Dallas Cowboys backup quarterback Trey Lance had a pretty poor performance on Saturday night, throwing five interceptions in the team’s final preseason game against the Los Angeles Rams. But it sounds like the team is standing by him.
After the game, team owner and general manager Jerry Jones made it clear that Trey Lance would be on the team’s final roster even despite the poor showing.
“I saw some good, and I saw some things you’d like to have back,” Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said. “I hate that those five interceptions are going to be a stat on a game that I couldn’t have asked for more reps and a better situation to watch him play. He needed that, because the one thing he’s missing more than anything is the lack of reps much less NFL reps.
“Certainly, we’re planning on him being on our roster for sure.”
And it sounds like he is also pleased with the growth he’s seen from the young quarterback.
“I think the main thing is the improvement from over the last six weeks. That’s impressive. Very impressive,” Jones said of Lance. “What you’re looking for is the arrow going up? And it’s going up dramatically really every practice and every game. So, I’m going to use that word because he’s doing a lot of things that he wasn’t doing as well early that he’s doing well now. I think we added it up the other day and he hadn’t had but about 1,000 plays in his career since about 2015.”
Clearly, the team is still happy to have him on the roster.
[Pro Football Talk]
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