Dak Prescott felt disrespected four years ago during the long wait for his first big payday as quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys.
The 2016 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year had been a bargain as a fourth-round draft pick, and played on the franchise tag before signing the $160 million, four-year contract that expires after this upcoming season.
This time, it’s different, with talk of an extension, and no apparent progress at the start of offseason practices, two months before training camp in California.
Prescott doesn’t feel disrespected, and doesn’t lack patience.
“Understanding where I am, what my pay means to a team and to an organization, I don’t really take things personal,” Prescott said Wednesday. “Maybe in my first deal, maybe things were a little different than they are now. One, it’s my age and who I am, where I am in my life and I guess the fact that that first deal got done.”
Prescott, who will turn 31 during training camp, isn’t the only significant contract question for Dallas this offseason. All-Pro receiver CeeDee Lamb is entering the fifth and final year of his rookie contract and looking for that first big payday.
Lamb hasn’t attended offseason work at the Cowboys’ facility, and the next question is whether he reports for mandatory minicamp in two weeks.
Star pass rusher Micah Parsons also is absent, but under different circumstances. He’s a year away from being in Lamb’s situation, and has made a habit of training on his own. Coach Mike McCarthy said he believes Parsons will participate in offseason work next week.
Prescott hasn’t missed any of the offseason. The three-time Pro Bowler is prepared to play out the contract. He counts $55 million against the salary cap this season, and will be a $40 million hit in dead money next year without a new contract.
The Cowboys can’t trade Prescott without his approval, and can’t put the franchise tag on him. He sounds as if he won’t spend much time worrying about whether a deal gets done.
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