As I said, I'd guess that the new CBA is going to address this. But aside from that, he still hurts himself IMO. New Offense, new HC, new personnel and he misses all of Training Camp, all of Pre-season and all of OTAs. That's not going to help him at all. What that's going to do is create an even bigger problem for him because Dak isn't a guy who can just come in and pick up a stick and run the table on you. He needs reps, he needs practice and his mechanics kinda go to crap if he doesn't continually work on his game. We've seen that before with him. So yeah, he could elect to do that but that, IMO, doesn't help him because in order for him to increase his value, he has to perform and continue to progress. He will be paid on what teams think he is capable of and if he doesn't show that, then there is no guarantee that anybody is going to be interested in paying Dak a record deal in two years.
But again, why would he do that? I mean, if the Cowboys are not going to pay him 40 and he gets a team that is willing to pay him that, then why would he reject anything? He can't force the team to pay him 40. If they know he will not leave, even if he gets his 40 deal, then why would the team pay him that? It's an unrealistic premise to work from.