The San Francisco 49ers have traded Trey Lance to the Dallas Cowboys. (Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty … [+] Images)
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The San Francisco 49ers have finally bit the bullet, sending former No. 3 pick Trey Lance to the Dallas Cowboys.
ESPN’s Adam Schefter was the first to report the news, indicating that a fourth-round pick is heading back to San Francisco in the trade.
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This moves comes mere days after Sam Darnold passed over Lance as San Francisco’s primary backup quarterback behind Brock Purdy. It also comes after Lance, 23, threw just 102 regular season passes in two seasons since being selected with the third pick in the 2021 NFL Draft.
For general manager John Lynch and the 49ers, this has to be seen as a bittersweet move. They exhausted two future first-round picks and change to move up from the No. 3 pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, ultimately selecting the North Dakota State product in the process.
Lance got two starts in as a rookie back in 2021, throwing five touchdowns against two interceptions. He was named the 49ers’ starting quarterback heading into his sophomore season. Unfortunately, Lance suffered a season-ending injury early in San Francisco’s Week 2 game against the Seattle Seahawks. He entered training camp battling with the aforementioned Darnold to be Purdy’s top backup. Relegated to third-team duties, it made sense for the 49ers to trade Lance.
“If we can find a landing spot for Trey that is a really good one for him and works for our organization, that’s not something that we’d turn a blind eye to,” Lynch said after Darnold was named QB2.
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Apparently, the 49ers found that happy medium with Dallas.
San Francisco 49ers Admit Trey Lance Mistake
Moving off Lance for a mere fourth-round pick doesn’t enable San Francisco to save face. Given what it yielded to acquire him in the first place, it will go down as one of the worst trades in modern franchise history.
With that said, this is a decision the 49ers had to make. Lance deserved a fresh start. Rostering him as an emergency quarterback behind Purdy and Darnold made no sense in the first place.
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In the end, San Francisco ended up paying Lance $27.85 million to throw 102 passes in two seasons with the team. Lynch and Co. swallowed their pride to find the best possible landing spot for the still-young quarterback.
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By virtue of this move, Brandon Allen is now slated to make the 49ers’ 53-man roster. A sixth-round pick of the Jacksonville Jaguars out of Arkansas back in 2016, Allen has started nine games throughout his career. During that span, he’s thrown 10 touchdowns against six interceptions.
Dallas Cowboys Buy Low On Trey Lance
Dallas Cowboys make smart move by acquiring Trey Lance. (Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images)
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As noted above, Dallas yielded a mere fourth-round pick for Lance in the trade with San Francisco. Owner Jerry Jones and Co. acquire his services while paying the youngster a mere $6.25 million over the next two seasons.
By virtue of this trade, Lance will likely start in Dallas as its No. 3 quarterback behind Dak Prescott and Cooper Rush.
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With that said, it was a buy-low proposition for the Cowboys. Worst-case scenario is that Lance doesn’t pan out and Dallas finds itself out a mere fourth-round selection. The best-case scenario is that he develops into a starter-caliber quarterback under offensive-minded head coach Mike McCarthy.
No one has questioned Lance’s athletic ability and arm talent. Instead, it was all about him being extremely raw coming out of a small school. He’ll now have a chance to learn behind a true professional in Prescott moving forward. Fans in Dallas couldn’t have asked for more.
A seventh-round draft pick of Dallas on April 27, former Auburn defensive tackle Justin Rogers is back with the Cowboys after spending the first 15 weeks of the 2024 NFL season with the Cincinnati Bengals.
Dallas signed Rogers from the Bengals’ practice squad, the NFL team announced on Thursday, putting him line to make his NFL debut with the Cowboys during the final three weeks of the season.
“Been keeping an eye on him,” Dallas coach Mike McCarthy said at his Thursday press conference. “Fortunate to have the opportunity to bring him back. We still consider him one of ours. …
“Obviously, we thought enough of him to draft him, so it’ll be great to get him back into the mix.”
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The Cowboys released Rogers when they reduced their preseason roster to the regular-season limit of 53 active players, and he joined Cincinnati’s practice squad for the 2024 season.
Although each NFL team can elevate two practice-squad members to active status for each game, Rogers has not played this season.
Rogers fills the roster vacancy created when linebacker DeMarvion Overshown went to injured reserve with a knee injury.
The Cowboys play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at 7:20 p.m. CST Sunday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.
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On3 Industry Five-star Tampa Bay (Fla.) Tech wide receiver and Oregon Ducks signee Dallas Wilson is expected to request a release from his Oregon financial affidavit and sign with the Florida Gators, according to a report from Zach Abolverdi.
Abolverdi’s report states that Oregon has until Thursday to respond to his request.
Wilson signed with the Ducks to play for Dan Lanning on December 4 after Florida made a strong push late in his recruitment, hosting him on campus for a late unofficial visit. The coveted pass catcher had been committed to Oregon since January 17, 2023.
Wilson is rated a five-star (97.09 per On3 Industry) prospect. He’s ranked the No. 19 player nationally, the No. wide receiver and the No. 3 player in Florida. As a senior in 2024 he caught 41 passes for 677 yards and 9 touchdowns (according to MaxPreps).
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The Florida native was one of three wide receivers to sign with Oregon in the 2025 recruiting class, along with five-star+ plus Duncanville (Tex.) wide receiver Dakorien Moore and four-star Scottsdale (Ariz.) Notre Dame Preparatory wide receiver Cooper Perry.
Oregon is expected to lose wide receivers Tez Johnson and Traeshon Holden following the 2024 season. Junior wide receiver Evan Stewart could declare for the 2025 NFL Draft, which would create a larger need at the position for Junior Adams and the Ducks.
Former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader Alexa Collins stunned the internet after nearly baring all in a racy post on Instagram.
Collins, who boasts 2.8million followers on Instagram, is no stranger to posting risqué images on her accounts.
But these pictures took the cake – with the influencer sharing a pair of snaps with her in pink lingerie that left little to the imagination.
The first one nearly bared all as she showed off her derriere with a barely-visible G-string ensemble.
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The second showed off her front – with the top framing her upper body as followers almost drooled over her in the comments.
Collins has leveraged her internet fame to working with multiple fashion brands – which has only grown her digital footprint even more.
Ex-Dallas Cowboys cheerleader Alexa Collins has close to three million Instagram followers
‘Over the years, I’ve seen so many apps and platforms either fail or succeed,’ she told Canvas Rebel last year.
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‘Instagram has been my absolute breadwinner, BUT I’ve seen TikTok and Youtube explode and create so many opportunities for new creators.
‘I see fast content being more and more popular in the influencer space, and I do think it’s going to continue to rise as it seems to be more relatable and easy for viewers to watch.
If you’re an aspiring influencer, I do believe that this is the best route to take in terms of creating content.’
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Ex-Dallas Cowboys cheerleader Alexa Collins sends fans wild as she nearly bares all in pink lingerie
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