Albert Breer on Dak's contract situation

Hawkeye0202

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LOL.......notice his tag number IF there was no tag clause


From Steve Bussberg (@SBussberg): What is the latest on Dak’s contract situation? Is the thinking he plays the year without a new deal? And is it the Cowboys shying away from a new deal? Or Dak wants out?

Steve, I think we’re at the posturing stage of the negotiation.

That doesn’t mean they won’t get something done. Huffing and puffing about your intentions, and how resolved you are to your position, is easy in March and April and May. As we get closer to summer, things will start to shift, as the Dallas Cowboys come closer to the reality of putting Prescott out there in a contract year, and Prescott confronts the injury risk that accompanies that, and the uncertainty of what might lie ahead in 2025.

That said, I think there are a couple of things to remember here. First, Prescott’s tag number in 2025 would come at 144% of his ’24 cap number. The latter tops $55 million, which sets the former at $79.39 million. And that essentially means Dallas really can’t tag Prescott in March, so he’s got the rare leverage of knowing he’ll be a free agent. Meanwhile, Jared Goff just got a deal with a new-money average of $53 million, months after Kirk Cousins got $45 million, so waiting on this has given negotiations new framing.

I can’t imagine, based on all this, that Prescott would take anything without an average well into the 50s. Do the Cowboys have the appetite for that? To this point, they haven’t. We’ll see whether that changes as we get closer to the season

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nf...im-rare-leverage-over-the-cowboys/ar-BB1ms6LJ
 

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I heard Prescott is asking for 6 year deal extension. Long term stability has changed since the baby :lmao:

Dak Haters Narrattive shift is eminent :laugh::laugh::laugh:
 

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This tells us nothing new
Well tbh I didn't realize the tag was 80+ million. Although, I didn't think we'd tag him either.

In Jerry's dreams ESPN is talking about his stoic patience and how he got Daks agent desperate for a deal before he struck and landed the all pro at 42mpy.

In reality our contract "negotiations" are more like a slow motion train wreck with no survivors.
 

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I'm a Dak fan but his last contract did the team no favours. It was big money on a short deal which made the cap hit huge. We've lost about 8 players this off season as a result of that. If he wants to only cash in, good for him, but do it elsewhere. After 8 years we know he can't win without talent throughout the roster. Only qbs like Mahommes can do that unfortunately
 

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I still think they let him play the year out. I know there is a lot of chatter and that leads people to think they want to get it done, and this is just Jethro posturing, but I think the inaction is the tell, just like the inaction in FA was the tell about their plans even after the lol “All-in” comments that some bought. This has spawn boys finger prints all over it.
 

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I'm a Dak fan but his last contract did the team no favours. It was big money on a short deal which made the cap hit huge. We've lost about 8 players this off season as a result of that. If he wants to only cash in, good for him, but do it elsewhere. After 8 years we know he can't win without talent throughout the roster. Only qbs like Mahommes can do that unfortunately
$40 million AAV on a four year deal is minuscule compared to what other teams pay QBs. The salary cap is the same for all 32 franchises. How in the world Jerry and his son mismanaged player compensation to where they are as handcuffed as they are now is not Dak Prescott’s fault. Dak and Todd France treat their jobs as a profession. Jerry treats the Dallas Cowboys as a hobby. He is overmatched. Sans a significant contract offer from the Cowboys Dak Prescott will ply his trade elsewhere. He’ll accept what some ownership group offers him. Only fans take what their favorite team does personally. Dak will be making millions to play football, Jerry will be swilling Johnnie Walker Blue on his yacht, and the only angst over how the Cowboys perform will be amongst Cowboys fans. And so it goes.
 
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