The Cowboys unexpectedly traded for former 49ers No. 3 pick Trey Lance last week. The deal marked the culmination of a failed era for the signal caller in San Francisco, who was long thought to be the team’s future franchise quarterback before injuries derailed those plans.
Lance will be the backup to Dak Prescott in Dallas, and a fresh start to his career should serve him well as he continues to develop. Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy has been impressed with Lance’s work ethic in his short time with the team, eliciting an obscure movie reference in the process.
“Very hard working,” McCarthy said of Lance on Thursday morning. “We have a quarterback meeting room area. He’s pretty much kind of taken it over. The grease boards look like ‘[A] Beautiful Mind.’ …We just need to work on the extra things, particularly in the area of footwork.”
