Chris Mortensen’s Dak Contract Update

[SportsGuru80]

I don't blame him for wanting a four year deal.

 

[CowboyRoy]

Sure it will, pal! Any day now! These reports always come out that things are close, Dak slobberers start dancing around, and then nothing happens. In a couple of weeks you'll go back to hiding under your rock. But you've been wrong for going on two years now, what's a few more days?

Aren't you one of the clowns that wanted the Cowboys to wait another year so the price goes up? LOL

Another genius idea from the board dunce.

Why dont you start another thread about how the backup is about to get cut?

 

[CowboyRoy]

I don't blame him for wanting a four year deal.

Gotta admire the guy for betting on himself.

 

[Verdict]

The Cowboys MAY HAVE grown tired of dealing with this and may be putting it off to see what they can get out of the draft at QB.

 

[coult44]

Only Jerry would drag this out to this point

Dak is being coached by his BFF Zeke and that’s the real reason this thing isn’t done.

 

[Bullflop]

I've lost all interest in what transpires with Dak's negotiations. It's already been over-exposed to the extent of insanity. Enough, already!

 

[Stash]

Why does the team have to give in here and not Dak? They've offered to make him the richest man ever to play football.

Do they want to get a deal done or not? How has digging in their heels worked out so far? Negotiation is compromise. Dak can play on the tag and hit free agency in two years then. Do you prefer that?

 

[Kwyn]

Only Jerry would drag this out to this point

Pretty sure it’s Dak that has been dragging this out from the very start, going back to last year.

All along his demands have essentially been to he the highest paid QB in the league on what is an very short contract.

thisr two things very rarely go together. His demands are right up there amongst the most player favored contracts we’ve ever seen from a QB

there are three main levers they get pulled on contracts

• Dollars
• Years
• Guarantees

Both players and teams try to win on two of the three categories with the “winner” typically being the party with the most leverage.

Dak’s lawyers have been adamant on winning on all three counts, which has obviously been frustrating to ownership and created the never ending delays.

The Cowboys have been willing to give in on any two of the three levers, increasing their offers along the way, Dak’s reportedly never wavered in number of years (four) and his dollars demands have continued to rise.

Teams are usually willing to give QB’s large guarantees and QB contracts are always the most guaranteed in the league so it’s almost certain the Cowboys conceded that lever ages ago.

I’m a Dak fan and don’t see another viable option, but it’s frustrating that anything short of a fully guaranteed record-setting four year contract will satisfy him.

The largest, shortest, most guaranteed contract in NFL history appears to be his firm requirement

It’s the contract that you would expect for Mahomes or a guy like Brady or Montana back in their prime. You watch, I bet Mahomes will beat Dak on dollars and guarantees but he will end up doing the standard five years

this is *not* simply a function of right place right time. If Dak wasn’t insisting on setting records on every aspect of his contract, this deal would have been done long ago

I’ve been among the biggest advocates of the Cowboys extending Dak and my post history will cobfirm, but thet was before it became evident that he is absolutely unwilling to compromise anythifb at all’s. He basically wants to just write his own contract and have Jerry’s sign whatever is put in front of him and that’s just not the way business is done.

If the Cowboys had a bit more draft leverage and could get Herbert or Tua, I’d be ready to move on and but that’s not gonna happen.

Cowboys are screwed, Dak will get his contract, his way, and the Cowboys will privately be steaming for the next three years. Unless Dak wins a Super Bowl this will be his last contract with the Cowboys

 

[jazzcat22]

Last night on NFLN they were reporting no progress, and that Dallas gave another offer 10 days ago, and have heard nothing or minimal back.

Also they reported Dak's comment on his supposedly 30 party guest, saying people need to report the facts correctly, it was a dinner party of less than 10 people.

I take Mort's word over NFLN and that crew. No it was not Jane Slater.

 

[luckyman76]

This is definitely all on Dak. The only mistake Jerry has made is that I don't believe he has any intention of trading Dak and haven't heard any trade terms or rumors discussed. Dak wants it all. If he felt any risk that Jerry would dump him I think you might see CAA balk on the years because of Dak. Dak, like anyone, wants whatever he can get. CAA has promised him he is in no danger of overplaying his hand. The threat always has to be there for the other side to cave. You have to be willing to do these things. I don't believe Barnwell or any of the people here on Dak's trade value. If this had been floated now or before now for over a month I believe you would find that to be true. Dallas could have but never used this offseason's QB bonanza as leverage over Dak. If they want to get the deal done, I would do it now. Believe me, if Dallas has spoken with anyone it would be out. This is solely based on Jerry not being willing to trade him and Dak and his agents know that. Time to rock the boat, MAD works. We need to talk seriously to Miami and Raiders because a proven commodity is worth a hell of a lot more than a shot in the dark. Dolphins have to get the QB right. They don't want Tua, and their 3 1sts and 2nd will not get Burrow. Barnwell's trade was also a nonstarter and stupid. Bengals are dug in with Burrow. Dak feels no pressure, Jerry needs to use the draft to make him feel that pressure. If he feels no pressure then he doesn't want to be a Cowboy. Sometimes you need to listen to the truth whether you like it or not.

Insulted or not, Dak's agents did ask for $40M/yr no matter what the deal is now. That's a fact. What does that tell you? They had hoped Mahomes and Watson would be signed by now. They wanted that leverage over Jerry. CAA sold Dak on this plan. After doing so many things right, this may end up being his biggest mistake.

 

[Hadenough]

Mort is probably just talking to be talking and hoping he is right so he can claim he reported it before the draft. I dont believe its about the years! That just sounds like a smoke screen and its about the money to me. Jerry is stupid to even continue negotiations because after this years draft the teams that needed a QB will have their needs filled and if Dak is allowed to test the FA market next season I dont see any teams that will show an interest in paying him 30 mil or more.

 

[Swagger]

The issue is getting in a position to trade him. If he doesn't sign the tender then I would just remove it and cut him.

Really annoying to not get anything for him as we should have been in a position to trade him but this is still business and you have to draw the line somewhere or we will have 3-4 years of pain with a poisoned dressing room.

We know that he was offered top 5 QB money understood to be $33 million a season and $165 over 5 years. Likely to be over $100 guaranteed money. Annually more than Wentz who is in reality a better QB and whose contract would effectively commence at the same time so it's embarrassing really.

Rather than make him the highest paid QB in the league with the CBA being a complete unknown longer term, just cut him and draft Love or Hurts in this draft and move on.

 

[John813]

They may also be sticking to 5 due to Goff(lol) and Cast Wentz signed 4 year deals onto of their 5th year options.
That, and to play with the cap some more

 

[Hadenough]

The issue is getting in a position to trade him. If he doesn't sign the tender then I would just remove it and cut him.

Really annoying to not get anything for him as we should have been in a position to trade him but this is still business and you have to draw the line somewhere or we will have 3-4 years of pain with a poisoned dressing room.

We know that he was offered top 5 QB money understood to be $33 million a season and $165 over 5 years. Likely to be over $100 guaranteed money. Annually more than Wentz who is in reality a better QB and whose contract would effectively commence at the same time so it's embarrassing really.

Rather than make him the highest paid QB in the league with the CBA being a complete unknown longer term, just cut him and draft Love or Hurts in this draft and move on.

Dak definitley has one heck of a lot of nerve thinking he deserves anything close to top 5 money. Dallas should of been doing what the Bears did. They brought in Foles to compete against Trubisky.

 

[Londonboy]

Isn't updated old news considered the same news, or is it no news.
Or once news

It's reiteration or regurgitation, providing no illumination, serving merely to fan the conflagration.

 

[LatinMind]

The mistake was they stupidly waited to offer him a deal. It should have happened the second the 2018 season ended before LA and Philly extended Goff and Wentz. Remove their deals of 110 in guaranteed money on 4 year extensions and this would not have happened.

they did offer him a deal. he declined and bet on himself and won.

 

[VACowboy]

Do they want to get a deal done or not? How has digging in their heels worked out so far? Negotiation is compromise. Dak can play on the tag and hit free agency in two years then. Do you prefer that?

You're right. Negotiation is a compromise and I don't get why this mess is about the team digging in its heals and not wanting to get the deal done any more than it is about Dak. The Cowboys started out higher than Wentz or Goff and have upped their offer to make it the richest contract in league history, either one year less or exactly the same duration as both of those deals (not sure how the first year works). Why does Dak deserve more than that? Dak evidently doesn't give a crap about the team around him, the guys he needs to win, and that's what pisses me off. What that says to me is that he's ok with losing as long as he makes his money and gets to demand more in four years instead of five. Of course I don't prefer the tag/FA scenario, but I don't think it's all the Cowboys' fault if that happens. It takes two to tango and it looks like to me that things have ended up exactly where Dak Prescott wanted them to all along. As I posted in another thread, Dak has the opportunity to be the good guy here, sign his contract, reap the bounty of being the beloved QB of the Dallas Cowboys and get paid more than anyone ever has to play football, and do it in a state with the best tax situation in the country. But evidently that's not good enough.

 

[Stash]

You're right. Negotiation is a compromise and I don't get why this mess is about the team digging in its heals and not wanting to get the deal done any more than it is about Dak.

If the holdup is years, it's clearly the team demanding more years, not less.

The Cowboys started out higher than Wentz or Goff and have upped their offer to make it the richest contract in league history, either one year less or exactly the same duration as both of those deals (not sure how the first year works).

That is not true at all. The Cowboys initial offer was far below the Wentz and Goff deals.

Why does Dak deserve more than that? Dak evidently doesn't give a crap about the team around him, the guys he needs to win, and that's what pisses me off. What that says to me is that he's ok with losing as long as he makes his money and gets to demand more in four years instead of five.

The Cowboys had no trouble reaping the benefits of having the cheapest starting quarterback in the league for the last four years. It's their own fault that they continued to employ a never-was head coach to squander that and every other advantage. All the while, Goff and Wentz banked 1st and 2nd overall pick money. Dak will never make that up.

Of course I don't prefer the tag/FA scenario, but I don't think it's all the Cowboys' fault if that happens. It takes two to tango and it looks like to me that things have ended up exactly where Dak Prescott wanted them to all along. As I posted in another thread, Dak has the opportunity to be the good guy here, sign his contract, reap the bounty of being the beloved QB of the Dallas Cowboys and get paid more than anyone ever has to play football why he does it, in a state with the best tax situation in the country. But evidently that's not good enough.

Let me know when "being the good guy" pays the bills, or when Jerry Jones donates his entire half of the salary cap money to charity.

 

[big dog cowboy]

That is not true at all. The Cowboys initial offer was far below the Wentz and Goff deals.

I remember when that information came out. I thought, are they trying to make Dak mad? Because there is no way he would take any kind of deal like that.

 

[blueblood70]

“According to ESPN NFL insider Chris Mortensen, Prescott's potential long-term deal saw "significant progress" recently. But one aspect continues to hold up the Cowboys' new contract with the 2016 NFL Draft's No. 135 overall pick in the fourth round.

"They had made significant progress, even as of 10 days ago," Mortensen said Monday afternoon on ESPN's SportsCenter with co-host Jay Harris. "The issue still seems to be terms, length of contract...

But they have closed the gap considerably and, of course, July 15 is a deadline to reach a long-term agreement. But the feeling I got — sometime after the draft, likely — is that a contract would be able to be completed by the Cowboys and Dak Prescott. But how things (go) in the draft — right now, that's the Cowboys' focus.“


I guess just more confirmation that it’s not the annual value but the years; thought I’d share. Mort also indicated that they’ll probably have it done shortly after the draft so looks like he’ll miss a few of these voluntary virtual offseason days.

so no real update same as 2019 and early 2020 no deal...lmao...we dont need updates on no new deal..please refrain from sending hollow updates MEDIA! ugh