FRISCO, Texas – The Dallas Cowboys will go with quarterback Garrett Gilbert or Cooper Rush for Sunday’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, coach Mike McCarthy said.
Rookie Ben Dinukki completed 21 of 40 passes for 180 yards with four sacks and two missing fumbles in his first start, giving the Philadelphia Eagles a 23-9 loss.
“Naturally Ben’s Sunday night experience, I think we all knew the facts that went into it, the pace of the game, the challenges that presented him.” “I just felt with the opponent that we’re playing, we need a little more experience on that position.”
Gilbert and Cooper have never started a game and combined to throw nine passes in their careers, but their experience in the league – Gilbert is out of the NFL and since 2014; Cooper from 2016 – gives them an edge over Dinukki.
“Garrett Gilbert has been here for a few weeks now. He had the opportunity to play in prison games and he has more experience.” “And no different with Cooper. Cooper played last year, he’s very familiar with the system. Callen Moore has a lot of confidence there. So we’ll go in a week and then make a decision.”
The Cowboys are heading for their fourth starting quarterback – and third in four games – Dak Prescott suffered an ankle injury that ended his season on Oct. 11 and Andy Dalton was placed on the reserve / Covid-19 list on Tuesday.
Dilton was unable to play against Philadelphia on October 25 due to an interference against the Washington Washington Football League.
McCarthy hopes the decision on Gilbert or Rush, which was a backup of Prescott from 2017-19 and released in Se Fasen, could be made before Saturday’s practice. The Cowboys will have to do a light exercise on Wednesday before going through a full padded workout on Thursday.
This will be the first time since 2015 when the Cowboys started four different quarterbacks in the same season. That year Tony Romo, Brandon Weiden, Matt Cassell and Moore were needed, and the Cowboys finished 4-12.
McCarthy started four different quarterbacks in 2013 with Aaron Rogers, Seneca Valace Les, Scott Tolzian and Matt Flynn. They finished 8-7-1 and made the playoffs. Tolzian and Wallace are now cowboy assistants.
McCarthy said this is the first time during practice week that there is open competition for a quarterback job.
As an offensive coordinator with the San Francisco 49ers in 2005, McCarthy used four different quarterbacks to start the game with Alex Smith, Tim Rutte, Ken Dorsey and Cody Pickett. That team finished 4-12.
His experience at Green Bay could help McCarthy after the Rodgers faced a broken collarbone.
“At the end of the day, each position room is designed to prepare the boys to play, whether it’s an offensive line room and there’s a change or a change in the defensive line room and certain players, which potentially gets more representation in the game.” Said. “It’s clearly more in the quarterback room not only because of the responsibility of the position but also because of the design of our room. There are definitely things you can learn, run the design game process and play the calling gender ideas. These are all part of our game plan weekly conversation. “
Speaking of Dalton, McCarthy said P te “works well”, and if he goes ahead with the Covid protocol, he could be around the team next weekend. The Cowboys have kept their buy week after the Steelers game.
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