Ranking the Cowboys backup quarterback options from worst to best
By Jerry Trotta
3. Potential Draftee
Jerry Jones hinted during the Senior Bowl that the Cowboys will draft a quarterback this year. While plans can change, and Jones has spread misinformation before, it’s overdue for Dallas to draft and develop another signal caller.
For starters, it’s the cheapest of the four options.
The idea of signing a veteran to step in and start for Prescott in case of injury is markedly more reassuring than an unproven rookie. It would also be detrimental to cap, and the Cowboys aren’t exactly printing money having entered the offseason north of $7 million over the cap.
That said, it’s time to draft a quarterback.
Whether it’s Tennessee’s Hendon Hooker, whom Dallas met extensively with before the combine, TCU’s Max Duggan, Fresno State’s Jake Haener, or UCLA’s Dorian Thompson-Robinson, Dallas needs to invest in another gunslinger.
Invest is the key word there. We can’t have another Mike White situation. The Cowboys got great value with White in the fifth round in 2018, only to cut him the following offseason as part of their 53-man roster cutdown.