Albert Breer on Dak's contract situation

[805BoysInBlue]

You know you have a weak argument when you have to add an insult about those you disagree. How about you learn to debate without being disrespectful.

How is beign middle aged disrespectful exactly?

 

[jwitten82]

Extend that man and let's roll! I don't care what all these middle aged scouts in here say.

Roll where? Another one and done season?

 

[Chasing6]

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

Wait......I thought GM Jethro had the leverage.

At least that is what I kept hearing on this board.

 

[jrumann59]

$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.

I thought Todd France got replaced by Roc nation, basically Jay-Zs Agency?

 

[Chasing6]

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

$40M average contract was not big money.

 

[Chasing6]

An extension means this franchise will churn thru a lot of elite talent with an inconsistent QB

Yes, it is better to churn thru with no talent.

 

[Chasing6]

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

Dak Haters Narrattive shift is eminent

A long term contract makes the most sense with the $40M carrying over from next year. Needs to be a 5 year deal, with a potential exit after 4 years.

 

[Qcard]

A long term contract makes the most sense with the $40M carrying over from next year. Needs to be a 5 year deal, with a potential exit after 4 years.

Exactly….plus the years are just fluff.

If Prescott and the Cowboys have a monumental collapse in 2024, Jerry and Stephen will miraculously make the cap work and release Prescott in 2025 offseason.

Dak Haters believe you can find All Pro QBs at Texaco……it takes a lot of hate to reach this conclusion

 

[ChuckA1]

Dak Haters believe you can find All Pro QBs at Texaco……it takes a lot of hate to reach this conclusion

I've been a Cowboys fan since 1962 and I've never met a fan that believes that. Not sure where you're getting your info or hate

 

[reddyuta]

We cant afford to sign him,we already sit out FA and if we sign him for 60 million a year than we are really screwed.We need to work this like GB,see what we have with Trey Lance but be prepared to draft a QB if he sucks.

 

[Flamma]

$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.

Jerry did everything but actually come out and say, Dak is the reason we lost all of those players. Dak is the reason we have no cap space.

 

[Flamma]

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.

I agree. Everything points to that. The meat of free agency is over. The players we lost are gone. Dallas owes roughly 95M to the cap. How do you incorporate that to an extension of 50M+ a year? So they've chosen to eat 55M of that now. What they do next year is anybody's guess. But it won't get any easier.

 

[Aven8]

It’s almost time for the annual huge contract for him at the tail of his career to pay for past production. It’s what they do folks….

 

[Sandyf]

So for all the fans that want to be rid of Dak, what is the plan to replace him because every QB on the roster is on the last year of their contracts.

So resign Lance or Rush? Why would the sign for some low contracts. Franchise tag for 2025 will be around $45 million. So draft one? We'll depending on what Dallas record is, say at worst 7-10 and best 13-4 means that to move up to top 5 is going to cost at least two first especially when every team knows you are moving up for a QB.

Even with great luck and out of the world analytics, the rookie QB is no better than a 50/50 of being the guy. And Vegas already list next year's qb class as weakest in some time. Don't care what Vegas says, we'll those guys are in the business of making money and are right most of the time. Oh, they have Dallas at 10.5 wins on the over and under.

And have a feeling that come the start of the season, Dak could hold out if not extended or at very least demand as insurance policy worth 200 million in case injury.

Want to replace Dak? Come up with a plan that doesn't have Dallas losing more games than they win the next five years and not sniffing the playoffs.

 

[offlimits]

Extend that man and let's roll! I don't care what all these middle aged scouts in here say.

Okay Zoomer.

 

[Qcard]

I've been a Cowboys fan since 1962 and I've never met a fan that believes that. Not sure where you're getting your info or hate

Well you need to get out more often.. Oops I mean read more posts

 

[speedkilz88]

How is beign middle aged disrespectful exactly?

Trolls are thin skinned.

 

[EGTuna]

Jerry and Stephen are such morons. They should have extended Dak this time last year at a cheaper price than he will be this summer or after the 2025 season. Or, they should have gone to Dak and worked with him to trade him to a team he would be cool with (since he has a no trade clause in his contract), and moved on with a rookie qb in 2024 (or Lance I guess). But no, Dak will either get a monster, cap killing deal here or will move on and the best Dallas gets is a compensatory 3rd round pick. Morons.

 

[ChuckA1]

Trolls are thin skinned.

No troll here, Stephen

 

[Hawkeye0202]

And have a feeling that come the start of the season, Dak could hold out if not extended or at very least demand as insurance policy worth 200 million in case injury.

No one is talking about this but it's a legit question. Is Dak willing to go through an entire season w/o an extension and losing money via a season-ending injury? Tough call........there is a lot on the line.