News: Agent's Take: Here are the Cowboys' options with Dak Prescott as his rookie deal nears end

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Batman1980 said:
I think he's a $22-25 million a year QB. Come at me, bros!
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They really don't have a choice. That price is going to keep escalating and there are no other options for 2019. They should get him signed at market rate before the season starts and hope he continues to improve. Teams are paying guys that can't play $20M/year, so I wouldn't blink an eye if Dak got a 6 year $150M deal with $75M guaranteed. If Dak continues to win, that new deal will look cheap in tree years.
 
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Batman1980 said:
I think he's a $22-25 million a year QB. Come at me, bros!
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I think he's a 2 million dollar QB until he shows that he can hit the open guy a little bit better. Now, I think he could be a 10 million dollar QB next year and maybe a 20 million dollar QB the year after with a team option for an additional year at 20, until he shows that he can improve in this area but I'm not investing 20-25 long term until I know he can do this because if he never masters that, he can't win a championship IMO. I would not lock up our cap for a long period of time without knowing this. Better to just pay the 2 million next year and take advantage of the savings and then Franchise him for a few years after if we want to exercise that option. I mean, with the amount of running that Dak does, the amount of times he is getting sacked, his career is likely shorter then a lot of QBs anyway, maybe 8 good years, 2 more solid years and after that, I don't know. If you use the Franchise Tag, you can essentially lock him up for 7 years and after that, I think you get some value out of the pick.

I guess I'm just not convinced that teams are going to be offering him 25 to 30 million type deals.
 
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CCBoy said:
Agent's Take: Here are the Cowboys' options with Dak Prescott as his rookie deal nears end
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/...th-dak-prescott-as-his-rookie-deal-nears-end/



...Prescott's four-year rookie contract will expire after the 2019 season. He is scheduled to make approximately $2.05 million in 2019 thanks to earning the performance escalator available to third through seventh round picks in the final year of rookie contracts.

Signing the 2016 fourth-round pick to a contract extension may be a lot easier said than done. Nobody is going to confuse Prescott with the game's top young passers, such as Patrick Mahomes and Carson Wentz. One of the biggest criticisms about Prescott is he misses too many throws because of his inconsistent accuracy as a passer. Nonetheless, only Tom Brady, who is arguably the greatest football player of all-time, has more than Prescott's 32 regular-season wins since he entered the NFL in 2016. His 14 game-winning drives are the most in league history during a quarterback's first three NFL seasons. The Cowboys have won the NFC East twice in the three years with Prescott at quarterback...

...The QB market

There has been tremendous growth in quarterback salaries since Prescott was drafted. Ten quarterbacks were on multi-year contracts averaging at least $20 million per year at that time. There are currently 16. The $25 million per year quarterback didn't exist until Derek Carr signed a five-year, $125.025 million extension with the Raiders in June 2017. The $30-million-per-year barrier was hit this offseason when Matt Ryan received a five-year, $150 million extension from the Falcons. Ryan's deal contains NFL records of $100 million in overall guarantees and $94.5 million fully guaranteed at signing. Aaron Rodgers supplanted Ryan as the NFL's highest-paid player in the preseason with a four-year extension from the Packers averaging $33.5 million per year...

...Final thoughts

The patience Jones has exercised with Lawrence probably should apply to Prescott unless he is willing to give the Cowboys some sort of financial break. Rather than signing Lawrence to a long-term contract after a breakout 2017 campaign in which he was selected to the Pro Bowl for the first time while tying for second in the NFL with 14.5 sacks, Jones was more comfortable with him playing this season under a $17.143 million franchise tag. Since Lawrence demonstrated he is the "war daddy" pass rusher Jones has been looking after releasing future Hall of Famer DeMarcus Ware in 2014, it is going to cost significantly more to sign him long-term this year.

Jones doesn't seem inclined to wait, although the 2019 season could be used to evaluate whether Prescott is actually the long-term solution at quarterback since he could be franchised in 2020, if necessary. Just like in Lawrence's case, waiting would be more costly provided Prescott proves to be a potential franchise quarterback while building upon his performance during the second half of this season. The additional money would be well spent because it would come with more certainty about stability at quarterback.



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I think there is atleast 50% chance Dak is not the QB who will lead Dallas to about 28-30 pts game (which is needed now to be contender). No harm in waiting to see if he can put it together with new play callers. Just let it play out.
 
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ItzKelz said:
I have no case because I dont care what Dak makes. The market is set for QBs and if JJ and SJ want to keep Dak then Dak will get market value.
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"market value" depends on the player. Not all QBs are equal.
 
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eastsideboy said:
"market value" depends on the player. Not all QBs are equal.
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The market is set on QBs and their ability to perform. There are QBs making 25-28 mil that have not out performed Dak. Now that is based on my opinion which I could validate with factual stats. However, JJ and SJ are the opinions that count and I believe they will look at the facts and pay market value.
 
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He is gonna get 30m per year and in doing so hamstring his own fortunes for winning
You read it here first....
 
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If the analysis is that Dak is definitely your guy, than paying Dak THIS offseason is the most likely way to get the more affordable contract.

Personally, I don't think anyone but the top 5 QB's should get anything close to 30 mill per year. But sadly, that is the going rate for top 15 type QB's. If we could get Dak around 25 million per season I think that would be a great contract going out about 5 years. In order to induce him I would guarantee like 2.5 years of that. No chance we find a better QB and develop him sooner then that anyway.
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Bingo.

It may not be this simple within the walls of the FO, but it is really a matter of cost benefit analysis. Without rehashing all the stats - good, bad and ugly - Dak is a proven winner, a good leader and, quite frankly a good choice as the face of the organization.

If the FO believes he is the "chosen one", then financially, it makes since to sign him sooner rather than later. QB contracts are not likely to go down in the next few years and team cap money is likely to go up.
 
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Dak definitely is an enigma. He can miss a wide open wr and take a sack putting us out of FG range. He can also run for a huge first down, make a big pass on 4th down and make a comeback victory happen.
Enigma.
 
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No way Dak gets the wins without Zeke carrying the load. When Dak gets his paycheck he should give Zeke atleast half.
 
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eastsideboy said:
So your saying because other teams messed up and overpaid we should to? This is a two way street if he wants to be a cowboy he can be happy with 20 mil a year. Let's not forget were not talking about pat mahomes.
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Im saying the market is set. If we want him we are going to have to pay him market value. It is not my decision to make. Pat is not my concern as he is not a Cowboy.
 
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unionjack8 said:
He is gonna get 30m per year and in doing so hamstring his own fortunes for winning
You read it here first....
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Only if were dumb enough to give him that. If 20 mil a year isn't enough to wear the star go to Jacksonville.
ItzKelz said:
Im saying the market is set. If we want him we are going to have to pay him market value. It is not my decision to make. Pat is not my concern as he is not a Cowboy.
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Really. So whether he wants to be a cowboy or not doesn't enter in to it. I guess he has no free will.
 
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eastsideboy said:
Only if were dumb enough to give him that. If 20 mil a year isn't enough to wear the star go to Jacksonville.

Really. So whether he wants to be a cowboy or not doesn't enter in to it. I guess he has no free will.
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What lol? The market is the market. Can we afford what he is worth and what he is asking for? 25 mil is what middle of the road QBs are getting. You do not have to like it but that is a fact.

I honestly do not know why Cowboys fans are even trying to count Daks money. SJ has shown over the last few years that he is very smart with the Cap. No matter what Dak is paid I have faith in SJ we will be fine.
 
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