Cowboys & Dak Prescott are expected to have deal done before free agency

[stiletto]

The Jones's are completely over the barrel on this one. Todd Francis destroyed them for franchise tagging Dak. Absolutely destruction.

 

[DuncanIso]

Sharing this:

Basically the truth.

“The cowboys can save 34m in cap if they cut Dak before mid March.

No one will trade for a guy who wants 60m a year and can't win a playoff game.

Trey Lance has one year (2024) left on his contract with no 5th year option

Dallas best course is to

1. ⁠Cut Dak, draft OL in the first, RB/WR in 2nd, and other skill positions.
2. ⁠Start trey for the last year of his contract. After the year you either have a serviceable 24 year old rookie with potential trade value or a high draft pick.
3. ⁠In the scenario trey is unsericeable, expend first round capital in the 2025 draft for a QB. The cowboys haven't spent a first on a QB since Aikman

This is the way forward”

 

[Gangsta Spanksta]

Jerry bent over backwards again?

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

Then, in 2027ish, a 35 year old Dak is gonna be owed 90 million in his final year and will have to be extended again for "cap reasons".

 

[Montanalo]

"$60 million cap hit in 2024, a no-tag & no-trade clause"

i expect the front office to be a lot more clever than i when it comes to contract negotiations BUT, this just sounds stupid to set up a contract in this fashion.

And for those who say, "this is the market", then the original extension should not have happened.

 

[DuncanIso]

Let him play out this season/contract year in a prove it first deal.....

Can’t.

Too much dead cap, plus his base/bonus.

 

[CWR]

That’s depressing

It is our only chance at being aggressive in FA though. I had written that off. I'd love to be wrong.

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

Is Dak the guy that hasn't shown his face since he got dog walked by a 7 seed?

 

[acr731]

Are there any incentive clauses, like, get to the playoffs $50 win a play off game $500,000, go to the NFCCG $1,000,000, SB $5,000,000

The game would be much better if ALL contracts were incentive based. This team might actually have shown up to play if there were major incentives involved. But since that isn't how things work, we get what we saw - a bunch of lazy slackers who were looking forward to the off season

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Can’t wait for the fake outrage lol.

 

[pitt33]

Enough to make one sick isn’t it

If that’s the case…

This team is flat out doomed.

 

[acr731]

Can’t wait for the fake outrage lol.

Who is going to 'rage'? Everyone expects Dak to get another stupid, undeserved contract. There will be nothing to 'rage' about.

 

[PAPPYDOG]

Next years schedule is tough.

I'd offer Dak a much lower cap friendly deal. If he doesn't take it, and performs poorly next year, he's toast..

His best move is to sit out a while and "seek" a trade. Hoping someone will offer him better long deal.

No way he survives the AFC North and an upgraded NFC East.
He is a road-kill or DOA if he is still on the team?
P.S. Be nice to your local Deer (if you have them) as it could be Dakko....

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

Who is going to 'rage'? Everyone expects Dak to get another stupid, undeserved contract. There will be nothing to 'rage' about.

A Dak is extension is Dak over Dallas fans Super Bowl victory.

They think Dak is gonna throw em bone.

 

[cityochamps]

The game would be much better if ALL contracts were incentive based. This team might actually have shown up to play if there were major incentives involved. But since that isn't how things work, we get what we saw - a bunch of lazy slackers who were looking forward to the off season

Agreed, 90% of the only ones that play balls to the wall football are back-ups trying to win a starting spot, players trying to up their value for next year's contract, trade value or playing to raise their value in FA . Although Dak played significantly better this year (2023) than last, he still can't get passed the deer in the headlight mentality in big games. Show me you can do that, then let's talk about big money and contract stability.

 

[LonnieElam]

What makes it worse is they won't do anything in free-agency with the money they saved against the cap.

 

[CowboyStar88]

They were always going to get a deal done. It was fun to talk about the what ifs, but all Jerry cares about is being relevant and 4 does that for him. Now how it’s structured will be important and I think they will push for an out somewhere in it. JMO

 

[acr731]

Agreed, 90% of the only ones that play balls to the wall football are back-ups trying to win a starting spot, players trying to up their value for next year's contract, trade value or playing to raise their value in FA . Although Dak played significantly better this year (2023) than last, he still can't get passed the deer in the headlight mentality in big games. Show me you can do that, then let's talk about big money and contract stability.

Did he? Really? He beat up on bad teams and sucked against good ones. That's been his M.O. his entire career. And yes, he can always be counted on to suck balls in the playoffs.

 

[LonnieElam]

If these idiots agree to give him a no franchise tag clause and a no trade cause then they are the biggest morons on the planet

Oh, they've already done more than enough to prove they're already the biggest morons on the planet. It's honestly insane how bad this team is run.

 

[CowboyStar88]

Is Dak the guy that hasn't shown his face since he got dog walked by a 7 seed?

It’s probably the smartest thing he can do at this point. Actually I think it was the right thing to do for every player, but unfortunately that didn’t happen.