INGLEWOOD, Calif. – For 2 weeks, we have been ready to see what Trey Lance would appear like when the lights got here on.
After Sunday’s recreation with the Rams, it seems to be like we’ll be ready to see one other recreation subsequent weekend in Las Vegas. As a result of whereas he performed nearly all of this one at SoFi Stadium, Lance wasn’t precisely spectacular in his first recreation motion with the Cowboys.
From a mistake-standpoint, he did not make so much. However from a performs standpoint, he did not make so much both.
The accuracy has been an issue from what we have seen in practices, and it undoubtedly wasn’t significantly better within the recreation. Finishing 25 of 41 passes for 189 yards and no touchdowns or interceptions, Lance didn’t get his group in the long run zone. And that is regardless of the protection getting 4 interceptions, giving them loads of nice field-position alternatives.
Nonetheless, for one cause or one other, and it was normally accuracy, Lance could not work out a technique to rating a landing.
On the one hand, you have obtained a Cowboys quarterback who was simply so-so and did not make performs for both group. And on the opposite, the Rams’ Stetson Bennett threw 4 interceptions – and all of them had been fairly horrible throws – however he discovered find out how to rating on the finish and will get his group the win.
Evidently, it does not seem as if Lance or Bennett shall be taking part in a lot within the common season shifting ahead.
However that was the purpose for Lance. He was presupposed to get the possibility to play this recreation to see what his future seems to be like.
I’ve mentioned this a number of occasions already, however this recreation wasn’t simply concerning the Cowboys evaluating Lance however all 32 groups getting a take a look at him. And sure, that features the 49ers, who in all probability would not thoughts seeing what they gave up on. The whole league is inquisitive about Lance, the No. 3 general choose in 2021 who has solely performed in 4 regular-season video games up to now.
Properly, the jury was going to be out no matter what occurred right here at SoFi, however let’s be trustworthy, nothing actually modified from what we have seen. I feel all of us needed to see Lance make a number of extra performs, however even the throws he accomplished weren’t actually that nice.
Too many occasions receivers and tight ends needed to catch passes over their head and behind them. Balls had been caught proper off the turf and typically even the routine display screen passes weren’t on the right track.
The massive miss by Lance was on his first drive when he had the Cowboys down within the crimson zone, thanks largely to his 19-yard run that put them able to attain.
However on fourth-and-1 on the 3-yard line, the Cowboys opted to not run the ball for a primary down. As a substitute, they let Lance loft a go to the again nook for Jalen Cropper, who was open. However the go sailed out of the tip zone for an incomplete go, and the Cowboys not solely failed to attain there however by no means obtained into the tip zone the complete recreation.
Actually, I actually thought Lance would play higher. For the final two weeks, I used to be predicting that he would make a number of performs together with his legs and transfer the offense extra that method – with an occasional huge go right here and there. And for essentially the most half, he did not do both a type of as a lot as I believed.
I feel it might solely be honest to level out that Lance hasn’t performed in a 12 months. There was particular rust, however you thought it’d put on off as the sport went on and he saved getting probabilities to make performs.
Personally, I feel the Cowboys ought to let him play from the very begin subsequent week in Vegas. Do we actually must see one other sequence or two from Cooper Rush? He is a strong No. 2 quarterback and has confirmed that he’s able to step in when wanted.
I might moderately see Lance with a little bit extra of the beginning offensive line and not less than higher ability gamers round him.
If the Cowboys wish to give Trey Lance each probability to show himself, then he wants much more reps and possibly even a begin beneath his belt.
We knew going into this preseason that Lance would have three good probabilities to indicate what he is obtained. Proper now, there are two left, and I am unsure we’ve a greater opinion about him up to now.