Is Cowboys' Backup QB Ben DiNucci Better Than We Think?

Being an NFL quarterback is a hard job. Being a rookie makes it harder. Being a rookie quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys might be the hardest job in the NFL. - The Dallas Cowboys Daily Blitz Podcast

FRISCO - The spirits of Dallas Cowboys’ "quarterbacks past" haunt the field each and every play, and those are the kinds of thoughts that were maybe running through then-rookie Ben DiNucci’s head when he started in Week 8 last season in Philadelphia.

Or maybe those were just in our heads.

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That game was largely one to forget for DiNucci, as he went just 21-for-40 with 180 yards passing. He had no touchdowns and no interceptions that night, a nationally-televised event that saw the Cowboys on the losing end of a 23-9 score.

Is this the Ben DiNucci we should expect to see in the NFL? Some fans think so, and consider him already a bust in the NFL, as much as a seventh-round draft pick out of James Madison University can be a bust.

Or - as the Cowboys continue to hope for help from the existing roster in terms of Dak Prescott's backup - should we expect a different DiNucci in future starts assuming those exist? Let’s discuss!

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