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If you felt like the Dallas Cowboys’ contract negotiations with three-time Pro Bowl quarterback Dak Prescott turned into a months-long soap opera, that’s ok.
Prescott felt the same way, which is why he pressured agent Todd France to provide him a sense of finality in this saga, and France certainly delivered for his client. The 31-year-old quarterback, who led the NFL with 36 passing touchdowns last season, signed a four-year, $240 million extension Sunday morning. That deal makes him the NFL’s highest-paid player with an average annual salary of $60 million, the most guaranteed money ($231 million) and the largest signing bonus ($80 million)
“It was a little emotional call, from the both of us,” Prescott said postgame after Dallas’ 33-17 win at the Cleveland Browns. “I put some pressure on him [France], I guess you could say. He definitely delivered. It was a great call. … I put pressure on him to get this behind me whether I was getting it done or playing the season without it.”
One of the bigger drivers on Prescott’s end in getting the deal completed was wanting to move on from the weekly discussion about the contract before discussing football topics.
“It wasn’t necessarily pressure of ‘I need this, go do this.’ Honestly wanted to stop answering your guys’ questions,” Prescott said. “I love you guys. Y’all are fun, but I don’t care to talk about money. That was the only annoyance about this whole deal. Having to answer questions over and over and time and time again about the negotiations. I just wanted that behind me. If it meant me not being here, which I didn’t want to think about. I said that over and over again, I just wanted to be at peace with whatever the decision was. Wanted to be a Cowboy, wanted to stay a Cowboy. Glad it got done for all of us. For me personally, good to just finish these questions, and I hope after today we’re done talking about it and my…
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Author : Garrett Podell
Publish date : 2024-09-09 19:52:05
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