{"id":9303,"date":"2025-01-06T01:20:39","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T01:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=9303"},"modified":"2025-01-06T01:20:39","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T01:20:39","slug":"update-jerry-jones-addresses-cowboys-qb-controversy-after-trey-lance-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=9303","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Jerry Jones Addresses Cowboys QB Controversy After Trey Lance Decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2192526818-e1736120375539.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2192526818-e1736120375539.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2192526818-e1736120375539.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2192526818-e1736120375539.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Jerry Jones Addresses Cowboys QB Controversy After Trey Lance Decision\" width=\"780\" height=\"440\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Dallas Cowboys QB Cooper Rush missed out on an incentive with Trey Lance starting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jerry Jones addressed the blowback over the Dallas Cowboys\u2018 decision to start Trey Lance over Cooper Rush for the team\u2019s finale on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The game had no meaning for the Cowboys, and many had been clamoring for Lance to get an extended look as the starter in a regular-season game. The controversy about benching Rush for the season\u2019s final game stemmed from an incentive in his contract.<\/p>\n<p>Rush would have earned a $500,000 incentive for playing on 55% of the team\u2019s snaps. He started eight games and had played on 52.5% of the team\u2019s snaps entering Sunday\u2019s game, per Jonathan Jones of CBS. But the team decided to go with Lance and Rush missed out on the incentive. He did earn a $250,000 bonus for surpassing 45%.<\/p>\n<p>After the game, Jerry Jones said he was unaware of Rush\u2019s situation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2192525098-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Cowboys Players Get Bad News As Season Finishes\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t even know about it until I read about it,\u201d Jones said. \u201cThose incentives are in there for the team and we put them in there so they have the financial incentive. But they\u2019re usually put in there because of the people representing him. He did really earn some serious incentives this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rush signed a two-year, $5 million extension with the Cowboys in 2023. So an incentive worth $250,000 for simply playing a game means a little more to him than someone like Dak Prescott, who is paid $60 million annually.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Cowboys Impressed With Trey Lance Despite Loss<\/h2>\n<p>Lance did draw the start and played decent against the Commanders. He passed for 244 yards, completing 20 of 34 passes. He added six rushes for 26 yards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought he really played well and was really proud of him,\u201d Jones said of Lance. \u201cI liked the way he delivered the ball with his arm strength. The ball got there with zip. And we all know if he gets a little room he has a lot of speed and can be a serious threat that way too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lance had thrown just six passes in a Cowboys uniform entering Sunday\u2019s matchup. The former third-overall pick was happy to get an opportunity to play meaningful snaps.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny time I get the opportunity to play against another team\u2019s starters, it\u2019s something I want to do and obviously put good stuff on tape,\u201d Lance said. \u201cExcited to go home and watch it tonight and learn a lot from it. Some good things, some bad things, but a ton to learn, for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Cowboys QB Trey Lance Unsure of Next Move<\/h2>\n<p>Lance will be a free agent this offseason and what his market will look like is unknown. He has just one start on his resume since 2023 and five since entering the league.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll see what happens. Like I said, I really haven\u2019t even gotten into the whole free agency thing or anything like that. I know it\u2019s coming, I know it\u2019s around the corner,\u201d Lance said. \u201cI\u2019m going to take this and enjoy this day. Just taking some time to reflect on how grateful I am for the time I\u2019ve spent here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Cowboys may look to retain Lance, although he won\u2019t have an opportunity to be the starter in Dallas. Prescott is set to return after season-ending hamstring surgery. However, Rush will be a free agent.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jerry Jones addressed the blowback over the Dallas Cowboys&#8217; decision to start Trey Lance over Cooper Rush for the team&#8217;s finale on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dallas-cowboys"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UPDATE: Jerry Jones Addresses Cowboys QB Controversy After Trey Lance Decision - Breaking News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=9303\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UPDATE: Jerry Jones Addresses Cowboys QB Controversy After Trey Lance Decision - 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