Cowboys’ Dak Prescott “Abandons” Future With Team Hours Before Week 1 In Latest Report as he decide to end his contract
The Dallas Cowboys will be focusing on the 2024 season, and the 2024 season only, starting Sunday. Three straight 12-win seasons have failed to result in even an appearance in the NFC Championship Game. That will have to change sooner rather than later, or Dallas may be looking at another overhaul with their coaching staff.
Dak Prescott has put up some pretty outstanding numbers over the years as QB1 in Dallas. Prescott (as well as many others) feel like he deserves to be among the highest paid quarterbacks in the NFL.
The Dallas Cowboys May Not Have Dak Prescott Going Forward
It appeared that the Cowboys and quarterback Dak Prescott had abandoned any hope of extending his contract before the start of the regular season. In recent days, the pendulum swung the other way.
Now, a night before the Week 1 game between Dallas and Cleveland, there’s a “small chance” it gets done.
That’s the latest word from a source with knowledge of the situation. And if it’s going to be officially done before 4:25 p.m. ET on Sunday, they’ll need to get an agreement in principle ASAFP, work out the language, type up the paperwork, and get Dak’s signature on the bottom line before he pivots to football mode.
Week 1 isn’t a real deadline. But if the two parties regard it that way, it is.
After the 2024 season, Prescott becomes an unrestricted free agent, and it could become near-impossible for the Cowboys to keep him from leaving. A few weeks or even months before that, he’ll know who wants him and how much they’re willing to pay.
There is no doubt that it is tampering. That won’t prevent it from happening. If Dallas gets into a bidding war with a quarterback needy team with a lot of cap space, Prescott is likely good as gone.
With these reports surfacing the day before the 2024 season kicks off, it is safe to say that Prescott’s future after this season is very much up in the air.
In an interview with ESPN’s Troy Aikman, Prescott said he’s not taking contract talks with Jerry and Stephen Jones personally and is instead keeping the season ahead as his main focus.
“It just reminds me that this is a business,” Prescott said (1:10 mark). “And I don’t take anything personal to be honest with you. I control what I can and that’s being the best that I can on that field and leaving it up to my agent and to the Jones’ and getting the deal done. Obviously I’ve played a part in it, a lot of great communications, but to me it’s about taking care of my job and my part, and it’s showing up every day and being the best version of myself and continuing to improve to make sure that I’m worth every dollar of it.”
Prescott will play in the final year of a four-year, $160 million contract in 2024 and will be an unrestricted free agent should he and Dallas fail to agree upon an extension.
