World News – GB – Cowboys’ Andy Dalton recovers from concussion, leaving Eagles ready for Dallas QB on 3rd string

While Eagles defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz and the rest of his assistant coaches ate snacks and had a beer or two watching the Dallas Cowboys take on the Washington football team in an office at the NovaCare complex last Sunday the group watched something that could have changed the complexion of their next match

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Cowboys quarterback Andy Dalton started to slip, giving himself up after dropping a potential sack when Washington’s Jon Bostic jumped in and hit Dalton in the head with his helmet, leaving the quarterback Cowboys face down Bostic was kicked out of the game for the kick Dalton also left the game and did not return after being diagnosed with a concussion

With Dalton currently in concussion protocol, the Eagles face the prospect of facing rookie quarterback Ben DiNucci in their Sunday night game DiNucci replaced Dalton and completed two of his three passes for 39 yards

If DiNucci starts on Sunday, the Eagles won’t make it into Sunday’s game completely blind.The team’s Midwestern scout Jim Ward has been following DiNucci’s path for a high school quarterback just to the outside Pittsburgh, through his stint at Pitt, and finally as a starting quarterback for James Madison University

Defensive coaches also watched a movie of his playing days at James Madison to see some of the throws he made and what he looked like as an athlete The rookie quarterback showed some of his mobility in college, totaling 1,002 yards and 16 touchdowns in two seasons to James Madison Schwartz said he saw DiNucci perform execution options plays in the video that he had seen and respected DiNucci, even though he was a third-string quarterback

« Anyone who’s on an NFL team is good enough to play, so I think you have to start there, » Schwartz said « It’ll earn your respect right away If you’re good enough to make a 53-man roster, it deserves our respect Just watching him perform zone reading stuff when he was at JMU, our recognition team really did. helped in this way « 

Schwartz has said the defense will not be lax in their preparation for both quarters, especially against a division rival like the Cowboys and the weapons they have on offense including running back Ezekiel Elliott , and receivers Amari Cooper and CeeDee Lamb

« They have enough playmakers who are going to get our full attention, » said Schwartz “They have a good, tight group, obviously Elliot over there, even Pollard, these guys can all play. They’re not going to change their offensive game plan, whether it’s Dalton or Ben at quarterback « 

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