ESPN: Cowboys Save $34M on Cap If Dak Prescott Is Traded or Cut Before March 2024

[Kingofholland]

See ya!

Still waiting for you to state your pledge to the Cowboys as a fan.

 

[cowboys5xsbs]

I am starting to wonder if teams are going to pause on paying quarterbacks $50 million + going forward. I believe Wilson, Murray, Rodgers, Herbert, Jackson and Hurts are all bad contracts. You are better off paying Bosa/Parsons $35 million and building your team. This season will show.

Like the Jets who have an amazing defense and no QB

 

[Mr_437]

Hope Dan is happy with the clicks he's going to get, but it's just not going to happen. Dak has a no trade clause, and Jerry/Stephen are not going to eat that dead money on the cap.

 

[baltcowboy]

Like the Jets who have an amazing defense and no QB

Possibly. Rodgers got injured.

 

[Carnes]

This insanity over Dak is just flat out crazy.

 

[GuitarBytes]

2024 "Will be Lance time , you can't avoid that"

 

[okstateCowboy]

What’s the cap hit in 2025 and 2026 (void years) if we simply let Dak play out his contract in 2024 and then walk elsewhere?

 

[DallasEast]

I am starting to wonder if teams are going to pause on paying quarterbacks $50 million + going forward.

The average franchise quarterback compensation will continue to rise. Of course, that upward trend would take a hit if the industry hits a breakeven point, where television and overall revenue top off or even start to decline.

A significant number of outsiders fiercely latch onto the merit based system for how professional athletes, and quarterbacks in particular, are paid. It is not the entire approach taken by front offices in any sport. In short, more quarterbacks, who are judged unworthy of getting 'huge' contracts, shall still be getting huge contracts.

On this topic, economics remains unbeaten.

 

[zrinkill]

I would never have expected American Cowboy to start this thread.

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

I would never have expected American Cowboy to start this thread.

He sees the end in sight for Dak and wants to get out in front so people think he wants what’s best for the Cowboys.

 

[Rockport]

Still waiting for you to state your pledge to the Cowboys as a fan.

He’s a troll, not a fan.

 

[TheMightyVanHalen]

See ya!

Two minutes after he posted about Dak. LMAO You have a weird obsession with him. Just curious, does your significant other have his poster on the bedroom ceiling?


So, you want Dak to fail so we can cut him instead of him leading us and winning the SB and waste the time of our older players like Martin and Tyron Smith? WOW some fan you are.

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

Two minutes after he posted about Dak. LMAO You have a weird obsession with him. Just curious, does your significant other have his poster on the bedroom ceiling?


So, you want Dak to fail so we can cut him instead of him leading us and winning the SB and waste the time of our older players like Martin and Tyron Smith? WOW some fan you are.

I’d rather listen to a bland Dak interview than any crappy Van Halen song.

 

[zrinkill]

Every thread this guy turns up in turns out like this

 

[Chuck 54]

They may save 34 million by trading him, but they will incur at least 25 million in dead cap hit.
If he turns the ball over as frequently as last season and is the reason we lose a big game, then he just may be traded. But if he even plays as pedestrian as last season without the turnovers, he will be extended. Most of us expect him to play as well as he did in past seasons and protect the football this year, and we will be very disappointed if he doesn't. The OL, WRs, and TE's are good enough and deep enough that he will have no excuse unless it's injury. A good coach and play-caller won't allow or ask him to convert every 3rd and long, so I see no way he doesn't play better than last year. Is it good enough? We shall see.

But this roster is so good, that a few million saved isn't going to put us over the top for a SB victory. Only better play by another QB can do that if falling short is on Dak Prescott. I don't think Jerry is foolish enough to just say Dak wasn't quite good enough, let's dump him and see what we can find. You don't dump an above average, maybe overpaid QB until you have one in the wings that you think can be better or just as good for less money. With the roster we have now, it's not about who has the cheapest decent QB. It's who has a QB that can lead the offense to victory.

 

[Redline360]

Always figured he would get extended but I dunno at this point. Honestly if he fails again this post season he may be gone.

He's had it incredibly easy since his rookie season compared to the vast majority of quarterbacks. Most would kill to play behind the talent we walk onto the field every year. Sat behind argurably the best OL and prime zeke the first couple years(defense was meh), brought in Coop to revamp Dak. While the OL aged he still sits behind a top 5-10 OL and has lamb,cooks and Pollard that's all on top of an elite defense now. Gone through tons of coaching changes

If he craps the bed again this year I honestly believe Jerry might move on which I would have laughed at years ago knowing his history. Elite defense, top 10 offense, great coaching no excuses anymore. I'm at the point where I don't trust him being a "bus" driver anymore

 

[baltcowboy]

The average franchise quarterback compensation will continue to rise. Of course, that upward trend would take a hit if the industry hits a breakeven point, where television and overall revenue top off or even start to decline.

A significant number of outsiders fiercely latch onto the merit based system for how professional athletes, and quarterbacks in particular, are paid. It is not the entire approach taken by front offices in any sport. In short, more quarterbacks, who are judged unworthy of getting 'huge' contracts, shall still be getting huge contracts.

On this topic, economics remains unbeaten.

True but you know a owner is going to test that theory and Cowboys have a good excuse to do it.

 

[Motorola]

Can't wait to extend Dak and hear the haters cry

The day it happens...7 different threads, combining for 1,200+ comments.

 

[Typhus]

See ya!

probably

 

[America's Cowboy]

Who wrote this? Dak has a no trade clause, keep up! He can be cut but not traded.

Who wrote this? Guess...