{"id":17653,"date":"2025-01-06T05:09:48","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T05:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=17653"},"modified":"2025-01-06T05:09:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T05:09:48","slug":"cowboys-jerry-jones-said-he-didnt-know-about-cooper-rushs-contract-incentive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=17653","title":{"rendered":"Cowboys’ Jerry Jones Said He ‘Didn’t Know’ About Cooper Rush’s Contract Incentive"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Dallas Cowboys opted to start third-string quarterback Trey Lance on Sunday vs. the Washington Commanders, a slightly eyebrow-raising decision considering Dallas was already eliminated from playoff contention and wouldn’t gain anything from resting second-string QB Cooper Rush.<\/p>\n

However,\u00a0it was reported<\/a>\u00a0that by hitting a certain snap percentage in Sunday’s game, Rush could have triggered a $250,000 contract incentive. That revelation that led to some speculation that the Cowboys benched him to\u00a0avoid paying out the cash.<\/a><\/p>\n

Asked flat-out whether the possible payday contributed to the team’s decision, Jones said that he “didn’t know” about the incentive until he “read about it,” and that the prospect of paying the quarterback contributed “nothing at all” to the choice.<\/p>\n

“Those incentives are in there for the team and we put them in there so that if … a back-up quarterback has to play, they’ve got the financial incentives,” the owner said Sunday. “But they’re usually put in there because of people representing him. And they should be. He did really earn some pretty serious incentives this year.”<\/p>\n

Watch that quote below:<\/p>\n

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Jerry Jones says QB Cooper Rush\u2019s contract incentive that would have been reached \u2014 and would\u2019ve paid Rush $250,000 \u2014 if he played today was NOT the reason Trey Lance started for the Dallas Cowboys\u2026#DallasCowboys<\/a> #cowboys<\/a> #dallas<\/a> #NFL<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/6sKu97vpiH<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Pat Doney (@PatDoneyNBC5) January 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n