News: PFT: Dak Prescott holds the cards in contract talks with Cowboys

KJJ

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The thing you miss is we ALREADY ARE Washington if you look at this century and your benchmark is post season success. We are down with the dregs.
You couldn’t be more wrong if you think we’re Washington. Don’t know how you came up with that. Lol They haven’t had a winning season in 7 years and only made the playoffs once over that period and that was with a 7-9 record. They’ve only had two winning seasons the past 15 years. They haven’t won a playoff game since 2005. How does that make us Washington? :laugh:
 

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I hope they eat the cap hit, don’t care if this means ya losing a few years as at least at that point there’s hope that we will see change. For all the homers, no one cares if we’re 12-5, also Dak didn’t win 12, he was that guy that lead the league in excuses and interceptions. No one cares if Dak requires a++++ talent around, he doesn’t elevate anyone else’s game, he’s still the guy that underthrows, lacks anticipation, and the same mediocre QB he was in high school, college, and now 8 years in the pros. He’s slow, scared to run, and throws others under the bus to avoid taking accountability for his own mistakes and inadequacies. Those that will argue that I want the cowboys to lose are incorrect, I just want a different outlook. Should’ve sent him packing with Zeke
 

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This just isn't true.

Dak was offered a five year deal at 32/yr following the 2018 season.

He was then offered this deal following the 2019 season. https://www.foxnews.com/sports/dak-prescott-offered-deal-cowboys-nfl-insider-says

The Cowboys absolutely tried to sign Dak at legitimate market rate.
You don't remember all that "Dak is betting on himself" fluff being tossed around here for two years prior to him signing his deal?
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I'm so tired of people saying why didn't they sign him back in 2018-19. They offered him ungodly sums of money for a guy who, quite frankly, wasn't NEARLY as polished as he is now. That's another thing conveniently forgotten. Dak wasn't that great back in 2018. He was the only guy we had, but he wasn't a superstar.
 

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I was around but they never moved up and drafted a QB early since Aikman. I know it's a lot to give up but there are ways to recoup not having a #1 by the money you save on a rookie QB contract you could pay a top tier FA.
The chances of a bust is too big, just to get rid of a player the vast minority doesnt like.
 

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You couldn’t be more wrong if you think we’re Washington. Don’t know how you came up with that. Lol They haven’t had a winning season in 7 years and only made the playoffs once over that period and that was with a 7-9 record. They’ve only had two winning seasons the past 15 years. They haven’t won a playoff game since 2005. How does that make us Washington? :laugh:
Care to Google "NFL teams with longest conference championship game drought"? I don't give a rat's bleep about the regular season if it just leads to humiliation year after year when it matters.
 

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Care to Google "NFL teams with longest conference championship game drought"? I don't give a rat's bleep about the regular season if it just leads to humiliation year after year when it matters.
The regular season gives you an opportunity to make the playoffs and reach the Super Bowl. Losing close games in the playoffs isn’t being humiliated. What’s humiliating is to have losing seasons almost every year and go 17 years without a playoff win. That’s Washington! All they’ve been doing the past 2+ decades is burning draft picks and bringing in castoffs trying to find a QB. Go look at all the losing seasons they’ve had since the early 2000s. Their owner was an embarrassment and ended up getting forced out. Comparing the Cowboys to Washington is laughable!
 
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I wouldn’t bottom out for a USC QB. Carson Palmer was the best one I can think of in the past couple of decades, and he didn’t win anything in the NFL. Mark Sanchez and Sam Darnold went bust and both were top five picks. You don’t bottom out unless you have an Elway or a Peyton Manning sitting there.
Nope. Nobody was as sold on Palmer and Sanchez as they are on Williams. Plus he is ten years removed from those guys. Scouting, metrics and testing are completely different not to mention he did it at Oklahoma too. Finally he is a legit run/pass QB where those guys were pure drop back. Hurts, Jackson, Allen, they are the guys teams are looking for. You absolutely bottom out for him, especially if Dak is your QB.

Of course you will say I’m wrong because you always are right. I don’t think you have ever given anybody a “like.” It’s a sign of weakness really. But you should because you know I’m right on this one
 

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QB is a commodity in a scarce market. Every better than average QB has leverage because once you get past the first 15 or so starting QBs it starts getting dicey. When the QB pool starts churning out more than 32 95+ rating QBs then the clubs will have leverage.
 

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They would be wise to not extend his contract. He will never deliver a SB for us..... move the !#$ on from this.
 
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The Dallas Cowboys need to deal a new hand. Get another 1st round draft pick so they can get Caleb Williams.
Draft a quarterback that will challenge Dak. Dak is regressing instead of improving, he deserves less money not more.
 

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Nope. Nobody was as sold on Palmer and Sanchez as they are on Williams. Plus he is ten years removed from those guys. Scouting, metrics and testing are completely different not to mention he did it at Oklahoma too. Finally he is a legit run/pass QB where those guys were pure drop back. Hurts, Jackson, Allen, they are the guys teams are looking for. You absolutely bottom out for him, especially if Dak is your QB.

Of course you will say I’m wrong because you always are right. I don’t think you have ever given anybody a “like.” It’s a sign of weakness really. But you should because you know I’m right on this one
There were quite a few that were sold on Carson Palmer. He had a good career, but nothing great. He was only 1-3 in the playoffs. I’m not going to say your opinion is wrong I just don’t agree with it. I’m not bottoming out for any QB because there’s no guarantees. I’ve seen too many QBs go bust to do that. KC didn’t bottom out to get Mahomes. The Chicago Bears could’ve taken him, but they made a huge mistake taking Mitch Trubisky. Drafting a QB is too big a crapshoot to throw away a season to try and land a great one. As for the “like” system, I could care less about it. It’s a flawed system with a few wacko’s that have nothing else better to do than to hang around here all day and night creating multiple usernames, giving themselves “likes” to build up their reaction totals. They think it gives them status and makes them look knowledgeable about football. Lol
 

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Bingo! Back in 2018 most of us said the Cowboys were making a big mistake....and now it's coming back to bite them in the butt.

I will NEVER understand what Jerry was thinking. Not signing Dak to a 5-7 year deal back then was a horrible miscalculation.

Prescott will have a cap number of $59.455 million in 2024. We can't live with that. So he will get an extension that will overpay him so much it makes me want to throw up.
Jerry has no business being an NFL GM, none.....
 

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Sorry, but I don’t agree with Florio’s take at all. But it’s not surprising as his ‘pro-player’ stance is well established.

Dak has to earn more money in an extension. Because he hasn’t earned the amounts he’s been getting the past several years.

I’d rather cut the cord and take $60 million in lumps for past mistakes than to compound it to $200 million for a guy who’s shown to not be worth it.

Don’t compound one mistake with another.
Since his injury, Dak's QBR is in the 50s. Two run TDs per year. It was 6 in his first 3 years.
Without the run dimension, he's pretty average.
On the flip side, *with* the run dimension, he was a very good QB.

Dak is a case study on how to build a team, and how not to build a team.

Draft QBs who can run and throw and *run* them.
Sign them long term only if they turn out to be Aaron Rodgers. Otherwise, churn them.
Keep the mid round QBs coming. Pick up vets on the cheap who can and will run. Use more roster spots on QB, because *they matter*. Developing a QB on the cheap is a *huge* win.

*Don't* sign a QB long term unless you've got a HOF QB in the making. Move on a keep shopping.
 

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Because extending a deal early usually results in better salary numbers for the team over the first few years of the deal, when it really counts.
Right. But they already restructured his contract for this year. Extending him now would be redundant. Which is why I don't think he's getting an extension this year. He'll get one next year.
 

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Todd France is at work again.
When it comes to selling this most inept QB they do a fantastic job.
Wish his play on the field was the same quality.
It's madness to me. I know it's really hard to find a QB like Mahomes or Burrow. But I don't believe it's that hard to find another Dak. So why pay this one 40-50M a year? It's stupid.
 

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QB is a commodity in a scarce market. Every better than average QB has leverage because once you get past the first 15 or so starting QBs it starts getting dicey. When the QB pool starts churning out more than 32 95+ rating QBs then the clubs will have leverage.
This ^^^^^
 
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