Memo to Dak: Sign the damn contract now!

Let me first say I'm a Dak fan.....heart and soul. But if the current offer pays him Goff money or more, he playing a dangerous game for many reasons.

• This isn't the same country it was at the end of the season. The economy is tanking, we are facing record-breaking unemployment. The last thing fans/media wanna see is a disgruntling player arguing over whether or not to accept a contract paying him $33-34M vs $35-37M.
• Who knows how this is going to affect the league financially a year from now. I read tweet Friday that implied it not impossible to think this thing could force the league to cut the salary cap for the first time ever. If that happens, the currents offer goes away.....fast.
• League office is laying off employees. Hell, even the Goodell has voluntarily slashed his salary from $44M to 0.
• He could himself quarantined for reasons we know but can't discuss here.
• Finally, DO NOT underestimate the signing of Dalton. He appears to everything a team in leadership, work ethic and as noted in the tweet below, he's damn excited to be here. No, he hasn't played at Dak's level over the last few years but there's no reason to think you can't win with him.
• What if he decides to play on the tag rather than accepting the current offer and injury forces him the miss several games and Dalton lights it up? Now we have a real mess (LOL).
• Yes, we have heard Stephen and Jerry say over and over again, Dak's the guy. But did we not hear Romo was the guy also before the start of the 2016 season. My point is strange things can happen but if all reports are true, Daks has a good offer on the table. Maybe not exactly what he had hoped but good enough NOT to be moaning over a few million bucks, especially with the direction the economy is headed.

SIGN THE CONTRACT NOW DAK!!!!!

Calm down Jethro, Dak Prescott isn’t your personal pet.

rnr_honeybadger said:

Calm down Jethro, Dak Prescott isn’t your personal pet.

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LOL .....Oh I know. Just the dynamics of the league and country have changed quite a bit.

Hawkeye0202 said:

• What if he decides to play on the tag rather than accepting the current offer and injury forces him the miss several games and Dalton lights it up? Now we have a real mess (LOL).
• Yes, we have heard Stephen and Jerry say over and over again, Dak's the guy. But did we not hear Romo was the guy also before the start of the 2016 season.

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Not even remotely the same situation.

Jake said:

Not even remotely the same situation.

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Not suggesting it's the same situation but stranger things happen sometimes.

Op is right millionairess complaining about money. Please. Cry me a river.

Hawkeye0202 said:

LOL .....Oh I know. Just the dynamics of the league and country have changed quite a bit.

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Which has nothing to do with Dak. The salary cap hasn't crashed. He will still makes tens of millions. If he wins he will still be a football God whether he makes 15m or 40m annually. If he doesn't he'll be lambasted like Romo whether it is fair or not.

Harsh for the common man who might be dealing with rough times but that's not the cards he was dealt.

I absolutely do not want him to sign, unless it's to be traded.

As people repeatedly point out: Dallas Cowboys fans and the public in general hated Dak Prescott when he was making 1/30 of what Matthew Staffords, Kirk Cousins, and Derek Carrs of the world were making.

They probably thought he was greedy being the 77th highest paid player at this position while also expected to produce as a top 10 QB.

Who gives a crap what the public thinks.

Nations at war can't come to agreement even as they're being destroyed. The need to win is great. Regardless of present or future consequences. Must be in our genes. Contracts are modern warfare.

He watched the Zeke contract circus last year closely. He will hold out and miss the start of the season. I betcha.

NorthoftheRedRiver said:

He watched the Zeke contract circus last year closely. He will hold out and miss the start of the season. I betcha.

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Sincerely doubt that. It would be counterproductive. At worst, he plays on the tag.

NorthoftheRedRiver said:

He watched the Zeke contract circus last year closely. He will hold out and miss the start of the season. I betcha.

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If he doesn't sign a new deal by mid July he can't negotiate a new deal and has to play on the tag. Slightly different situation than Zeke.

'NFL' stands also for 'Not For Long'.

Jerry Jones has an excellent track record of getting contracts done for players he wants.

I have stated it many times in the past that I believe Jerry Jones has been 100% behind Dak Prescott since late October 2016. In my opinion, Jones has always wanted Prescott to agree to a mutually acceptable contract.

However, I do believe Prescott has never agreed upon the terms outlined by Jones. This will raise some folks blood pressure but I think Prescott wants a contract averaging more than Russell Wilson's $35 million per year. I also think he wants to wait-and-see if Patrick Mahomes and Kansas City agree to a contract extension sometime before mid-July--the latest Prescott can wait before signing his franchise tag to play in 2020.

Therein lies the rub. Until a day ago, Prescott had zero concern IF he decided to gamble and NOT sign the tag IF Mahomes did not get a new deal before the tag deadline. As much as some people hope, Cooper Rush is extremely unlikely to shake Jones' loyalty to Prescott if Prescott held out and Rush played. Same goes for Dinucci, whom I am sure some folks believe might have a similar rookie opportunity fall into his lap like Prescott in 2016. Possible but unlikely to shake Jones' faith in Prescott.

On the other hand, Andy Dalton has been an established starter in the league. Does Prescott take the risk of both not signing the tag and not signing a new contract and allow all the pieces to fall into place for Dalton? It is not necessary for Dalton to reincarnate into a perfect quarterback. All that is needed is for Dalton to get hot just long enough to make him the new darling of some fans and the media. Suddenly, Prescott's situation may be 'Not For Long' in Dallas.

Of course, I do not see Jones projecting Dalton to replace Prescott. Like I said, Jones has been Prescott's rock for years. That said, Jones gets contracts done for the players he wants.

I think Dalton is Jones' ploy of forcing Prescott to make a decision before mid-July by having Prescott entertain certain possibilities that did not strongly exist a few days ago. It will not surprise me if Prescott signs a new contract within the next two months at $35 million+ per year. Yeah. It will not shut up the 'He's not worth that much!' fretting that has very little to do with actual contract negotiations but it would be finalized. And old Jerruh would be grinning ear-to-ear, like he always does when he gets his way.

Kevinicus said:

I absolutely do not want him to sign, unless it's to be traded.

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Can we trade some "fans"?

Kevinicus said:

I absolutely do not want him to sign, unless it's to be traded.

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I just hate that I could only give this post one like!

Please don’t Dak!

cant argue with that

Hawkeye0202 said:

Let me first say I'm a Dak fan.....heart and soul. But if the current offer pays him Goff money or more, he playing a dangerous game for many reasons.

• This isn't the same country it was at the end of the season. The economy is tanking, we are facing record-breaking unemployment. The last thing fans/media wanna see is a disgruntling player arguing over whether or not to accept a contract paying him $33-34M vs $35-37M.
• Who knows how this is going to affect the league financially a year from now. I read tweet Friday that implied it not impossible to think this thing could force the league to cut the salary cap for the first time ever. If that happens, the currents offer goes away.....fast.
• League office is laying off employees. Hell, even the Goodell has voluntarily slashed his salary from $44M to 0.
• He could himself quarantined for reasons we know but can't discuss here.
• Finally, DO NOT underestimate the signing of Dalton. He appears to everything a team in leadership, work ethic and as noted in the tweet below, he's damn excited to be here. No, he hasn't played at Dak's level over the last few years but there's no reason to think you can't win with him.
• What if he decides to play on the tag rather than accepting the current offer and injury forces him the miss several games and Dalton lights it up? Now we have a real mess (LOL).
• Yes, we have heard Stephen and Jerry say over and over again, Dak's the guy. But did we not hear Romo was the guy also before the start of the 2016 season. My point is strange things can happen but if all reports are true, Daks has a good offer on the table. Maybe not exactly what he had hoped but good enough NOT to be moaning over a few million bucks, especially with the direction the economy is headed.

SIGN THE CONTRACT NOW DAK!!!!!

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Sign franchise tag and lets see if he is even worth $30 mill let alone $35+. If Dak isn't the guy McCarthy will sniff it out fairly quickly.

The challenge is that 99 percent of fans have no concept of making 30 plus million a year....it’s just not a concept most of us can fathom.


Dak deserves to be paid....does he deserve to be the highest paid qb in the nfl? No

does he deserve 30 mil annually? Yes probably that’s what the market is.