Dak Prescott says Jerry Jones’ remarks on contract negotiations don’t ‘hold weight’ with him

With the 2024-25 NFL campaign set to kick off next week, it looks increasingly likely that the Dallas Cowboys and quarterback Dak Prescott won’t reach agreement on a contract extension before the season begins.

As a result, Prescott’s contract status will loom over the Cowboys throughout the season. If Prescott doesn’t play well or the team is disappointing, the question will be whether Dallas should move on. If he plays well and the Cowboys fulfill expectations, many will wonder if team owner and general manager Jerry Jones should’ve signed Prescott before his price went up.

Now, the situation is at a point where the player and management are taking jabs at each other through the media.

On Wednesday, Jones was asked where negotiations with Prescott stand after the Cowboys signed receiver CeeDee Lamb to a four-year, $136 million extension. The longtime team owner took a hard stance in answering that question, essentially saying that Prescott has established the quarterback he is and, thus, his financial market.

“You could easily say, if you hadn’t seen it by now, you haven’t seen it,” Jones told reporters, via The Athletic’s Jon Machota. “Needing to see, I just gave an explanation where when you look at a situation, you’ve also got to weigh, ‘OK, what are the consequences of the other side of the coin?’ Dak’s situation right now for me has more to do with our situation than it does with the merits of Dak Prescott being the quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys.

“I quit a long time ago getting bent out of shape about having anybody under contract or not,” he added. “There are all kinds of things other than a contract that could change the outcome of him being under contract: injury, level of play. So you can’t just pick that and say that should give you a better feeling about our team or me a better feeling. The whole thing has a lot of moving parts.”

Dak Prescott: “I stopped, honestly, listening to things (Jerry Jones) says to the media a long time ago. It doesn’t…

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Publish date : 2024-08-29 23:43:22

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