Cowboys could acquire Nick Foles

They have reconnected the Dallas Cowboys with a possible handover agreement by the quarterback of the Chicago Bears, Nick Foles.

With the starting quarterback, Dak Prescott (shoulder), injured, and with the lack of effectiveness of his substitutes (Garrett Gilbert, Ben DiNucci, Cooper Rush) Tim Kelly of 105.3 The Fan suggested that the Cowboys acquire Foles before the start of the 2021 regular season.

“Even if Prescott recovers in time for Game 1, the possibility exists that he will miss a game or two on the new 17-game grid,” Kelly wrote Thursday. “It’s true that if Prescott has to miss a few games, the Cowboys will be in trouble, no matter who the backup is. We saw that last year, when Andy Dalton, supposedly one of the best substitutes in the NFL, was 4-5 in nine games as a starter replacing Prescott, who missed the rest of the season with an exposed fracture. and ankle dislocation. ¿But could having a good backup – one who has to play a lot in a game or two – make the difference between making or missing the playoffs? Of course”.

An economically viable acquisition?

In June, John Owning of the Dallas Morning News, suggested a hypothetical trade in which the Cowboys would give up a low draft pick in exchange for Foles, who has a contract until 2022, the season in which he would turn 33. Former Eagles quarterback -MVP of Super Bowl 52- arranged to restructure his three-year contract, after arriving from Jacksonville in 2020 through a transfer. He is currently the Bears’ third quarterback, behind Andy Dalton and Justin Fields.

Right now, Dallas doesn’t have room in its salary cap to handle Foles’ contract. But, Kelly claims that owner and CEO Jerry Jones has the power to fix that, if he wanted to.

“The price to acquire Nick Foles from the Chicago Bears should not be very high at this time, considering how low priority he has for his position,” he wrote. “Foles will collect 6.6 million dollars in 2021 –Over The Cap estimates that the Cowboys have about 5.43 million left – so there would have to be some financial maneuvering to reach an agreement. Maybe the Cowboys prefer to wait and see if the Bears just fire Flores. However, the longer they wait for that, the more difficult it will be to prepare Foles to be ready for the start of the season.

Gilbert reacts to the search for another quarterback

The former AAF league star and member of several NFL teams is Prescott’s locker room leader and backup in 2021. In his defense, Gilbert can be said to be competent in leading the starting offensive team. He completed 9 of 13 passes for 104 yards in Dallas’ first preseason game against Pittsburgh. He also completed 7 of 16 passes for 80 yards in the team’s loss to Arizona. But has Gilbert done enough to make sure he’s backup Prescott?

“It’s not up to me,” he told reporters Wednesday, vía The Athletic. “I am here to improve every day. And that has helped me in the past… I’m going to do my job and let things happen as they happen.

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This is the original version of Heavy.com por Zack Kelberman