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FRISCO, Texas -- The Dallas Cowboys are sticking with Cooper Rush as their starting quarterback for next Monday night's home game against the Houston Texans . "We have a lot of faith in Cooper," coach Mike McCarthy said. "Like I stood up here last week, everybody believes in him.
How can you not based off the way he's performed? But that fumble and the recovery attempt, that was off to a rough start. Just felt like he never really got into a rhythm." In Sunday's loss to the Philadelphia Eagles , Rush completed 13-of-26 passes for 45 yards and lost two fumbles.
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96 yards per attempt tied for the fourth lowest by any quarterback since 1990 with a minimum of 20 attempts. The last quarterback with a lower yards per attempt was the Denver Broncos ' Peyton Manning in 2015 against the Kansas City Chiefs . "Everybody has confidence in Coop," offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer said.
"Again, it wasn't our best performance yesterday as an offense, for sure. Wasn't all him. We're all involved in that.
" Rush was replaced by Trey Lance for good in the fourth quarter on Sunday after Lance took two snaps in the third quarter. Lance finished with 21 yards on 4-of-6 passing. He was sacked twice and intercepted once.
He also ran three times for 17 yards in his first regular-season action since being acquired by the Cowboys in 2023. "We got him in there that first series, trying to give us a spark, and then got to the third down and I just felt he didn't have reps in that particular situational work," McCarthy said of Lance. "But then gave him some series based on where we were; thought he did some good things.
And definitely some things he can learn from. It was good to get him out there.".
