France nugget on Dak's contract (2024 deal or 2025 new team)

[fansince68]

He (Prescott) is lucky it got done. The worst thing that could have happened was the hamstring injury and being out for substantial time before he becomes a UFA.

That is exactly how it should have happened. Who would give a qb that kind of money after that utterly embarrassing home loss to Green Bay? Ding bat owners playing checkers while everyone else playing chess

 

[fansince68]

I don't believe he would have walked. I think that's total BS.

But so what if he did? That's how the game is played. Otherwise why not pay Dak $100 million per year? It is called value. I don't care what any team would pay Dak. I would only worry about how much he is worth on the field. Dak is not worth $60 million. He was never worth $60 million and he never will be worth $60 million. If Dak wanted to walk, then fine, let him find $60 million somewhere else.

With Josh Allen getting $55 million we now know Dak is overpaid by at least $5 million and likely much more.

If Josh is worth 55 million Dak is worth 45 million.

 

[Flamma]

That makes total sense in hindsight, but re-signing Dak coming off the injury would have been even more tricky because there probably would have had to be loads of incentives written into the deal. Dallas would have probably panicked and given him what he wanted anyway. And this year, just like last year, they did not have options. None of the free agent QB's available in 2024 or 2025 come remotely close to Dak. And 12 overall is way too late to draft his successor. Even if the Cowboys tried to trade up, the teams involved would just want the QB targeted anyways.

If Dak wasn't here, you don't draft his successor at #12. You start Will Grier all year and tank the season. Then draft his successor in 2026. This isn't complicated. You need a top end pick for a QB and hope it hits. You can do this with or without trading Parsons. The idea is to use resources to get to pick 1 or 2. Teams get better by having horrible seasons, not mediocre seasons. We're not winning anything in 2025 anyway, the worse the record, the better.

 

[Kingofholland]

Honest question for you..........given the choice who would you rather have? Dak or draft Shedure Sanders ( and Deion lol)

Definitely not the year to need a new QB in the draft. However, I do wonder with guys like Rodgers, Wilson, and even Cousins available would the team be that much worse off headed into the 25-26 season with one of those guys under center? You also have to consider the additional cap savings if the Cowboys actually did something with it.

 

[phildadon86]

Dak would have walked, and our ONLY compensation would have been a 3rd round pick coz they waited until AFTER the draft to address it.

This is why that was THE TIME to trade him.

You sit him down and say "your benched or traded. Your choice."

Could have moved up for Maye or Daniels. Instead. They sign him the day the season starts for media attention.

But this FO is proactive and wants to win lol.

 

[Hawkeye0202]

Definitely not the year to need a new QB in the draft. However, I do wonder with guys like Rodgers, Wilson, and even Cousins available would the team be that much worse off headed into the 25-26 season with one of those guys under center? You also have to consider the additional cap savings if the Cowboys actually did something with it.

Agree but put bluntly........Deion is a pain in the a____

 

[visionary]

Jerry had to overpay because he had zero leverage. Plan and simple. Same will happen with Micah.

LOL, you guys just dont get it
Its not like they were getting a discount by paying him last year, they were paying him 60 million anyway
They should let him play out the year and prove he’s worth it

 

[jterrell]

Dak would have walked, and our ONLY compensation would have been a 3rd round pick coz they waited until AFTER the draft to address it.

Common sense.
Free agent with ability to get promises for supporting cast and many other benefits that Dallas is never going to offer (Under Jones' ownership).
Teams that could convince him they can win a title.

Imagine Dak in Pittsburgh with that coaching staff and defense.
Or Miami with those weapons.

Dallas drew this out like 9 months too long and it cost them severely.
Egregiously bad roster and financial management.

 

[jterrell]

This is why that was THE TIME to trade him.

You sit him down and say "your benched or traded. Your choice."

Could have moved up for Maye or Daniels. Instead. They sign him the day the season starts for media attention.

But this FO is proactive and wants to win lol.

This is a fantasy in your head.
He isn't an idiot and would have simply set.
He ended up doing so injured anyway.

You couldn't trade him without giving him EVERYTHING he wanted in a trade.
They needed to either sign him early or walk away.
They had ZERO leverage.

 

[jterrell]

Agree but put bluntly........Deion is a pain in the a____

Jerry was never going to pay Deion 10M a year to be his head coach.

 

[phildadon86]

This is a fantasy in your head.
He isn't an idiot and would have simply set.
He ended up doing so injured anyway.

You couldn't trade him without giving him EVERYTHING he wanted in a trade.
They needed to either sign him early or walk away.
They had ZERO leverage.

I highly doubt he would have sat. And if he did. Good. We would have had a top pick in this draft.

Either way. It sends a message that players dont run the team.

 

[12+88=7]

That makes total sense in hindsight, but re-signing Dak coming off the injury would have been even more tricky because there probably would have had to be loads of incentives written into the deal. Dallas would have probably panicked and given him what he wanted anyway. And this year, just like last year, they did not have options. None of the free agent QB's available in 2024 or 2025 come remotely close to Dak. And 12 overall is way too late to draft his successor. Even if the Cowboys tried to trade up, the teams involved would just want the QB targeted anyways.

People don't want to hear it but the Cowboys' best chance of winning games short term is having a healthy Dak under center. Once he and Lamb signed their contracts it should have opened a four year window for Dallas to truly go "all-in". But they never operate that way. They keep doing the same thing over and over expecting different results.

If they were smart they would have started a Dak succession plan a couple years ago given his injury issues. Now it is still "Dak or bust" in 2025. I still don't think Dak is the biggest problem this team has, in fact I believe he can win it all in the right situation. The problem is the Cowboys are terrible at putting their key players in the right situation and Dak's career is doomed to end the same way Tony Romo's did. Battered, bruised, title-starved, and perceived as a loser. When the real losers are Jerry and Stephen.

It's not hindsight if I posted this last off season before the signing. It just happened to come true.

I totally disagree that Dallas didn't have options. If they didn't sign Prescott Dallas would have been in a much better bargaining position. There are ALWAYS options.

After the injury that happened last year I know for sure that Prescott would have never gotten the contract he signed last year this year from Dallas or any other team.

 

[CowboyFrog]

I have been beating this drum right up until those idiots payed him.

Dak getting injured only reinforced that Jerry misplayed this.....it was the perfect situation and the FO blew it

if the choice is blow it up and rebuild then you can 100% BET this FO will go the other direction..one direction is about trying to build a winning team the other is about building a "Marketable Brand"...this has been proven time and time again...

 

[McKDaddy]

I would have taken the 3rd round pick

We'd have been better off giving up picks to avoid that deal and clean the slate.

 

[CowboyFrog]

We'd have been better off giving up picks to avoid that deal and clean the slate.

im mean sure you would've felt better because Dak is not here..but you still have the same FO picking the ingredients...I present tthe last 30 years of what thats brought...

 

[DasTex]

im mean sure you would've felt better because Dak is not here..but you still have the same FO picking the ingredients...I present tthe last 30 years of what thats brought...

I'd take my chances on them getting lucky

 

[McKDaddy]

Imagine Dak in Pittsburgh with that coaching staff and defense.
Or Miami with those weapons.

Imagine him with those offensive lines & not being able to deliver the ball to Tyreek & Waddle.

 

[Jarntt]

Dak would have walked, and our ONLY compensation would have been a 3rd round pick coz they waited until AFTER the draft to address it.

And that would have been worse than paying him $60M per year for a team with little chance of winning a SB in the next couple of years?

 

[CowboyFrog]

I'd take my chances on them getting lucky

They already have hell JG teams made the playoffs....lucky wont get the trophy.

 

[McKDaddy]

im mean sure you would've felt better because Dak is not here..but you still have the same FO picking the ingredients...I present tthe last 30 years of what thats brought...

All our discussions are tempered with the underlying caveat of "what a good FO would have done vs what ours did". We can't have discussions based on this FO because the reality is we know they don't make good decisions & even if they did luck into one they would just follow up it up with other blunders.

In this particular instance though, the current ingredient is getting slimy & mushy. Any new ingredient would have at least given the meal some fresh appeal.