Fox Sports' Skip Bayless might be the biggest Cowboys fanboy in media. You can add "Cooper Rush’s biggest cheerleader" to his resume. After Dallas' second straight win with the backup QB, Bayless pushed the flimsy narrative that the Cowboys have a QB controversy.
.@RealSkipBayless is HYPED over his Cowboys' 23-16 win over the Giants:
— UNDISPUTED (@undisputed) September 27, 2022
"I love what I’m seeing from Cooper Rush. He is unspectacularly special. He’s operating that offense at a higher level than I’ve ever seen Dak Prescott operate.” pic.twitter.com/PQLU3TAmUF
“I love what I’m seeing from Cooper Rush, he is unspectacularly special,” Bayless said Tuesday on "Undisputed." “He’s operating that offense at a higher level than I’ve seen Dak Prescott operate.”
The injured Prescott might take offense to the notion of a brewing quarterback controversy. He threw for 37 touchdowns in 2021. Rush has only started in three games in his NFL career.
Rush has played well, becoming the first undrafted QB since Pro Hall of Famer Kurt Warner to win his first three starts and throw for more 750 yards.
Cooper Rush is the first undrafted QB to win each of his first 3 NFL starts and throw for 750+ yards over those starts since @kurt13warner in 1999 with the Rams.
— NFL Research (@NFLResearch) September 27, 2022
Warner went on to win NFL MVP and Super Bowl MVP that season.@dallascowboys | #MondayNightFootball https://t.co/deiHrzRmcm
Rush has impressed Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, who said on KRLD-FM in Dallas on Tuesday that the backup "has the makeup of a top quarterback.”
Last week Jones himself stoked a QB controversy — a case of "Jerry being Jerry" to those who have covered him for years.
There is no scenario in which Cooper Rush becomes the permanent starter. This is Jerry being Jerry.
— Matt Mosley (@mattmosley) September 22, 2022
But he also has complimented Prescott’s recovery from his fractured right thumb.
“I think his progress is nothing short of amazing,” Jones said Tuesday. According to Jon Machota of The Athletic, Jones expects Prescott to play in a week or two.
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