Dak Prescott has been the starting quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys ever since the team selected him in the 2016 NFL Draft. And it sounds like the team intends to keep it that way for the foreseeable future.
This week, Dallas Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones made it very clear that the team “absolutely” wants to sign Dak Prescott to a long-term contract extension.
“Our whole thing with Dak is him being a Cowboy,” Jones said according to The Athletic. “That’s all that’s on our mind.”
It won’t exactly be easy to keep Prescott and build a strong team around him given the $59.4 million against the salary cap for 2024, and the ramifications that would come by restructuring that contract, but it sounds like the Cowboys are committed to making it work.
“We got ways to adjust his cap number for this season,” Jones said of Prescott. “Obviously between Dak and Micah [Parsons] and CeeDee [Lamb], the salary cap is real for us. We want to do deals with all three of them. Do you get to do everything you want to do with the salary cap? I don’t think any team does. But we’re certainly going to be able to go out and go to work and get the things done that we feel like we need to get done to be successful.”
Obviously, this is some pretty significant news, and it led to a lot of reactions on social media.
Why?
— Dr.MattCanada (@TheMattCanada) February 28, 2024
Unfortunately that decision is based, for the most part, on a Cap problem and not at all on a production incentive!!! 🤔
— Russell (@RussellJhere) February 28, 2024
Good they can have him
— tomp (@NavyTomP) February 28, 2024
As a lifelong Cowboys fan, that’s the most depressing idea I can think of.
— Chuck Kelly (@ChuckKellypbp) February 28, 2024
The cowboys absolutely don't want to win the super bowl!
— Lupe Rubalcava (@R8derMan23) February 28, 2024
https://twitter.com/CroesusH/status/1762669849099022714?s=20
Prescott has become the face of the franchise over the years, and it doesn’t sound like that’s going to change.
