Twitter: Dak Notes, CBA, Franchise Tag, etc

[ShortRound]

Sorry for wall of text, but you can follow the tweet thread to see this all.

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The team never wanted to invoke the franchise tag, and still don’t, but will as a placeholder if need be — giving them until mid-July to work out an extension with the franchise QB.

One sticking point is the team wants a longer termed deal beyond four or five years.. (cont.)

But Prescott wants financial concessions to make that worth accepting, seeing as he might not then be able to land one more big money reup under the new CBA (assuming it lands as expected). Otherwise, he’d take the more traditional 4-5 year agreement... (cont’d)...

The #Cowboys don’t want to revisit this in 2023, though. And especially not if he has a SB win by then. I expect an AAS on a traditional extension to touch down b/t $37M-$40M range — less if years are added & agreed upon (but then likely more guaranteed

Avoiding the tag is win-win, b/c it: 1. Guarantees Prescott is present for ALL offseason conditioning & the acclimation to Mike McCarthy’s offensive installations (extremely important) because, yes, it’s expected Prescott will remain absent w/ if no l/t in place. Cont’d.

2. It leaves the franchise tag free for Amari Cooper, who is currently much farther behind in contract talks than is Prescott. While true they have access to both tags in 2020, they’d like to use a trickle-down effect... (Cont’d.)

And have the latter available for Byron Jones in the event they determine using it is the right course of action (it would help determine market value). They want to keep Jones, but I’m told it doesn’t nearly equal how badly they’d like to keep Robert Quinn... (Cont’d)

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He goes on about DB's, Quinn, etc.

 

[unionjack8]

37-40m?

No way I pay him that.
Tag him and draft another qb.
We cannot win with dak taking up that much cap room

 

[snapper]

Concerning Cooper, I'd tag him. If, for any reason CeeDee Lamb drops to 17, the Cowboys take him and remove the tag from Cooper. Lamb > Cooper.

 

[CouchCoach]

Concerning Cooper, I'd tag him. If, for any reason CeeDee Lamb drops to 17, the Cowboys take him and remove the tag from Cooper. Lamb > Cooper.

Lamb and Jeudy will be gone well before they pick. They could get Ruggs, who will be the fastest player at the Combine. He's Tyreek "the Terrible" Hill fast.

 

[Corso]

Sorry for wall of text, but you can follow the tweet thread to see this all.

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The team never wanted to invoke the franchise tag, and still don’t, but will as a placeholder if need be — giving them until mid-July to work out an extension with the franchise QB.

One sticking point is the team wants a longer termed deal beyond four or five years.. (cont.)

But Prescott wants financial concessions to make that worth accepting, seeing as he might not then be able to land one more big money reup under the new CBA (assuming it lands as expected). Otherwise, he’d take the more traditional 4-5 year agreement... (cont’d)...

The #Cowboys don’t want to revisit this in 2023, though. And especially not if he has a SB win by then. I expect an AAS on a traditional extension to touch down b/t $37M-$40M range — less if years are added & agreed upon (but then likely more guaranteed

Avoiding the tag is win-win, b/c it: 1. Guarantees Prescott is present for ALL offseason conditioning & the acclimation to Mike McCarthy’s offensive installations (extremely important) because, yes, it’s expected Prescott will remain absent w/ if no l/t in place. Cont’d.

2. It leaves the franchise tag free for Amari Cooper, who is currently much farther behind in contract talks than is Prescott. While true they have access to both tags in 2020, they’d like to use a trickle-down effect... (Cont’d.)

And have the latter available for Byron Jones in the event they determine using it is the right course of action (it would help determine market value). They want to keep Jones, but I’m told it doesn’t nearly equal how badly they’d like to keep Robert Quinn... (Cont’d)

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He goes on about DB's, Quinn, etc.

@Rockport
You wanted something on if the team, or Dak wants a longer deal...
Well here's something. I'll never say anything is concrete until it's concrete, but it's something.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Defense needs more help with offense. Taking a WR seems like a luxury. Game is won in the trenches.

 

[Rockport]

@Rockport
You wanted something on if the team, or Dak wants a longer deal...
Well here's something. I'll never say anything is concrete until it's concrete, but it's something.

Yes I saw that. Looks like both want a long term deal if the long term deal is good for both.

 

[Corso]

Yes I saw that. Looks like both want a long term deal if the long term deal is good for both.

We'll see how this newest drama plays out my friend.

 

[JJHLH1]

The Cowboys know the cap is going up so they obviously want a long term deal. But wanting Dak to sign for more than 5 years before that happens is asking too much. If that’s the sticking point I agree with Dak, unless he’s turning down huge money (> $35 million/year).