Matt Barkley
Matt Barkley is entering his fifth year in the NFL and has already been a member of the Philadelphia Eagles, Arizona Cardinals, and Chicago Bears. Despite being a journeyman QB so far in his career, he could be an intriguing option to back up Dak Prescott next season.
Barkley isn’t a starting caliber QB in the NFL, but he could be a serviceable backup. Of course, this is all based on what he was able to accomplish in 2016 once he was thrust into action.
The Chicago Bears had to turn to Matt Barkley after Jay Cutler and Brian Hoyer were sidelined by injuries. Barkley played in seven games and started six of those contests. He threw for 1,611 yards and eight touchdowns. Unfortunately, he also threw 14 interceptions.
Barkley certainly has his weaknesses as a player, but his performance last season as a starter showed the league that he can fill in if needed. The Bears are not a very talented team on either side of the ball, but Barkley did his best to make them competitive.
As a backup QB option for the Cowboys, he’d be surrounded by talent and there’s no reason to believe he couldn’t hold down the backup duties behind Prescott.
Brian Martin: I think we are at the same place with K Moore as we were last year at this time. The Dallas management/coaches decided K Moore was their best option for 2nd team QB, all things considered. Scott Linehan had a lot of confidence in him. I truly believe if he had not got hurt he would have been the starter when Romo went down and would have done fairly well and won a bunch of games. He has a lot of the skills/abilities Dak Prescott has such as poise, QB smarts, accuracy, and game management skills. We would likely be talking about
George, I would be okay with the Cowboys bringing back Kellen Moore. But, I would also like to see them bring in someone to compete with him. Moore personally wouldn’t be my top choice to be the backup QB, but I think he probably could handle the job.
I agree with the idea of competition plus sometimes you want to keep three QBs if you don’t need the third position for someone else on the team.
George, I would actually be surprised if Kellen Moore isn’t back with the Cowboys in some capacity next season.
here’s some craziness-
we take Gar from N.E. for our #2 & a retro $1 Million “if he plays” kinda deal.
Romo could get a ring & never have to play but if Tom goes down for a game Tony has a quick out 2 T,E, deal…. that could work.he already knows Marty B,he’d have J.E.,&then there’s Gronk. I could see nothing better……….
That’s definitely some outside the box thinking. The only problem with that is the only reason Romo wants to leave the Cowboys is because he wants to start somewhere.