Do you really believe, Mike wants to go another season Without Prescott. After all he might be the first head coach ever to win a Super Bowl with the second team
I could see McCarthy *wanting* to sell Jerry on a longer term vision of letting him as Mr. QB Whisper try to find and develop QBs on the cheap. Dak is not McCarthy's creation, and having Dak around gives Boy Genius II a leg up on replacing McCarthy.
I kind of want that too.
Though for all the hem hawing over Dak getting a contract at 37mil or 40mil, that 10% difference could be entirely swamped by rumored increases in the cap from a new tv contract.
If a huge new tv contract is coming, it's time to sign players long term. I thought that was Jerry's strategy with all the extensions in 2018 for everyone but Dak.
Note: The impending tv contract is a reason was always a reasonable reason for Dak to not *want* to sign.