Throughout his career as the starting quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys, Dak Prescott has largely done well during the regular season but has failed to lead the team to any significant postseason success. But even if there haven’t been great results, he’s still going to cost the team a lot of money.
As Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk points out, the Dallas Cowboys are in a pretty horrible situation regarding Dak Prescott’s contract situation that is probably going to cost them a lot of money.
“Because they dragged their feet with Dak Prescott in the past, their present entails: (1) Dak entering the last year of his contract; (2) the Cowboys having no way to use the franchise tag to keep him in place for 2025; and (3) a massive 2024 cap number of $59.4 million,” Florio wrote for Por Football Talk.
“It gives Dak all the cards in the negotiations for an extension. He has the kind of leverage that owner/G.M. Jerry Jones would fully exploit, if in the same situation. Basically, Dak can name his terms.”
Simply put, the Cowboys will either need to give Prescott a contract extension despite the fact that he’s never actually successfully led the team to their goals, or they will have to take an absolutely massive hit to their salary cap by letting him walk away from the team.
“Regardless, at some point in the next 12 months the Cowboys either need to pay Dak or watch him walk away. And if they don’t extend his contract, they’ll take a total cap charge of $95.915 million in his name over the next two league years.”
Obviously, this is a pretty horrible situation for the Dallas Cowboys, and it led to a lot of reactions on social media.
Prescott has almost all the leverage in this contract negotiation.
— Fantasy Football Pill (@FantasyPill) February 22, 2024
Basically dropped the football on this deal, Jerry thought his man could deliver but all that's been delivered is failure and head scratching how they got to this point, Cowboys fans more mediocre season to follow.
— SKY v SILVER (@SKYvSILVER1) February 22, 2024
https://twitter.com/antoinegregario/status/1760703055396220946?s=20
https://twitter.com/beyondthedoor4/status/1760704391009509524?s=20
OUCH
— John Gifford (@JohnGiffor91133) February 22, 2024
This organization is doomed for mediocrity.
— Bad Uncle Time Traveler (@Johnathanknt) February 22, 2024
We’ll have to see what the Cowboys do.
