{"id":825508,"date":"2026-08-25T16:46:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T16:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/825508\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T16:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T16:46:11","slug":"cowboys-backup-qb-competition-neck-and-neck-heading-into-preseason-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/825508\/","title":{"rendered":"Cowboys backup QB competition “neck and neck” heading into preseason finale"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cowboys aren\u2019t ready to settle on a backup quarterback yet. <\/p>\n

Sam Howell started their first preseason game with Joe Milton playing the second half and the two quarterbacks switched roles against the Cardinals last Saturday. On Monday, head coach Brian Schottenheimer said Milton has \u201cperformed beautifully in both games\u201d and that Howell has \u201cmade a lot of plays too\u201d while suggesting things remain too close to call. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf you would just take the training camp competition<\/a>, it\u2019s probably neck and neck, and Sam maybe a little bit ahead,\u201d Schottenheimer said, via the team\u2019s website. \u201cThat\u2019s why we actually started Sam in the first game against Seattle. But Joe\u2019s put together two really good performances, and this will be another fun week for them to keep battling.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Cowboys would prefer not to use either quarterback for any meaningful snaps during the regular season, but Dak Prescott\u2019s history and the league\u2019s general history suggests that might not be the case. That will make the competition a focal point heading into the August 30 cut to 53 players. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cowboys aren\u2019t ready to settle on a backup quarterback yet. Sam Howell started their first preseason game…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":825509,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-825508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=825508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/825509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=825508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=825508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=825508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}