Opinion: Prescott is going to show up on time

I keep seeing posts about him holding out or waiting until the very last minute to sign the tag in September and show up for work and that is ridiculous.

Let's start with what we know about him. The number one characteristic, and one even his detractors can agree with, is leadership. He is not going to let his teammates down. This is all business now. This will have 0 effect on his ability or desire to lead his team.

He has plenty of time to sign the tag because there is nothing happening right now. He's not the one that keeps trying to get a longer than 4 year contract. He has never, never, nor has his agent, said he is not signing the tag and reporting to work.

If he and his agent had ever considered a hold out, which I don't believe they did, that has changed. The situation has changed and with the unemployment continuing to climb, he and his agent know very well how a guy holding out with 31.4M sitting there, along with the endorsements, is going to play. He would be the most despised pro athlete in the world. Think those companies would keep him? Think again. The mood in this country is sour and we're just looking for someone to take it out on.

Throughout this entire ordeal, dating back to last off season, Prescott has handled himself well, taking care not to say the wrong things. These leaks? Not coming from his camp.

The money will get settled, either he will play for the tag or he will sign a 4 year extension, the standard QB contract over the last several years. He will be ready to go to work with his new coaching staff, installing a new offense, and all of this will fade.....until he makes the first mistake, then the Dakaters will have another go at him. But at least that will be about the actual game.

Dak Prescott was never planning on not being the Dallas Cowboys QB1 come the first game of the season. The FO was never planning on him not being that. Too many have gotten themselves all twisted up in the business that is really none of our business.

If NFL ball is played, Dak Prescott will be there, like it or not. He was never planning on being anywhere else.

Prescott is going to show up as we're the only NFL team willing to pay him 30 million for 1 season.

PAPPYDOG said:

Prescott is going to show up as we're the only NFL team willing to pay him 30 million for 1 season.

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We don't know that because only one team got to tag him.

We really don't know his value on the open market and I would have preferred the transition tag to find out but I think they know that would have been an insult. Even Cousins didn't get that when he was tagged.

CouchCoach said:

We don't know that because only one team got to tag him.

We really don't know his value on the open market and I would have preferred the transition tag to find out but I think they know that would have been an insult. Even Cousins didn't get that when he was tagged.

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I’d love to know it.

No sense against bidding against ourselves.

I can not believe the Jones’s don’t see this. Maybe they will before we see them fold in July.

CouchCoach said:

We don't know that because only one team got to tag him.

We really don't know his value on the open market and I would have preferred the transition tag to find out but I think they know that would have been an insult. Even Cousins didn't get that when he was tagged.

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Only the "Dak-Blind" don't or won't accept the fact that only our fool of a GM (Goes by the name of Jones) will pay this inept QB 30 million for 1 season.

oh boy, 3, 2, 1 .....

If only his passes would, they seem to be running a little late

I think he intends to play on the tag this year, so he will sign that and go to TC.

I hope Dak is back before and goes through a complete training camp.
If not ,Dalton is my opening day starter

Hmmm I see a Kirk Cousins scenario

CouchCoach said:

If he and his agent had ever considered a hold out, which I don't believe they did, that has changed. The situation has changed and with the unemployment continuing to climb, he and his agent know very well how a guy holding out with 31.4M sitting there, along with the endorsements, is going to play. He would be the most despised pro athlete in the world. Think those companies would keep him? Think again. The mood in this country is sour and we're just looking for someone to take it out on.

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Yeah, I think people get it twisted using piker currency and trying to apply it to people who are above all that noise. The old American high school mechanics of "you can't sit with us at lunch unless we approve of your actions" doesn't work here in big business. This is business as usual in the NFL. You think Zeke cares about being hated? And how did it work out for him? Despite being QB of the Dallas Cowboys, this is not going to work any different for Dak. With America being sports-starved, they just want to see some kind of normalcy through action and companies will be right there to confirm that things are normal and that it's perfectly fine to get right back to spending your money on their products.

Not sure where you're getting this idea that Dak's endorsements will dry up due to normal NFL business just because times are harder out there. Dak's not some idiot telling the unemployed to just work harder so not sure where there'd be "controversy" that would get him booted by sponsors. He's been professional the whole way. It's "offended" fans that have vilified him for doing exactly what they would do, except he's doing it for a whole lot more. Green is a better color on frogs though.

PAPPYDOG said:

Prescott is going to show up as we're the only NFL team willing to pay him 30 million for 1 season.

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Not sure how one would determine that. Multiple outlets had Dak as the number one free agent this offseason. You don't think a top ten QB would get $30 million plus on the open market or are you just stupid?

I think he’ll sign the tag and play this year betting on himself. It’ll either be good or bad and everyone will re-evaluate next offseason.

The funny thing is that Jerry and Stephen have been saying for over a year that they could not pay Dak and pay everyone else. However, with the 31 million cap hit of the tag we paid everyone but Dak and we could easily pay him 40 mil a season.

CouchCoach said:

We don't know that because only one team got to tag him.

We really don't know his value on the open market and I would have preferred the transition tag to find out but I think they know that would have been an insult. Even Cousins didn't get that when he was tagged.

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We also dont know if any NFL team would pay me $30m a year to play QB................but I think its easy to guess that I'm not worth it (or even a millionth of it) to play QB.

https://www.nfl.com/news/franchise-tag-primer-teams-can-start-tagging-players-0ap3000001018213

Tagged players have until 4 p.m. ET on July 15 to negotiate a multiyear contract with the team. After July 15, the player may sign only a one-year contract with his club for the 2019 season, and the deal cannot be extended until after the team's last regular-season game.

Players may sign the tender at any point after officially being tagged. Until the tender is inked, the team can rescind the franchise or transition tag. Once the sheet is signed, the player's salary is guaranteed for that season. If a player does not sign the tender, they remain without a contract, and therefore are not subject to fine schedules for skipping offseason workouts... A player who has not signed the tender can also not be traded.

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Not saying Prescott will not sign his tender. Just saying it is an option for him.

I’ve never once considered the possibility of him holding out. You just don’t see it with QBs...and then add on top all the other points the OP made. A hold out would never happen

Wasn't the first inkling of this was when he said he wouldn't participate in the virtual offseason.

I have been tell all that don't listen to words, look at their actions. Actions say holding out is a possibility.

MarcusRock said:

Yeah, I think people get it twisted using piker currency and trying to apply it to people who are above all that noise. The old American high school mechanics of "you can't sit with us at lunch unless we approve of your actions" doesn't work here in big business. This is business as usual in the NFL. You think Zeke cares about being hated? And how did it work out for him? Despite being QB of the Dallas Cowboys, this is not going to work any different for Dak. With America being sports-starved, they just want to see some kind of normalcy through action and companies will be right there to confirm that things are normal and that it's perfectly fine to get right back to spending your money on their products.

Not sure where you're getting this idea that Dak's endorsements will dry up due to normal NFL business just because times are harder out there. Dak's not some idiot telling the unemployed to just work harder so not sure where there'd be "controversy" that would get him booted by sponsors. He's been professional the whole way. It's "offended" fans that have vilified him for doing exactly what they would do, except he's doing it for a whole lot more. Green is a better color on frogs though.

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Just my opinion, I don't see anyway those companies continue with him not showing up for work for the Cowboys when the only reason he got those endorsements is because he plays for the Cowboys. He would no longer be considered the DC QB.

I do not underestimate the effects of social media on companies when people lash out at them. They would at least shelve any ads with him in them because under the circumstances with America's Team, new HC and offense and using a 1st on another weapon for him, Prescott would be the most despised pro athlete in America. The Joneses cannot and will not let it go that far unless they're willing to move on.

Marcus, it's never happened for a very good reason. The QB can't hold out without a lot of image damage, other players can do it but not the QB.

DallasEast said:

https://www.nfl.com/news/franchise-tag-primer-teams-can-start-tagging-players-0ap3000001018213

Tagged players have until 4 p.m. ET on July 15 to negotiate a multiyear contract with the team. After July 15, the player may sign only a one-year contract with his club for the 2019 season, and the deal cannot be extended until after the team's last regular-season game.

Players may sign the tender at any point after officially being tagged. Until the tender is inked, the team can rescind the franchise or transition tag. Once the sheet is signed, the player's salary is guaranteed for that season. If a player does not sign the tender, they remain without a contract, and therefore are not subject to fine schedules for skipping offseason workouts... A player who has not signed the tender can also not be traded.

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Not saying Prescott will not sign his tender. Just saying it is an option for him.

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this is true but not signing is not an option for Prescott

McCarthy and Stephen ensured that by signing Dalton

Dalton won’t win us a SB but he is a competent NFL QB and you bet Prescott will not want him starting and winning a few games early (which is likely to happen) as that will truly bring down Dak’s leverage

Dak will sign the tender and take his chances