FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott stated he doesn’t want a contract extension to be finished earlier than the season begins Sept. 8 towards the Cleveland Browns.
However does Prescott need it completed?
“I believe it says quite a bit whether it is or if it is not,” Prescott stated Thursday. “However ‘nonetheless’ would not actually matter to me, to be trustworthy with you.”
What does it say if a deal will not be accomplished?
“Simply how folks really feel,” Prescott stated.
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On Wednesday, proprietor and basic supervisor Jerry Jones was requested what extra he must see from Prescott to ensure that a deal to get finished.
“You may simply say, ‘If you have not seen it by now, you have not seen it,'” Jones stated. “I am such a fan of Dak’s and respect the entire nice issues that everyone knows that’s there. And I respect his work ethic greater than something out right here. I can not inform you how proud I’m that we have him this yr to begin this marketing campaign. …
“If you have a look at a state of affairs, you’ve got additionally obtained to weigh, ‘OK, what are the implications of the opposite aspect of the coin?’ And so Dak’s state of affairs proper now for me, from my mirror, has extra to do with our state of affairs than it does with the deserves of Dak Prescott being the quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys.”
Prescott stated he understands Jones’ considering.
“That is the enterprise and the character of this sport that we play,” Prescott stated. “Yeah, I imply, I finished, truthfully, listening to issues that he says to the media a very long time in the past. Does not actually maintain weight with me.”
Prescott is about to play on the ultimate yr of a four-year, $160 million deal he signed in 2021. He’s scheduled to make $29 million this season and depend $55 million towards the wage cap.
Inexperienced Bay’s Jordan Love, Jacksonville’s Trevor Lawrence and Cincinnati’s Joe Burrow are the highest-paid quarterbacks at $55 million per season, adopted by Detroit’s Jared Goff at $53 million.
The Cowboys have had discussions with Prescott’s agent, Todd France, all through the summer time, however a deal doesn’t appear shut. Prescott stated it could be as much as France and the group if negotiations proceed into the common season, not him.
The Cowboys and France negotiated over a number of years earlier than their settlement in 2021. The Cowboys have solely a matter of months now as a result of they can not place the franchise tag on Prescott after the season, which can permit him to hit the open market subsequent March.
If that occurs, Prescott will depend $40 million towards the Cowboys’ 2025 wage cap.
Prescott has stated on quite a few events he needs to stay with the Cowboys, however he has acknowledged there might be a future with him enjoying in one other uniform.
“I am tremendous blessed to play this sport, to be in Yr 9, to really feel as I do, wholesome as I do, as assured as I’m, the expertise that I’ve had. I am blessed to play this sport,” Prescott stated. “I am getting paid some huge cash to do it. I’ve already obtained paid. To receives a commission once more, that is simply a part of it. I am due up for that whether or not it is signing right here or whether or not it is some place else that I do not care to consider at this second. It is all a part of it.
“For me, it is like I stated, it is about controlling what I can and being the very best model of myself, finest chief and ensure all these guys in right here perceive that we’re on a mission. It isn’t about subsequent yr proper now. It isn’t about my contract. It isn’t about something however preparing for Sport 1 towards the Browns. Easy as that.”
He’s amongst numerous key gamers, similar to Zack Martin and DeMarcus Lawrence, about to enter the ultimate yr of their contracts. Mike McCarthy and your entire teaching workers can also be on the ultimate yr of their contracts.
“Actually, you gotta find it irresistible. You gotta embrace it,” Prescott stated. “That is the problem. As soon as once more, because the gamers and the coaches, [we] haven’t got the complete say in whether or not we’re right here or not. It is about us controlling what we are able to. Proper now, it is about sticking collectively, making this locker room, embracing this tradition, embracing each other, not placing essentially strain on ourselves however understanding that this group will not be the identical after this — whether or not it’s coaches, whether or not it’s the gamers, whether or not it’s among the key items. I simply doubt it will likely be the identical. And that is the enterprise of it. Yeah, it is now. Interval.”