Life comes at you fast, as the Cowboys learned on Tuesday following the injury to backup quarterback Kellen Moore, who is likely out for the season after suffering a gruesome ankle injury. If you're Jerry Jones, it just occurred to you that not only is Tony Romo your injury-prone starter, but your only backup option is raw-but-talented rookie Dak Prescott.
Gulp.
It's very logical then for Dallas to completely reconsider their stance on free agent Nick Foles. Jones previously said the team wasn't interested in Foles even though 2015 completely unraveled because he failed to solidify the position -- and admitted as much. (He would also give the coaches a little blame too.)
According to Ed Werder of ESPN, the Cowboys are now thinking about signing Foles and also considering potential trades for other backup quarterbacks.
It should have been more obvious to Jones that Foles was a good option: our own Sean Wagner-McGough ranked every possible landing spot for Foles and Dallas was No. 1, easily:
The Cowboys went 1-11 in games that weren't started by Tony Romo last year. Romo's collarbone is fragile, to put it nicely. And I doubt Jerry Jones wants to throw Dak Prescott, a developmental rookie, into the fire.
Romo might not think he's injury prone, but, um, he is. He suffered multiple collarbone injuries last year and it wasn't the first time in his career he's dealt with collarbone problems.
The reality of the situation is the Cowboys weren't set before the Moore injury at the backup position. The Boise State star going down only served as a wake-up call to let the team know they weren't in good position.
Foles won't solve all their problems if Romo goes down, and no one they can trade for will magically carry the team to the playoffs if Romo is hurt. But if they're forced to throw Prescott into the fire right away it would be an absolute debacle.
Which is precisely why the Cowboys are going to make a move sooner than later for another backup quarterback.
