The 2025 fourth-round pick the Dallas Cowboys traded the San Francisco 49ers for third-string quarterback Trey Lance before the 2023 season is getting more valuable by the week.The 3-7 Cowboys are slated to pick 9th in each round of the draft and their draft slot is expected to improve with the team in free-fall mode.

Cowboys EVP Stephen Jones was recently asked on 105.3 The Fan about the return on the investment in trading for Trey Lance.

Cooper Rush has struggled in his two games as the team's starting quarterback after Dak Prescott was lost for the season with a hamstring injury, leading

Jones noted that the Cowboys thought it was “just too important” to go with Lance in the last two games, losses to the Eagles and Texans, since they needed wins to try to stay afloat in the playoff race. Jones also disagreed with the notion that perhaps the Cowboys overestimated Lance’s readiness when they acquired him.

Lance has yet to receive an extended look with the Cowboys, appearing in only one regular-season game since joining the roster.

Cooper Rush has delivered two straight underwhelming showings as the Cowboys starting QB, leading to some calls for Trey Lance to take over.

Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy raised some eyebrows earlier in the week when he revealed that even though Cooper Rush would remain the starting quarterback for the team, Trey Lance would be seeing playing time in certain packages in Week 12 against the Washington Commanders.