Stephen Jones on trading for Trey Lance: I don’t regret it at all

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said after Monday night’s loss to the Texans that he has no desire to see Trey Lance for the rest of the season. The Cowboys gave up their fourth-round pick on a quarterback, and Lance, who has yet to play in Dallas, will become a free agent in March.

The deal will likely go down as one of the worst in team history.

49ers general manager John Lynch admitted his team got more than expected for Lance.

San Francisco used the 124th overall pick on safety Malik Mustafa, who played 10 games with six starts, but the Cowboys could draft a running back at that spot. Bucs rookie Bucky Irving (125th overall), 49ers rookie Isaac Gerendeau (129th overall) and Jets rookie Braylon Allen (134th overall) have found success this season.

However, the Cowboys would do it again.

For the first time, Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones admitted that uncertainty over Dak Prescott’s future prompted the August 2023 trade.

The Cowboys didn’t sign Prescott to a contract extension until a year later.

“(Lance) is a top-tier pick, a guy we had at the top,” Stephen Jones said on 105.3 The Fan on Friday. “As you know, Dak was about to sign and we wanted to take a look at him. we had good young talent and didn’t feel like we could achieve anything in terms of quality like we did with Trey. As it turned out, we ended up signing a long-term agreement with Dak. So, obviously, this reduces the need to rush to do something with Trey. In fact, it makes it more difficult because Trey, I’m sure, wants to see what happens now that we’ve made a long-term commitment to Dak. But I don’t regret it at all.”

Jerry Jones said Cooper Rush will continue to play because he gives the Cowboys (3-7) the best chance to win now that Prescott is out for the season with a torn hamstring. So Lance will continue to sit and then likely leave without ever starting a regular season game.

The Cowboys will give up the fourth-round pick and pay him $6.25 million for two seasons of nothing.