Cowboys Re-Sign BOTH Cooper Rush AND Will Grier as Dak Prescott Practice-Squad Backups

To be frank, in the battle to be the No. 2 QB behind Dak Prescott, no training camp or preseason game result made this choice easy, or especially inspiring.

FRISCO - The Dallas Cowboys have two backup QBs.

And yet they have none at all.

Who stuck on the 53-man roster in a decision dictated by Tuesday's NFL cutdown deadline?

Will Grier? Nope.

Cooper Rush? Nope.

Who is coming back on Wednesday? Both of the candidates to be the No. 2 QB behind Dak Prescott … via the practice squad.

There is logic here.

As with the waiving of kicker Brett Maher, the Cowboys believed they could cut these guys with the belief they won’t be leaving via waiver claims or otherwise.

That plan worked. Now both can keep competing … without Dallas having to commit a 53-man spot to one … until it’s time to play a game.

Coach Mike McCarthy said after practice on Wednesday that Rush is slated to be the No. 2 guy. 

Rush has on his resume that monumental win at Minnesota in 2021 while subbing for Prescott, and in that Seattle game got the start, and then a quick exit - suggesting that the coaches had seen enough positives.

Grier, who was working through a groin injury, demonstrated more mobility in the Friday preseason-closing win over the Seahawks.

Ben DiNucci, the fourth-stringer, by the way, is also released. (See our Cowboys Cutdown Tracker.)

Like most NFL teams, if the No. 1 QB goes down, that team is in trouble. So it is with Prescott, who is trying to overcome that "playoff hangover'' and who has a level of talent and a command of the offense that cannot be matched by anyone who's been on this roster.

The hope, then? That along with any congratulations for the No. 2 "winner'' come a wish to never, ever see him play in 2022.

And for now? They can’t play in a game. Because while they are back here in the building, Rush and Grier are still not technically even on the roster.

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