The organization has been meh for years now. It still sells and draws attention from fans. Either Stephen or Jerry (or both) have serious enough doubts about Prescott that they didn't want to marry him contractually (unless the deal was team friendlier). It's my belief that they want to field a good team that can make the playoffs at least every other season, with the hope of making a deep playoff run every 5 years or so. That's literally what I think they desire because getting a consistent deep playoff run type team means giving coaches and other front office people way more control over the team. As long as they look like they are kinda on track to the fans everything else is gravy. Prescott needs more pieces to succeed at a level like a Brees, Brady, Mahomes, Wilson, Rodgers, etc. If the team needs more pieces, the contract that he will be offered diminishes. Hence the whole pieces of pie Stephen kept harping on. The Cowboys feel like they can win at the level I was speaking about earlier with Prescott, but won't be giving him his contract demands to achieve it. I would maybe die from mirth if Andy Dalton somehow comes in and puts up similar or better numbers, and all the talk switches to how are they going to lock up Dalton long term. This is a show that never ends....
