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The Cowboys elected to keep just Joe Milton as their primary backup quarterback behind Dak Prescott. Dallas HC Brian Schottenheimer feels Milton settled into their offense throughout the preseason, and they are confident in him going into the regular season.
“We’re always looking at situations,” Schottenheimer said, via Jon Machota of The Athletic.. “Dak is our starter and Joe is the backup. I thought Joe settled in a little bit. It wasn’t perfect, but we feel very good about Joe and his direction and where he can go. Nothing says we’re not done looking around the league at all spots, not just quarterback. There’s going to be a lot of names out there in a lot of different positions and that process is already started for Will and his team. It will be a long night tonight and into the morning.”
Regarding the Cowboys’ fifth receiver role, Schottenheimer said Ryan Flournoy and Jalen Brooks were “neck and neck” for the spot, but they ultimately chose Flournoy because of his dominance on special teams.
“It was a tough one,” Schottenheimer said. “Tough conversation with Jalen Brooks. It was one of those things where we were going back and forth a lot. We have point-of-attack tapes, we have target tapes. And literally from the offensive side of it, was literally neck and neck. But over the past two or three weeks, I would say there’s been no one that has played special teams more dominant than Ryan Flournoy. As a gunner, he’s been unstoppable, whether they single him up, they vice him, because of his power and stuff like that. He’s done a really good job playing receiver with contested catches and versus press release and things like that. … And at the end of the day, when you turned on the special teams film, there was a guy that was doing it a very dominant level. That’s what tipped the scales in his direction.”
Schottenheimer said they are always looking for new players, and vice president of player personnel Will McClay is actively searching the market.
“Always be active,” Schottenheimer said. “Will McClay looks exhausted right now, but I don’t feel bad for him at all. I said, ‘Hey, I don’t want to hear it. Get back in there. Turn on some more film.’ He and his staff are working incredibly hard. Why? This is like a second draft. You’re going to have all these players that get released into the free-agency market and the waiver wire, and the way it’s set up, the claiming numbers and things like that where you can grab guys. I think we will definitely be active. What does that mean? I don’t know how many new faces there will be here compared to how many guys we bring back. But we’re open for business, if you will say.”
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