David Helman
Dallas Cowboys Insider
At the very least, we have to admit the Cowboys warned us.
No, they didn’t spell it out into an open microphone, but the road signs coming out of Indianapolis are easy to read. Well before last week’s NFL Combine had concluded, a small army of league analysts and reporters began spreading the word.
Dak Prescott’s long-discussed contract extension may not be coming in 2024 after all.
That’s the unmistakable takeaway from the biggest gossip session of the year. Nothing is ever set in stone. But one week away from the new league year, the Cowboys have intimated plenty — to local outlets and national ones — that they may let Prescott play out the final year of his current contract and deal with the $59 million cap hit that accompanies it.
The news isn’t exactly surprising. At this point, the Cowboys and Prescott have a long history of lengthy negotiations, dating back to two franchise tags and their first major extension. It shouldn’t be shocking after all these years if Prescott is again committed to setting the market and the Cowboys are again hesitant about the price tag.
To take the conundrum a step further, here’s an uncomfortable admission: for the first time in this long saga, I’m not sure I blame them. NFL quarterback salaries continue to boom, and the salary cap just jumped by a record margin. Extending Prescott by the start of the league year could mean paying him more than $60 million per year. Factor that in with the enormous paydays that are soon coming for CeeDee Lamb and Micah Parsons, and I can understand the concern.
Prescott has unfortunately become the NFL’s perfect Rorschach test for quarterback play. On one hand, you can look at his body of work and see one of the league’s 10 best quarterbacks — a player who led the league in touchdowns in 2023, who was named All-Pro and was runner-up for NFL MVP; who has led his team to the playoffs in five of seven healthy…
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Publish date : 2024-03-07 14:03:59
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