Mixed thoughts on Trey Lance during Cowboys training camp

As Dak Prescott continues to patiently wait for a contract extension, eyes are on backup quarterback Trey Lance, who’s a complete mystery so far.

Jennifer BubelEnglish_ASUpdate: Jul 31st, 2024 07:02 EDT0

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11 months ago, the Dallas Cowboys sent a fourth-round pick to the San Francisco 49ers to get quarterback Trey Lance, a player who has very little experience actually playing in the league. Back in 2021, Lance was the Niners’ third overall pick in the draft. In his rookie season, Jimmy Garoppolo was the starter for San Francisco, but Lance came off the bench a few times and made two starts. In his second season, Lance earned the starting job. Unfortunately for him, he suffered a season-ending ankle injury in Week 2, and well…we all saw what happened when Brock Purdy took over. Lance didn’t have a chance.

But the Cowboys still believe in him, or at least they did enough to make that trade last year. The timing was interesting…Dallas traded for him at the end of the preseason, so he didn’t get a chance to play before the regular season, and then when the season started, he was the QB3 behind Dak Prescott and Cooper Rush, never playing in a game.

That brings us to today. Prescott is entering the final year of his contract and waiting for an extension. While the Cowboys are dragging their feet on that, it will happen at some point. Still, it’s directed more attention to Trey Lance, who could potentially take over for Prescott at some point down the line. But with all the untapped potential and unknowns around Lance, how he performs at training camp could tell quite a bit. So…how’s he been so far?

Trey Lance at Cowboys training camp

Well, Lance is getting to throw some passes, but it’s been a mixed bag of results, with most of them on the negative side. On Sunday, he got stopped at the 1-yard line as the clock ran out. He’s throwing to receivers that likely won’t see much of the field this season either, and at least one of those throws was intercepted by rookie Caelen Carson.

🚨REPORT: #Cowboys QB Trey Lance has continued to struggle at Dallas camp throwing interceptions and missing receivers badly on simple throws.Shame that even going into his 4th season in the former 3rd overall pick, just can’t seem to put it together pic.twitter.com/XViOcVrwfX

— MLFootball (@_MLFootball) July 28, 2024

Ouch.

At the moment, Lance has yet to even prove he’s worthy of being a QB2, let alone a future face of the franchise. Then again, he might be just a little rusty after starting in just four games in the league in three years.

The few good passes he’s had were too few and far between, even this early on in training camp.

Trey Lance to Peyton Hendershot pic.twitter.com/dqED4NYtIV

— Jon Machota (@jonmachota) July 28, 2024

Good downfield throw by Trey Lance pic.twitter.com/clfckCKjej

— Saad Yousuf (@SaadYousuf126) July 30, 2024

For the final two reps of practice today, the Cowboys let Trey Lance work in with the first team.He had one scramble for 6-7 yards, and one completion to the far side on those two reps. pic.twitter.com/gwgvmsDmZE

— Mike Leslie (@MikeLeslieWFAA) July 30, 2024

Okay.