The Dallas Cowboys want to draft a quarterback and Mike McCarthy might inadvertently help them get the right one

Earlier in the week, Stephen Jones claimed one of many offseason goals for the Dallas Cowboys is to come away from the 2025 NFL Draft with a young quarterback. 

Trey Lance is expected to depart from Dallas in free agency and Cooper Rush might as well depending on what the market thinks of him. If the price tag is high, he might wind up out of the Cowboys after posting a 9-5 record as Dak Prescott's backup in recent years. 

Since they traded a fourth-round pick for Lance in 2023, the Cowboys have seemingly been in the market for a young backup quarterback. Though Prescott is clearly the guy they've chosen to lead the team (and paid $240 million to), it's never a bad idea for NFL teams to have someone to develop in the background. That's why you see teams with established quarterbacks throw darts at the board in the Draft every year.

While naturally the Cowboys won't pick a quarterback early on due to Prescott's presence on the team, a Day 3 pick would make plenty of sense. 

And while there are many names worth keeping in mind, there's one of them that's being coached by none other than former Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy: Texas Longhorns quarterback Quinn Ewers. 

According to Matt Miller from ESPN, Ewers will throw at the NFL Scouting Combine this weekend and "is doing board work with Mike McCarthy." 

Though McCarthy is a controversial head coach in the eyes of fans, his quarterback development is considered one of his biggest strengths so the offseason gig comes off as a positive for Ewers, who is still learning the position as he aims to become an NFL-caliber QB. 

If McCarthy's work shows off in a positive way when Ewers speaks to teams at the Combine, maybe even the Cowboys, he could be helping him land in Dallas, who will be admittedly targeting a QB in April. 

Ewers, who currently ranks 86th in the consensus big board, is a tricky prospect to decipher. During the college football season, it wasn't uncommon to see Ewers show up in first-round mock drafts. Later, it seemed he was a second to third round prospect. Now, his range is a wide one, going Day 2 in some mocks and Day 3 in others.