and it seems like things are back where they started.
What other conclusion could there be in this last section of the backup quarterback fight?
Right now last end of the week, Cooper Rush had replaced Garrett Gilbert in the bid to be Dak Prescott’s understudy. Gilbert struggled through two knock assets against Houston before Rush subbed in and got things going.
After eight days against Jacksonville, it was Gilbert’s chance to look like it. The Cowboys’ offense faltered in Rush’s three assets of work, running only 15 plays and punting multiple times.
While Garrett’s opportunity may have been great, he moved the offense into positions for focuses on two events, highlighted by a 10-play, 80-yard score drive.
“”It’s part of the game, guys getting opportunities at different times. Today was my opportunity to come in second,” Gilbert said.”I thought we did a nice job, got the offense kind of moving a little bit in the second quarter.”
Strong work on Gilbert’s part, yet it doesn’t make the Cowboys’ work any simpler. As disappointing as it may look from an external perspective, the race for the reinforcement quarterback work actually appears to be totally open. What’s more, to hear it from Cowboys mentor Mike McCarthy, Sunday’s activity didn’t do a ton to clear things up.
“That is the thing that truly what this next 24 hours will be,” McCarthy said. “We’ll watch it as a staff tomorrow and afterward we’ll get along with Jerry and Stephen and Will tomorrow around lunchtime and start the cycle.”
The cycle is the same old thing for one or the other player, for better or in negative ways. Surge has experienced this cycle with the Cowboys four of the most recent five years, procuring the reinforcement work from 2017-19.
“You get an incredible chance to be in a NFL camp, play preseason ball and presently its sort of a cat-and-mouse game,” Rush said. “Along these lines, that is somewhat how it goes in this association, everybody goes through it.”
Gilbert has been in professional football in some structure since 2014, so he has gone through it more than most.
“I’m fortunate enough to have been through it a number of times – fortunate or unfortunate, I guess,” Gilbert said. “But for a lot of guys this is – the team is about to get cut in half, essentially. There’s no easy way to go about it, regardless of which side you’re sitting on.”
There’s additionally the question of choosing what’s next for Ben DiNucci. It’s been genuinely clear all through instructional course that the previous seventh-round draft pick won’t factor into the reinforcement contest.
Simultaneously, it’s apparent the training staff is attempting to give him however many late-game snaps as could be allowed to help his turn of events. While not really beautiful, DiNucci’s day against Jacksonville was a tremendous improvement from last week, as he finished 8-of-16 passes for 93 yards and discovered Johnnie Dixon for a score in the withering snapshots of the game.
“Every quarterback that’s played in this league, particularly in their younger years, plays in the second half of these games, stuff like that happens,” McCarthy said. “That’s part of handling adversity.”
Presently, DiNucci will participate in the holding up cycle to check whether it’s sufficient for a list spot, or possibly a spot on the Cowboys’ training crew.
