Despite clearing up ample cap room before the new league year, the Dallas Cowboys have been familiarly passive to start free agency. While a plethora of household names remain available, the initial signing frenzy is all but over.<\/p>\n
The Cowboys have been linked with a number of big-name free agents, including former Rams receiver Cooper Kupp and former 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw, but the front office has yet to follow through with a deal.<\/p>\n
Unlike Greenlaw, Kupp is still available, but his reported contract demands make Dallas a long shot landing spot. The front office will likely have to look elsewhere – hopefully not the draft – for WR2 for Dak Prescott. That is arguably the biggest need on the roster behind cornerback.<\/p>\n
What else this roster desperately needs is a backup quarterback. While Prescott isn’t injury prone, he’s missed time due to injury in three of the last five seasons and Cooper Rush and Trey Lance are free agents.<\/p>\n
The Cowboys could draft their new backup when all is said and done. The odds of that happening increased dramatically after the latest QB signing.<\/p>\n
The Chiefs have signed journeyman QB Gardner Minshew to a one-year deal, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Fresh off losing to the Eagles in the Super Bowl, Kansas City has solved its backup quarterback conundrum behind Patrick Mahomes.<\/p>\n
Former Cowboys rival Carson Wentz served as the Chiefs’ QB last season. While Wentz has draft pedigree in his corner and nearly won an MVP once upon a time, Minshew has comfortably had a better last couple of years than the former second overall pick.<\/p>\n
More news:<\/strong> Another former first-round pick lands in Cowboys\u2019 lap after surprise release<\/p>\n Minshew admittedly did not have a great 2024, but he was trapped in a doomed-to-fail situation. Saddled with the now-fired Antonio Pierce as his head coach and maybe the worst set of skill position players in the league, Minshew posted a career-low 81.0 passer rating and threw nine touchdowns to 10 interceptions.<\/p>\n It’s important to note, though, that the longtime cult hero is one season removed from leading the Colts to a 7-6 record in 13 starts while throwing for 15 touchdowns to nine picks.<\/p>\n Minshew hasn’t quite been able to recapture the magic from his Jaguars days, but he’s been a borderline starter throughout his career. He has a career 88.4 passer rating and an impressive 2:1 touchdown to interception ratio (68 TDs to 34 INTs).<\/p>\n The Cowboys could do a lot worse than Minshew at the QB2 spot. His gunslinger style of play would’ve been a breath of fresh air relative to Cooper Rush’s game-manager, conservative nature.<\/p>\n It’s unclear if Dallas was in on Minshew. If they were, we don’t blame the 28-year-old for chasing a Super Bowl ring with the undisputed favorites.<\/p>\n The Cowboys lost a perfect backup for Dak Prescott when Gardner Minshew signed with the Chiefs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":41531,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"\n