Would you want Dak resigned at Discount rate or let him walk/trade?

[BKBDAD]

He needs to LEAVE. I don’t care the price. Let him join his best friend up in NE. I wouldn’t even want him on this team if he were ZERO dollars. He’s done his due damage and it’s time to move on and clean up his mess.

I agree we would be better off him but let’s be real, Dak hasn’t caused a mess or done damage to the Cowboys or us as fans! He is still a human that has a skill set that makes him one of the few. Has he underperformed, absolutely but not by his choice! I’m sure Dak is hurting and is as pissed off as anyone!

He needs to LEAVE. I don’t care the price. Let him join his best friend up in NE. I wouldn’t even want him on this team if he were ZERO dollars. He’s done his due damage and it’s time to move on and clean up his mess.

He needs to LEAVE. I don’t care the price. Let him join his best friend up in NE. I wouldn’t even want him on this team if he were ZERO dollars. He’s done his due damage and it’s time to move on and clean up his mess.

 

[ScipioCowboy]

Dak is not a path forward.

 

[5Stars]

If Dak is released, he has a $60 million cap hit whether we keep him or release him.
Therefore, the Cowboys want to sign him to an extension to prevent that big of a hit.
Going into the Playoffs, it was almost guaranteed that he was going to get Top of the Market salary.
Now, with his disastrous performance, there is no way the Cowboys can justify paying him that nor any where near the $50 million range.
His last contract averaged $40 million a year. In those 4 years he has 1 playoff Wild Card win.
So, do you let Dak play his last year and absorb the $60 million cap hit?
Give him an a $50 Million+ extension?
Would you like him to resign but only on a sub $50 million deal?
Dak doesn't have much leverage for a trade because no team can justify to their fanbase giving Dak a premium deal.
But the Cowboys don't have much leverage either given the Cap hit.
The Cowboys fanbase will be irate if he gives Dak a premium deal which would hamper the team for the next few years.

lol...I like open questions like this, that none of us can answer.

I think the deal is done, Dak will get resigned for next year, if he wants to stay.
(try and trade me if you can) clause is his decision.

Or, maybe better yet, keep him on the team and give him some more time and money?
Whatever the decision, Dak does it best...

 

[BKBDAD]

Just to answer the question. Discount. It's hard to find talent in the NFL especially quarterback talent. I'm not saying Dak is elite, he's not the guy that pulls the rest of the team with him, but he is a guy that can be part of the formula. And for that formula to work he has to come at a discount price. He has to have that offensive line and running game. He needs Rookie Zeke and last year's Tony Pollard and this year's CeeDee. And that's just on one side of the ball. So if Dak is serious about really wanting to win a championship, he will work out a deal that gives a lot of thought to his supporting cast.

Maybe but at the end of the day, Dak is not Tom Brady! He personally has choked in so many games that at this point I don’t think it would matter! The boys have had talent and also the Jones’ were around 13 million under the CAP this season and signed no one!! The question is: can Dak produce when it matters most and the last 8 YEARS tell us NO!

 

[BKBDAD]

If Dak is released, he has a $60 million cap hit whether we keep him or release him.
Therefore, the Cowboys want to sign him to an extension to prevent that big of a hit.
Going into the Playoffs, it was almost guaranteed that he was going to get Top of the Market salary.
Now, with his disastrous performance, there is no way the Cowboys can justify paying him that nor any where near the $50 million range.
His last contract averaged $40 million a year. In those 4 years he has 1 playoff Wild Card win.
So, do you let Dak play his last year and absorb the $60 million cap hit?
Give him an a $50 Million+ extension?
Would you like him to resign but only on a sub $50 million deal?
Dak doesn't have much leverage for a trade because no team can justify to their fanbase giving Dak a premium deal.
But the Cowboys don't have much leverage either given the Cap hit.
The Cowboys fanbase will be irate if he gives Dak a premium deal which would hamper the team for the next few years.

Keep him next year under the current contract, DO NOT EXTEND, and cut him lose before the 2025 season. Now if by an act of God we were to go to a Super Bowl next year then that’s a different discussion!!

 

[bottleKids]

The post you quoted I said “a rough period could be a decade or more.” A decade is 10 years. Teams like Washington and the Jets have been looking for a franchise QB much longer than that.

We have not had much to cheer for over the last 20 years... just saying.

 

[StylisticS]

This is not true, it is as 25M cap hit and 35M savings with a post June 1 cut... everyone saying Todd France fleeced us is just recycling their own unresearched information.

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

Question. I know you can designate a cut for post June 1. There is no way you can do that for trades, right? Or is it just self explanatory. A post June 1 trade is just that, a post June 1 trade.

 

[mardwin]

You trust him with the ball in another playoff game?

If he's wearing a different uniform let him choke somewhere else.

 

[Captain-Crash]

nope

 

[ShortRound]

If he's wearing a different uniform let him choke somewhere else.

That GM would get fired

 

[KJJ]

We have not had much to cheer for over the last 20 years... just saying.

We’ve had a lot more to cheer about than some teams….just saying.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

I don't look it at like that. If my goal is a super bowl, I cannot pay a QB of that skill level $50M+ and have enough talent around him to compete for a super bowl.

Given the current QB market we would be foolish to cut him at his current price tag. If he leaves some desperate fools will pay him $60M and you will get a second round compensatory pick.

 

[CowboysLakerBamaFan]

Can we please put to bed this whole "day needs to take a discount" thing?

That doesn't happen. It just doesn't.

The players union would destroy a player for doing that even if he wanted to take a "discount"...which he doesn't.

As big a choke artist as he is, the fact is there just aren't too many really good QBs these days. So SOMEBODY would pay him top dollar for a guy who can drum up hype during the tegar season.

Stop with the discount.

And don't bring up TB12 (the "charity" which thru Kraft illegally compensated Brady)

 

[SquidwardTentacles]

If Dak is released, he has a $60 million cap hit whether we keep him or release him.
Therefore, the Cowboys want to sign him to an extension to prevent that big of a hit.
Going into the Playoffs, it was almost guaranteed that he was going to get Top of the Market salary.
Now, with his disastrous performance, there is no way the Cowboys can justify paying him that nor any where near the $50 million range.
His last contract averaged $40 million a year. In those 4 years he has 1 playoff Wild Card win.
So, do you let Dak play his last year and absorb the $60 million cap hit?
Give him an a $50 Million+ extension?
Would you like him to resign but only on a sub $50 million deal?
Dak doesn't have much leverage for a trade because no team can justify to their fanbase giving Dak a premium deal.
But the Cowboys don't have much leverage either given the Cap hit.
The Cowboys fanbase will be irate if he gives Dak a premium deal which would hamper the team for the next few years.

No other team has a Dak, and several of them are still in the playoffs.
Let him go.

 

[SquidwardTentacles]

You trust him with the ball in another playoff game?

That's like trusting your girl not to cheat on you, again.

 

[LowTech]

trade him, just get him out of here

 

[plymkr]

If Dak is released, he has a $60 million cap hit whether we keep him or release him.
Therefore, the Cowboys want to sign him to an extension to prevent that big of a hit.
Going into the Playoffs, it was almost guaranteed that he was going to get Top of the Market salary.
Now, with his disastrous performance, there is no way the Cowboys can justify paying him that nor any where near the $50 million range.
His last contract averaged $40 million a year. In those 4 years he has 1 playoff Wild Card win.
So, do you let Dak play his last year and absorb the $60 million cap hit?
Give him an a $50 Million+ extension?
Would you like him to resign but only on a sub $50 million deal?
Dak doesn't have much leverage for a trade because no team can justify to their fanbase giving Dak a premium deal.
But the Cowboys don't have much leverage either given the Cap hit.
The Cowboys fanbase will be irate if he gives Dak a premium deal which would hamper the team for the next few years.

This is a good question. I’ve thought about this. If Dak took a huge pay cut and extended his deal to give us salary cap room then I would do it. Only if the goal is to develop a young QB, Ala Lance or a draftee.

My thinking is we should go youth at QB and rent a veteran for a year or 2. So like Tyron Taylor or Foles type while Trey or draftee is developing. If we “rented” Dak for a year or two more with that plan then I’m all in. Only if it’s significantly cheaper, so like you said 2 years at 25 million a year.

If we extend Dak to be the #1 and reset the market with the extension then I’m obviously out and probably wouldn’t invest too much time until Dak is gone.

 

[plymkr]

That's like trusting your girl not to cheat on you, again.

Lol, I’ve learned from experience that’s a bad idea. Once a cheater always a cheater. Once a choker always a choker. If we expect anything else we’re delusional.

 

[bottleKids]

We’ve had a lot more to cheer about than some teams….just saying.

Yes - I agree with you... always could be worse. I remember the feelings of the 90s, and want that back. Call me selfish!

But yes, at least we aren't Panthers fans... lolol

 

[rnr_honeybadger]

That GM would get fired

Who cares, GM's come and go.