Here's how you get Dak to remove his no trade clause

[irishline]

Huh? The dollar size absolutely matters. Denver took the hit because they could. Dallas can't take the hit because it's basically DOUBLE what the Broncos took.

Put it another way, if Wilson had the same contract as Dak, Denver also couldn't have cut him when they did, they would have have to wait a year, at least.

Not that we are going to trade him or that anyone would take that contract, but if you trade him post June 1st the cap hit next year (2025) would only be $42,146,666 with a savings of $47,750,000. Then his dead money in 2026 would be $47,750,000. Of course that could not happen until June 2nd at the earliest so...

That being said, none of that is going to happen anyway for a myriad of reasons.

https://overthecap.com/player/dak-prescott/4848

Not saying this because I believe any of it will happen or that it is realistic, just pointing out that it is technically possible if you find someone as brain-dead as Jerry on the other side of the trade. We will be stuck with him until at least the 2026 season, of course, if we redo his contract to open cap space next year, that may make 2026 difficult as well depending upon how much of his $47.75 million base salary we kick it down the road.

 

[John813]

Why do posters ask this question every month or so? What's done is done.......getting rid of Dak over the next couple of years would set us back even further. It nearly guarantees the next two losing seasons.......wasting Lamb and Parsons talent.

I think the Jones duo still think he is their guy. If they restructure him this offseason, he's going to be our QB for at least 2 years.
Even if not a max restructure.

Dallas had the chance to do a reset, soft or hard, and decided to double down on their core guys.

 

[shabazz]

No you let Dak play however many games he can play (fans on here are saying he's not going to finish a season ever again), when that happens, the backup QB steps in THEN he doesn't get his job back

Exactly. Draft the future Qb, let Dakota attempt to play 2 more years and make a decision at that point.

His injury issues are continuing and the future Qb should be able to get some games in because of it.

We are at the 12th pick.....move up if the player they want is available

 

[conner01]

You draft a quarterback in the first round and you bench Dak.


It's pretty simple. I know the Jonses don't want to do that because it would imply they made a mistake, but knowing Dak, he's too proud to sit on the bench. He will eventually succumb to the fact that his career in Dallas is over. The NFL is a cold hearted business but the fact is Dak is one of the reasons this organization is in shambles.

1. Hire a head coach with a backbone

2. Empower that head coach

3. Draft a quarterback in the first round and move on.

Not really. This isn’t a great QB draft and we don’t have the pick to get the top one or maybe the top 2. You aren’t trading Dak because you can’t eat the cap hit

 

[conner01]

I think the Jones duo still think he is their guy. If they restructure him this offseason, he's going to be our QB for at least 2 years.
Even if not a max restructure.

Dallas had the chance to do a reset, soft or hard, and decided to double down on their core guys.

He is the guy now because his contract says so. You can’t trade him even without a no trade clause

 

[John813]

He is the guy now because his contract says so. You can’t trade him even without a no trade clause

Of course. The whole thread is hypothetical if he would waive the NTC.

 

[75boyz]

You draft a quarterback in the first round and you bench Dak.


It's pretty simple. I know the Jonses don't want to do that because it would imply they made a mistake, but knowing Dak, he's too proud to sit on the bench. He will eventually succumb to the fact that his career in Dallas is over. The NFL is a cold hearted business but the fact is Dak is one of the reasons this organization is in shambles.

1. Hire a head coach with a backbone

2. Empower that head coach

3. Draft a quarterback in the first round and move on.

I mean, none of this is wrong.

It just wont happen because of what you said about it implying a mistake was made.

A sad reality to face but nonetheless this is Cowboys reality.

 

[JustChip]

Your link is looking at this from the team's perspective. If they want to trade a player, they have to be willing to take on the dead cap charge. You can't trade away dead money. You make a trade, you have to account for that dead money. So when trading a player, the team has to be willing to take on any dead money created due to the transaction. You don't have the option of moving any of that to the team trading for said player.

But above you seemingly think that the Cowboys can somehow trade away dead cap money but if they are willing to eat much of it, they can make the trade easier. That's not how this works. The only thing the Cowboys could do is agree to pay some of the future cash that would be owed to Dak but that just increases their already LARGE dead money hit.

I readily admit I’m not a Capologist, but isn’t the dead cap hit simply the remaining prorated signing bonus that was paid? Couldn’t the contract be restructured converting that to guaranteed future salary. That amount would have to be paid back to the Cowboys by Dak and then Dak and the new team would rework the contract again converting future guaranteed salary to bonus.

Obviously, Dak would have to agree to all this, but if he’s willing to waive his NTC, which he only does if he wants out of town.

 

[john van brocklin]

You draft a quarterback in the first round and you bench Dak.


It's pretty simple. I know the Jonses don't want to do that because it would imply they made a mistake, but knowing Dak, he's too proud to sit on the bench. He will eventually succumb to the fact that his career in Dallas is over. The NFL is a cold hearted business but the fact is Dak is one of the reasons this organization is in shambles.

1. Hire a head coach with a backbone

2. Empower that head coach

3. Draft a quarterback in the first round and move on.

Jerry admitting he made a 60m mistake?

 

[khiladi]

You draft a quarterback in the first round and you bench Dak.


It's pretty simple. I know the Jonses don't want to do that because it would imply they made a mistake, but knowing Dak, he's too proud to sit on the bench. He will eventually succumb to the fact that his career in Dallas is over. The NFL is a cold hearted business but the fact is Dak is one of the reasons this organization is in shambles.

1. Hire a head coach with a backbone

2. Empower that head coach

3. Draft a quarterback in the first round and move on.

I see get rid of Dak and I like the post, no matter how unlikely or out there it is..

 

[America's Cowboy]

You draft a quarterback in the first round and you bench Dak.


It's pretty simple. I know the Jonses don't want to do that because it would imply they made a mistake, but knowing Dak, he's too proud to sit on the bench. He will eventually succumb to the fact that his career in Dallas is over. The NFL is a cold hearted business but the fact is Dak is one of the reasons this organization is in shambles.

1. Hire a head coach with a backbone

2. Empower that head coach

3. Draft a quarterback in the first round and move on.

Lmao! Typical Romo loving fanatics who never stop with your nonsense.

I bet you never said this about Romo.

 

[Clove]

You draft a quarterback in the first round and you bench Dak.


It's pretty simple. I know the Jonses don't want to do that because it would imply they made a mistake, but knowing Dak, he's too proud to sit on the bench. He will eventually succumb to the fact that his career in Dallas is over. The NFL is a cold hearted business but the fact is Dak is one of the reasons this organization is in shambles.

1. Hire a head coach with a backbone

2. Empower that head coach

3. Draft a quarterback in the first round and move on.

You draft Manning, he'll be begging to be traded, but to get to that, you have to be the worst NFL team next year. I don't mind giving up 1 year to have 10 years or greatness.

 

[conner01]

Of course. The whole thread is hypothetical if he would waive the NTC.

But it doesn’t matter if he waived it is the point. The no trade clause isn’t why you can’t trade him, the contract is. It’s gonna be 3 years or so before it’s even possible financially

 

[SultanOfSix]

The contract with Dak is what you get when Dumb & Dumber run the show.

 

[DasTex]

Dak would laugh and happily cash his checks every week.

 

[John813]

But it doesn’t matter if he waived it is the point. The no trade clause isn’t why you can’t trade him, the contract is. It’s gonna be 3 years or so before it’s even possible financially

Disagree on that part.
Dak already got paid the huge signing bonus. If traded, there's no actually salary penalties towards Dallas. They eat dead cap.
The team that trades for him is stuck with the guaranteed salary, but not the signing bonus cap hits.

If Dallas wanted him gone, Dak waived the NTC, they could trade him after June 1st. There will be dead caps on the 2025 cap and 2026.
However, ownership isn't paying any more than what has been paid.

His cap hit for 2025 as of now is 89.89mil. If June first traded it drops to 42.16mil, or a net savings of 47.75mil for 2025 which could be rolled int 2026.
His cap in 2026 if stays on is 67.69mil. If traded in June of 2025 his dead cap hit for 2026 is 61.1mil, or still saving ~6mil even with all that dead cap.

It's feasible this offseason from a financial point of view if they have a buyer after June 1st and Dak waives.

The team acquiring him would need 47.75mil of cap space to obtain him. They could free up more cap space by renegotiating his deal, and dropping his salary into a signing bonus. If wanted so.

The team would have the roll the dice like Denver hoping a rookie QB could start and be a bus driver to survive the 2025 and 2026 dead caps to a QB that's no longer here.
Or pay Lance a cheap deal

 

[Steve007]

You draft a quarterback in the first round and you bench Dak.


It's pretty simple. I know the Jonses don't want to do that because it would imply they made a mistake, but knowing Dak, he's too proud to sit on the bench. He will eventually succumb to the fact that his career in Dallas is over. The NFL is a cold hearted business but the fact is Dak is one of the reasons this organization is in shambles.

1. Hire a head coach with a backbone

2. Empower that head coach

3. Draft a quarterback in the first round and move on.

Jerry would never do that and, no team would want Daks contract.

 

[Captain43Crash]

You draft a quarterback in the first round and you bench Dak.


It's pretty simple. I know the Jonses don't want to do that because it would imply they made a mistake, but knowing Dak, he's too proud to sit on the bench. He will eventually succumb to the fact that his career in Dallas is over. The NFL is a cold hearted business but the fact is Dak is one of the reasons this organization is in shambles.

1. Hire a head coach with a backbone

2. Empower that head coach

3. Draft a quarterback in the first round and move on.

Like a thousand times!!!!

This means Belichick or Deon need to be the HC!

 

[Whirlwin]

You draft a quarterback in the first round and you bench Dak.


It's pretty simple. I know the Jonses don't want to do that because it would imply they made a mistake, but knowing Dak, he's too proud to sit on the bench. He will eventually succumb to the fact that his career in Dallas is over. The NFL is a cold hearted business but the fact is Dak is one of the reasons this organization is in shambles.

1. Hire a head coach with a backbone

2. Empower that head coach

3. Draft a quarterback in the first round and move on.

Benching Prescott is not going to make him want to go to a different team. What should’ve made him want to go is no one appreciating him here if that doesn’t work nothing’s going to work. We’re stuck with him until he wants to go on his own.

 

[Whirlwin]

Jerry would never do that and, no team would want Daks contract.

Don’t bet on it