My Contract offer to Dak if I were GM

[thunderpimp91]

He has a no trade clause in his deal. He gets his money whether he plays or not. You could cut Dak right now and move some of his money until next season but, that is all. Dak has total leverage over Jerry.

Not completely true...The cap hit sticks with Dallas and they can move that around. Dak's guaranteed money is all paid though. Jerry could cut him and not pay another dollar to Dak.

 

[PAPPYDOG]

Okay, so he is guaranteed money and they can't trade him. So at worse, they let him play out the year and tell him to hit the road and go see if someone is dumb enough to make him the highest paid player in the league.

No one is dumb enough not even Jerry!

 

[rnr_honeybadger]

No way he accepts that offer and if Jerry is thinking that way then we would be better off trying to trade him. Denver, Minnesota, and Las Vegas don't currently have realistic options at QB and would have to mortgage a ton of draft capital to move up for one of the top 3 QBs. Dak may be willing to agree to a trade and go to one of these other teams if the other team offered him the right contract.

The only problem with this scenario is that we don't have a proven QB on the roster and we would have dumb and dumber still in charge of finding and acquiring the next franchise QB. It could end up being a decade of watching the Chad Hutchinson, Drew Henson, Quincy Carter, Anthony Wright, etc show.

You are assuming that
1. That any QB that is going to be picked after Dak is somehow going to be Chad Hutchinson, Drew Henson, Ryan Leaf etc. Yet somehow the Cowboys have picked Tony Romo and Dak Prescott. This same franchise had at one point in time Troy Aikman, Danny White and Roger Staubach as QB. But somehow we dare not replace Dak because we might fail.
2. Every year franchises jettison non performant QB's and make no mistake Dak Prescott is a non performant QB regardless of how much of a sales job you want to do with his MVP claims (dude got 1 vote). Like telling me that a Toyota Tercel is the same as a McClaren P1.

 

[JBS]

Okay, so he is guaranteed money and they can't trade him. So at worse, they let him play out the year and tell him to hit the road and go see if someone is dumb enough to make him the highest paid player in the league.

There is more. His cap his was 60m - now down to 55m. He has a no franchise tag clause also.

For teams that actually care about winning and improving - that cap hit is absolutely detrimental. But that probably doesn’t apply here.

He also counts 40M against the cap next season whether he’s here or not

So to pretend that Dak doesn’t have the leverage wouldn’t be accurate

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

No one is dumb enough not even Jerry!

Dak fans are banking hard on Jerry’s stupidity.

I’m with you though. I don’t believe he allows himself to get burnt again.

 

[PAPPYDOG]

Dak fans are banking hard on Jerry’s stupidity.

I’m with you though. I don’t believe he allows himself to get burnt again.

Did you see how fast he picked up Lance?
Didn't even tell a soul..............And these Dak-Bots hate that move with a passion.
Fun times again at the CZ!!!!

 

[kskboys]

He has a no trade clause in his deal. He gets his money whether he plays or not. You could cut Dak right now and move some of his money until next season but, that is all. Dak has total leverage over Jerry.

Unless Jerry stands firm, then Jerry has all the leverage.

 

[Cowboys93]

How about 4 years at $30M per year. If at any point he wins a SB we sign over the stadium, the team and Jerry's yacht to him, we all get I love Dak tattoo's and change our avatars to a picture of Tad?

At this point I think I’m considering it

 

[Whiskey Cowboy]

I like the idea although I would increase the incentives. Honestly, if he wins a Super Bowl, that would be worth at least $10 million to me. If he ins a Super Bowl wit the team being what it is now given this off-season, I would pay him $20 million. Let's be honest though. If you were Dak and you look at this offseason why would you settle for an incentive based deal knowing the owners are not going all in to win?

What I do agree with is Dak has not earned the $40 million deal he signed, so why bump him to $60 million? That's a 50% increase over his current contract. Who thinks Dak earned a 50% increase? Dak was better in 2023 than 2022, so maybe he deserves an increase of $10 million. I would not go higher than that.

He was better in 23 because they brought in a legit #2, borderline #1 receiver to pair with Lamb. I guess that's my problem with giving him $60m. $50m is more reasonable, but I'm still apprehensive at that number. He was statistically awful in 22, and the results in the playoffs trended downwards. He didn't build on an exceptional showing against Tampa and a decent game against SF. He reverted back to the guy we're used to, at home, against a slightly above average team. The offense failed against a mediocre defense. That's on Dak.

It feels like he's hit a plateau, which is probably his ceiling. The way to circumvent that and find more success is to bring in more talent to offset his deficiencies. How do you do that when you're looking at giving him even more money? We can talk about moving money around and pushing it forward, but that gets tricky when his agent goes after shorter term contracts. So if we can't get over that hump with a stratospheric cap number at QB, and we can't keep the player without paying him stupid money, what do we do?

 

[LittleD]

Not completely true...The cap hit sticks with Dallas and they can move that around. Dak's guaranteed money is all paid though. Jerry could cut him and not pay another dollar to Dak.

Jerry is going all in to clear the books. You don't get to the rebuild by holding on to Dak past this season. Getting rid of all that cap overspend this year and next with two years of tank allows you to start over with new coaches and a brand new shiny QB. Jerry knows what he's doing. There is lots of cap that needs to be cleared this year and next.

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

Did you see how fast he picked up Lance?
Didn't even tell a soul..............And these Dak-Bots hate that move with a passion.
Fun times again at the CZ!!!!

I believe he will make Dak an offer.

I believe it won’t be near what Dak wants.

I believe that’s the plan.

 

[PAPPYDOG]

Jerry is going all in to clear the books. You don't get to the rebuild by holding on to Dak past this season. Getting rid of all that cap overspend this year and next with two years of tank allows you to start over with new coaches and a brand new shiny QB. Jerry knows what he's doing. There is lots of cap that needs to be cleared this year and next.

Yep, good old Jerrimia rolled the dice on Prescott and got Craps!
Time to build up the bank roll again.

 

[LittleD]

Unless Jerry stands firm, then Jerry has all the leverage.

Dak will get to play this year and then get a massive new deal early next season. Dak has all the leverage. Dak's manager already fleeced Jerry once and is ready to do it again.

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

Dak will get to play this year and then get a massive new deal early next season. Dak has all the leverage. Dak's manager already fleeced Jerry once and is ready to do it again.

If Dak wants to remain a Cowboy he has no leverage.

Thats Jerry’s decision.

 

[Polkton31]

Different day, different crime scene, and still the same old suspects.

 

[rnr_honeybadger]

I believe he will make Dak an offer.

I believe it won’t be near what Dak wants.

I believe that’s the plan.

That spectacularly bad first half in the GB game is going to basically affect anything that is offered to him by any team.

 

[john van brocklin]

4 year $180 million. Same as Cousins but I would Guarantee $100 while Cousins gets $90 Guaranteed.
That's a $5 Million per year raise from his previous Contract, 4 years $160 Million.
But I would add incentives to reach $50 Million:
$1 Million for Division Playoff Win
$2 Million for NFC Championship Win
$2 Million for Super Bowl Win

He has 2 Wild Card Playoff wins during his last contract.
A $5 Million per year raise for fairly mediocre results is more than reasonable.
If he looks a that as an insult, then I would let him play out the last year of his deal and deal with the consequences.

Seems fair to me...

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

4 year 240 million…

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

That spectacularly bad first half in the GB game is going to basically affect anything that is offered to him by any team.

No it won’t lol. Nobody cares. At the end of the day teams see what players do here under Jerry’s culture and incompetence and they think they can fix them.

 

[jujoboys]

That’s a Dak fan narrative.

If Jerry decides he doesn’t want Dak anymore then he won’t have Dak anymore.

That sounds like holding all the cards to me.

Jerry holds cards but it is a 2 and a 7 off suit in a game of Texas Hold Em. Dak is going to win regardless of what Jerry does because of the contract our idiot owner gave Dak 4 years ago. Jerry only wins if he finds a QB that can get us further than Dak which is a stretch when you consider Jerry will be in charge of finding that guy. In every scenario Dak wins. but who knows with Jerry. Depends on his ability to find a QB (lol).

Cut Dak right now - Dak would get scooped up immediately with a big contract from Minny, Denver, Las Vegas, etc. Dallas would have nothing at QB and hardly any draft capital to move up to find the next QB. Tons of dead cap space from Dak contract. = Dak winner

Try to trade Dak - Can't trade Dak unless he agrees to the trade. - Dak winner

Let Dak walk in free agency after 2024 - Dak signs a huge contract with another team and all we get is a 3rd round comp pick in 2026. Dumb and Dumber looking for a new QB for Dallas - Dak still has a big dead cap number - Dak is the winner

Sign Dak to an extension now or after the 2025 season - we will overpay for him and probably allow him to have the same dumb clauses in his contract - we may never see any success in postseason - Again, Dak is the winner