The Dallas Cowboys currently find themselves in a pretty horrible situation regarding quarterback Dak Prescott, and it doesn’t sound like it’s going to get any better anytime soon.
If the team is unable to sign Dak Prescott to a new contract this offseason, he will be set to become a free agent following the 2024 season due to the no-trade and no-tag clause in his contract. If this happens and he does leave the team, he would still count for $40.460 million in dead money against the team’s cap even if he isn’t on the team.
Needless to say, the Cowboys very much need to work out a new deal with Prescott. But it doesn’t sound like that’s going to happen.
According to a report from league insider Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network, there is “no indication” that the Cowboys and Dak Prescott are nearing a new deal even though he is in a contract year.
The #Cowboys and QB Dak Prescott have a mutual understanding of his contract situation, sources say, with no offers from Dallas despite him being in a contract year. Owner Jerry Jones said, “We are where we are, locked and loaded for this year.”
No indication a deal is coming. pic.twitter.com/JtW5lqHzSG
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 26, 2024
“The #Cowboys and QB Dak Prescott have a mutual understanding of his contract situation, sources say, with no offers from Dallas despite him being in a contract year. Owner Jerry Jones said, ‘We are where we are, locked and loaded for this year.’ No indication a deal is coming,” Rapoport said in a post on X, the social media website that was formerly known as Twitter.
This is obviously horrible news for the Cowboys, and the NFL world had a lot to say about it on social media as a result.
The Dallas Cowboys continue to be one of the most incompetent front offices in all of sports. https://t.co/0YIb4UvEW0
— RJ Ochoa (@rjochoa) March 26, 2024
The Cowboys are wild. They are gonna get spanked at the table next year for like 65 mil a year and it's because they are stupid. https://t.co/0yFFnNnlek
— Quincy Avery (@QuincyAvery) March 26, 2024
We deserve so much better than this front office. https://t.co/JU6Yo0YZ0r
— Blogging The Boys (@BloggingTheBoys) March 26, 2024
They will go 9-8 in 2024 because their roster isn’t very good. Dak will play well like he has every year, ask for market setting money and probably more because of the situation (see last negotiation) and he will be playing elsewhere in 2025. https://t.co/pukdKbxT3E
— Connor Livesay (@ConnorNFLDraft) March 26, 2024
The last dance https://t.co/Yxu4na9b6j
— J Tuck (@jtuck151) March 26, 2024
I hate being a Cowboys fan sometimes… https://t.co/ho1SWDRZVa
— Cameron Magruder (@ScooterMagruder) March 26, 2024
I can't support this organization much longer. I truly just can't https://t.co/rPSjkNUiMH
— Micah Parsons Fan (@demcowboysfan) March 26, 2024
We’ll have to see what the Cowboys do to handle this situation.
