The Baltimore Ravens have found their new backup quarterback in former Dallas Cowboy Cooper Rush
According to multiple reports, the Baltimore Ravens have agreed to terms with quarterback Cooper Rush on a two-year, $6.2 million deal.
Rush, 31, becomes the Ravens’ new backup quarterback after a litany of quarterback signings occurred earlier in the week. The Ravens were known to be on the search for a backup quarterback, and find theirs in Rush, an eight-year NFL veteran.
In Rush’s time as a starter, all with the Dallas Cowboys, the Cowboys went 9-5, and Rush threw for 2,958 yards on 60.18% completion, including 18 touchdown passes to eight interceptions. He fumbled the ball 11 times, losing four of them.
From Bloggingtheboys.com’s Connor Livesay:
“Rush started a ton of games over the last few years filling in for an injured Dak Prescott. His most notable season came in 2022 where he started five games for the Cowboys, finishing with a 4-1 record and keeping the Cowboys alive for an eventual playoff berth.
Rush has proven to be one of the league’s most reliable backups over the course of his career, and despite his lack of play-making ability, has posted a 9-5 record in Dallas.”
Rush has proven capable of coming in when called upon and keeping a team afloat in the interim; if Jackson were to miss games with illness or injury, the Ravens can rely on Rush to keep them competitive, especially in an offense boasting running back Derrick Henry and their litany of receiving weapons.