There are plenty of NFL players who know the sting of adversity and what it takes to overcome it, and Trey Lance is in
that group. A former third-overall pick of the San Francisco 49ers in 2021, the young quarterback has already found
himself overcoming season-ending ankle injury the following season and, one year later, being traded to the Dallas Cowboys.
Lance enters this year’s training camp locked in a battle with Cooper Rush for the seat directly behind Dak Prescott, and the preseason opener against the Los
Angeles Rams will mark the first time he’s taken the field in a game against an opponent since 2022.
That could make for a lot of emotions, but it sounds as if Lance is remaining grounded.
“It’s just playing ball,” he said after Friday’s practice. “Not really thinking too
much about it. I’ve had a lot of reps with these guys, so I’m excited to go out and run the offense well.”
There is no shortage of pressure on Lance to have an outstanding preseason, particularly considering how routinely
difficult it’s been for quarterbacks to displace Rush as QB2 in Dallas over the years — the evaluation process on Lance
this August being as intense as he’s felt since pre-draft when he was transitioning to the league from North Dakota State.
