FRISCO, Texas — As we wait and marvel when or if the Dallas Cowboys and Dak Prescott will come to an settlement on an extension in 2024, let’s play out what some would name the worst-case situation: The quarterback does not signal an extension between now and January and is ready to turn into an unrestricted free agent in 2025.
However first, listed here are a few methods they might get to that time:
The Cowboys make the playoffs for the fourth straight 12 months, hoping to get to a Tremendous Bowl for the primary time since 1995.
With a view to get there, Prescott may have had one other prime season, like he did in 2023 when he led the NFL in landing passes with 36 and threw for 4,516 yards. Given the present state of the roster, it’s going to seemingly be Prescott’s most interesting season as a result of the Cowboys have to interchange beginning left deal with Tyron Smith, heart Tyler Biadasz, tailback Tony Pollard and broad receiver Michael Gallup.
Or …
The Cowboys miss the playoffs, however Prescott has what has turn into his common season: 25 landing passes and 9 interceptions. He performs properly sufficient to warrant a brand new deal, however there are too many holes on the roster to get again to the postseason.
What occurs subsequent?
It can turn into a mad sprint from the tip of the common season to March 12, the beginning of the 2025 league 12 months, for the Cowboys to signal Prescott to a brand new contract.
By way of all of this, that’s the deadline of deadlines.
With no new contract by then, Prescott will rely no less than $40.46 million towards the 2025 wage cap, and he won’t be on the Cowboys’ roster.
With a contract finished earlier than then, Prescott’s cap quantity might be no less than $25 million on account of the restructures the Cowboys have used on the present deal, together with changing his $5 million roster bonus earlier this month. Add within the yearly proration of a brand new signing bonus plus his base wage, and it is seemingly Prescott’s cap quantity on an extension will exceed $40 million in 2025.
In January, we introduced three choices the Cowboys had with Prescott’s contract in 2024: do nothing, add voidable years to his deal or signal him to an enormous contract extension.
Seems, they’ve finished a bit of of the second possibility to this point and never a lot of the third. They added voidable years to his contract, via 2028, after changing his roster bonus, however finally have finished nothing else.
They might nonetheless restructure his deal by changing his $29 million base wage right into a bonus and open up $18 million or so in cap room. They have not finished that but, and with big-money free company over, it would make extra sense to simply preserve the contract as is. In the event that they do restructure the bottom wage, then Prescott would rely near $58 million towards the 2025 cap if he does not have an extension earlier than the beginning of the following league 12 months.
After just lately changing his roster bonus, Prescott counts $55.45 million towards the 2024 wage cap as a substitute of $59.45 million.
Primarily based on every little thing proprietor Jerry Jones and govt vp Stephen Jones have stated this offseason, the Cowboys weren’t going to be gamers in free company even when they’d compelling wage cap room to make additions. It isn’t what they need to do, though this 12 months’s free company plan has been even slower than in recent times, with the Cowboys including solely linebacker Eric Kendricks at this level.
Prescott has the leverage with a no-trade clause and the staff’s lack of ability to make use of the franchise tag on him in 2025.
The Cowboys can hope for a team-friendly deal, however they have been hoping to get one finished in 2019, 2020 and 2021 and by no means did. Prescott and his agent, Todd France, performed the negotiations completely with the quarterback maximizing his 2021 deal (4 years, $160 million) whereas with the ability to name the photographs once more when it expires after the 2024 season.
The Cowboys are taking a bet if they’re unable to get a contract extension finished with Prescott by the beginning of the 2025 league 12 months.
What number of obtainable quarterbacks are going to be higher than Prescott? Doubtless none.
But when Prescott doesn’t get them to the Tremendous Bowl after 9 years as their beginning quarterback, it could be honest for the Cowboys to ask if he’ll ever do it for them.
And what number of groups might be available in the market for a quarterback in 2025, particularly given the groups that may choose a quarterback early within the upcoming draft?
Nearly all of those groups have contingencies on what occurs in 2024: Pittsburgh Steelers (if Russell Wilson and/or Justin Fields do not work out), Tennessee Titans (if Will Levis does not work out), Las Vegas Raiders, New Orleans Saints, Seattle Seahawks, Los Angeles Rams (if Matthew Stafford retires), Minnesota Vikings, New York Giants (if they do not draft a QB within the first spherical) and Denver Broncos (see the Giants).
What number of of them will be capable to meet Prescott’s contractual calls for? Definitely not all of them. What number of of them can be a most well-liked vacation spot for Prescott? Definitely not all of them.
If Prescott will get the Cowboys to a Tremendous Bowl, then the Joneses will gladly pay him no matter he desires.
It is a recreation of threat. And for the following 11 months we get to see all of it play out.
FRISCO, Texas — As we wait and marvel when or if the Dallas Cowboys and Dak Prescott will come to an settlement on an extension in 2024, let’s play out what some would name the worst-case situation: The quarterback does not signal an extension between now and January and is ready to turn into an unrestricted free agent in 2025.
However first, listed here are a few methods they might get to that time:
The Cowboys make the playoffs for the fourth straight 12 months, hoping to get to a Tremendous Bowl for the primary time since 1995.
With a view to get there, Prescott may have had one other prime season, like he did in 2023 when he led the NFL in landing passes with 36 and threw for 4,516 yards. Given the present state of the roster, it’s going to seemingly be Prescott’s most interesting season as a result of the Cowboys have to interchange beginning left deal with Tyron Smith, heart Tyler Biadasz, tailback Tony Pollard and broad receiver Michael Gallup.
Or …
The Cowboys miss the playoffs, however Prescott has what has turn into his common season: 25 landing passes and 9 interceptions. He performs properly sufficient to warrant a brand new deal, however there are too many holes on the roster to get again to the postseason.
What occurs subsequent?
It can turn into a mad sprint from the tip of the common season to March 12, the beginning of the 2025 league 12 months, for the Cowboys to signal Prescott to a brand new contract.
By way of all of this, that’s the deadline of deadlines.
With no new contract by then, Prescott will rely no less than $40.46 million towards the 2025 wage cap, and he won’t be on the Cowboys’ roster.
With a contract finished earlier than then, Prescott’s cap quantity might be no less than $25 million on account of the restructures the Cowboys have used on the present deal, together with changing his $5 million roster bonus earlier this month. Add within the yearly proration of a brand new signing bonus plus his base wage, and it is seemingly Prescott’s cap quantity on an extension will exceed $40 million in 2025.
In January, we introduced three choices the Cowboys had with Prescott’s contract in 2024: do nothing, add voidable years to his deal or signal him to an enormous contract extension.
Seems, they’ve finished a bit of of the second possibility to this point and never a lot of the third. They added voidable years to his contract, via 2028, after changing his roster bonus, however finally have finished nothing else.
They might nonetheless restructure his deal by changing his $29 million base wage right into a bonus and open up $18 million or so in cap room. They have not finished that but, and with big-money free company over, it would make extra sense to simply preserve the contract as is. In the event that they do restructure the bottom wage, then Prescott would rely near $58 million towards the 2025 cap if he does not have an extension earlier than the beginning of the following league 12 months.
After just lately changing his roster bonus, Prescott counts $55.45 million towards the 2024 wage cap as a substitute of $59.45 million.
Primarily based on every little thing proprietor Jerry Jones and govt vp Stephen Jones have stated this offseason, the Cowboys weren’t going to be gamers in free company even when they’d compelling wage cap room to make additions. It isn’t what they need to do, though this 12 months’s free company plan has been even slower than in recent times, with the Cowboys including solely linebacker Eric Kendricks at this level.
Prescott has the leverage with a no-trade clause and the staff’s lack of ability to make use of the franchise tag on him in 2025.
The Cowboys can hope for a team-friendly deal, however they have been hoping to get one finished in 2019, 2020 and 2021 and by no means did. Prescott and his agent, Todd France, performed the negotiations completely with the quarterback maximizing his 2021 deal (4 years, $160 million) whereas with the ability to name the photographs once more when it expires after the 2024 season.
The Cowboys are taking a bet if they’re unable to get a contract extension finished with Prescott by the beginning of the 2025 league 12 months.
What number of obtainable quarterbacks are going to be higher than Prescott? Doubtless none.
But when Prescott doesn’t get them to the Tremendous Bowl after 9 years as their beginning quarterback, it could be honest for the Cowboys to ask if he’ll ever do it for them.
And what number of groups might be available in the market for a quarterback in 2025, particularly given the groups that may choose a quarterback early within the upcoming draft?
Nearly all of those groups have contingencies on what occurs in 2024: Pittsburgh Steelers (if Russell Wilson and/or Justin Fields do not work out), Tennessee Titans (if Will Levis does not work out), Las Vegas Raiders, New Orleans Saints, Seattle Seahawks, Los Angeles Rams (if Matthew Stafford retires), Minnesota Vikings, New York Giants (if they do not draft a QB within the first spherical) and Denver Broncos (see the Giants).
What number of of them will be capable to meet Prescott’s contractual calls for? Definitely not all of them. What number of of them can be a most well-liked vacation spot for Prescott? Definitely not all of them.
If Prescott will get the Cowboys to a Tremendous Bowl, then the Joneses will gladly pay him no matter he desires.
It is a recreation of threat. And for the following 11 months we get to see all of it play out.
FRISCO, Texas — As we wait and marvel when or if the Dallas Cowboys and Dak Prescott will come to an settlement on an extension in 2024, let’s play out what some would name the worst-case situation: The quarterback does not signal an extension between now and January and is ready to turn into an unrestricted free agent in 2025.
However first, listed here are a few methods they might get to that time:
The Cowboys make the playoffs for the fourth straight 12 months, hoping to get to a Tremendous Bowl for the primary time since 1995.
With a view to get there, Prescott may have had one other prime season, like he did in 2023 when he led the NFL in landing passes with 36 and threw for 4,516 yards. Given the present state of the roster, it’s going to seemingly be Prescott’s most interesting season as a result of the Cowboys have to interchange beginning left deal with Tyron Smith, heart Tyler Biadasz, tailback Tony Pollard and broad receiver Michael Gallup.
Or …
The Cowboys miss the playoffs, however Prescott has what has turn into his common season: 25 landing passes and 9 interceptions. He performs properly sufficient to warrant a brand new deal, however there are too many holes on the roster to get again to the postseason.
What occurs subsequent?
It can turn into a mad sprint from the tip of the common season to March 12, the beginning of the 2025 league 12 months, for the Cowboys to signal Prescott to a brand new contract.
By way of all of this, that’s the deadline of deadlines.
With no new contract by then, Prescott will rely no less than $40.46 million towards the 2025 wage cap, and he won’t be on the Cowboys’ roster.
With a contract finished earlier than then, Prescott’s cap quantity might be no less than $25 million on account of the restructures the Cowboys have used on the present deal, together with changing his $5 million roster bonus earlier this month. Add within the yearly proration of a brand new signing bonus plus his base wage, and it is seemingly Prescott’s cap quantity on an extension will exceed $40 million in 2025.
In January, we introduced three choices the Cowboys had with Prescott’s contract in 2024: do nothing, add voidable years to his deal or signal him to an enormous contract extension.
Seems, they’ve finished a bit of of the second possibility to this point and never a lot of the third. They added voidable years to his contract, via 2028, after changing his roster bonus, however finally have finished nothing else.
They might nonetheless restructure his deal by changing his $29 million base wage right into a bonus and open up $18 million or so in cap room. They have not finished that but, and with big-money free company over, it would make extra sense to simply preserve the contract as is. In the event that they do restructure the bottom wage, then Prescott would rely near $58 million towards the 2025 cap if he does not have an extension earlier than the beginning of the following league 12 months.
After just lately changing his roster bonus, Prescott counts $55.45 million towards the 2024 wage cap as a substitute of $59.45 million.
Primarily based on every little thing proprietor Jerry Jones and govt vp Stephen Jones have stated this offseason, the Cowboys weren’t going to be gamers in free company even when they’d compelling wage cap room to make additions. It isn’t what they need to do, though this 12 months’s free company plan has been even slower than in recent times, with the Cowboys including solely linebacker Eric Kendricks at this level.
Prescott has the leverage with a no-trade clause and the staff’s lack of ability to make use of the franchise tag on him in 2025.
The Cowboys can hope for a team-friendly deal, however they have been hoping to get one finished in 2019, 2020 and 2021 and by no means did. Prescott and his agent, Todd France, performed the negotiations completely with the quarterback maximizing his 2021 deal (4 years, $160 million) whereas with the ability to name the photographs once more when it expires after the 2024 season.
The Cowboys are taking a bet if they’re unable to get a contract extension finished with Prescott by the beginning of the 2025 league 12 months.
What number of obtainable quarterbacks are going to be higher than Prescott? Doubtless none.
But when Prescott doesn’t get them to the Tremendous Bowl after 9 years as their beginning quarterback, it could be honest for the Cowboys to ask if he’ll ever do it for them.
And what number of groups might be available in the market for a quarterback in 2025, particularly given the groups that may choose a quarterback early within the upcoming draft?
Nearly all of those groups have contingencies on what occurs in 2024: Pittsburgh Steelers (if Russell Wilson and/or Justin Fields do not work out), Tennessee Titans (if Will Levis does not work out), Las Vegas Raiders, New Orleans Saints, Seattle Seahawks, Los Angeles Rams (if Matthew Stafford retires), Minnesota Vikings, New York Giants (if they do not draft a QB within the first spherical) and Denver Broncos (see the Giants).
What number of of them will be capable to meet Prescott’s contractual calls for? Definitely not all of them. What number of of them can be a most well-liked vacation spot for Prescott? Definitely not all of them.
If Prescott will get the Cowboys to a Tremendous Bowl, then the Joneses will gladly pay him no matter he desires.
It is a recreation of threat. And for the following 11 months we get to see all of it play out.
FRISCO, Texas — As we wait and marvel when or if the Dallas Cowboys and Dak Prescott will come to an settlement on an extension in 2024, let’s play out what some would name the worst-case situation: The quarterback does not signal an extension between now and January and is ready to turn into an unrestricted free agent in 2025.
However first, listed here are a few methods they might get to that time:
The Cowboys make the playoffs for the fourth straight 12 months, hoping to get to a Tremendous Bowl for the primary time since 1995.
With a view to get there, Prescott may have had one other prime season, like he did in 2023 when he led the NFL in landing passes with 36 and threw for 4,516 yards. Given the present state of the roster, it’s going to seemingly be Prescott’s most interesting season as a result of the Cowboys have to interchange beginning left deal with Tyron Smith, heart Tyler Biadasz, tailback Tony Pollard and broad receiver Michael Gallup.
Or …
The Cowboys miss the playoffs, however Prescott has what has turn into his common season: 25 landing passes and 9 interceptions. He performs properly sufficient to warrant a brand new deal, however there are too many holes on the roster to get again to the postseason.
What occurs subsequent?
It can turn into a mad sprint from the tip of the common season to March 12, the beginning of the 2025 league 12 months, for the Cowboys to signal Prescott to a brand new contract.
By way of all of this, that’s the deadline of deadlines.
With no new contract by then, Prescott will rely no less than $40.46 million towards the 2025 wage cap, and he won’t be on the Cowboys’ roster.
With a contract finished earlier than then, Prescott’s cap quantity might be no less than $25 million on account of the restructures the Cowboys have used on the present deal, together with changing his $5 million roster bonus earlier this month. Add within the yearly proration of a brand new signing bonus plus his base wage, and it is seemingly Prescott’s cap quantity on an extension will exceed $40 million in 2025.
In January, we introduced three choices the Cowboys had with Prescott’s contract in 2024: do nothing, add voidable years to his deal or signal him to an enormous contract extension.
Seems, they’ve finished a bit of of the second possibility to this point and never a lot of the third. They added voidable years to his contract, via 2028, after changing his roster bonus, however finally have finished nothing else.
They might nonetheless restructure his deal by changing his $29 million base wage right into a bonus and open up $18 million or so in cap room. They have not finished that but, and with big-money free company over, it would make extra sense to simply preserve the contract as is. In the event that they do restructure the bottom wage, then Prescott would rely near $58 million towards the 2025 cap if he does not have an extension earlier than the beginning of the following league 12 months.
After just lately changing his roster bonus, Prescott counts $55.45 million towards the 2024 wage cap as a substitute of $59.45 million.
Primarily based on every little thing proprietor Jerry Jones and govt vp Stephen Jones have stated this offseason, the Cowboys weren’t going to be gamers in free company even when they’d compelling wage cap room to make additions. It isn’t what they need to do, though this 12 months’s free company plan has been even slower than in recent times, with the Cowboys including solely linebacker Eric Kendricks at this level.
Prescott has the leverage with a no-trade clause and the staff’s lack of ability to make use of the franchise tag on him in 2025.
The Cowboys can hope for a team-friendly deal, however they have been hoping to get one finished in 2019, 2020 and 2021 and by no means did. Prescott and his agent, Todd France, performed the negotiations completely with the quarterback maximizing his 2021 deal (4 years, $160 million) whereas with the ability to name the photographs once more when it expires after the 2024 season.
The Cowboys are taking a bet if they’re unable to get a contract extension finished with Prescott by the beginning of the 2025 league 12 months.
What number of obtainable quarterbacks are going to be higher than Prescott? Doubtless none.
But when Prescott doesn’t get them to the Tremendous Bowl after 9 years as their beginning quarterback, it could be honest for the Cowboys to ask if he’ll ever do it for them.
And what number of groups might be available in the market for a quarterback in 2025, particularly given the groups that may choose a quarterback early within the upcoming draft?
Nearly all of those groups have contingencies on what occurs in 2024: Pittsburgh Steelers (if Russell Wilson and/or Justin Fields do not work out), Tennessee Titans (if Will Levis does not work out), Las Vegas Raiders, New Orleans Saints, Seattle Seahawks, Los Angeles Rams (if Matthew Stafford retires), Minnesota Vikings, New York Giants (if they do not draft a QB within the first spherical) and Denver Broncos (see the Giants).
What number of of them will be capable to meet Prescott’s contractual calls for? Definitely not all of them. What number of of them can be a most well-liked vacation spot for Prescott? Definitely not all of them.
If Prescott will get the Cowboys to a Tremendous Bowl, then the Joneses will gladly pay him no matter he desires.
It is a recreation of threat. And for the following 11 months we get to see all of it play out.
FRISCO, Texas — As we wait and marvel when or if the Dallas Cowboys and Dak Prescott will come to an settlement on an extension in 2024, let’s play out what some would name the worst-case situation: The quarterback does not signal an extension between now and January and is ready to turn into an unrestricted free agent in 2025.
However first, listed here are a few methods they might get to that time:
The Cowboys make the playoffs for the fourth straight 12 months, hoping to get to a Tremendous Bowl for the primary time since 1995.
With a view to get there, Prescott may have had one other prime season, like he did in 2023 when he led the NFL in landing passes with 36 and threw for 4,516 yards. Given the present state of the roster, it’s going to seemingly be Prescott’s most interesting season as a result of the Cowboys have to interchange beginning left deal with Tyron Smith, heart Tyler Biadasz, tailback Tony Pollard and broad receiver Michael Gallup.
Or …
The Cowboys miss the playoffs, however Prescott has what has turn into his common season: 25 landing passes and 9 interceptions. He performs properly sufficient to warrant a brand new deal, however there are too many holes on the roster to get again to the postseason.
What occurs subsequent?
It can turn into a mad sprint from the tip of the common season to March 12, the beginning of the 2025 league 12 months, for the Cowboys to signal Prescott to a brand new contract.
By way of all of this, that’s the deadline of deadlines.
With no new contract by then, Prescott will rely no less than $40.46 million towards the 2025 wage cap, and he won’t be on the Cowboys’ roster.
With a contract finished earlier than then, Prescott’s cap quantity might be no less than $25 million on account of the restructures the Cowboys have used on the present deal, together with changing his $5 million roster bonus earlier this month. Add within the yearly proration of a brand new signing bonus plus his base wage, and it is seemingly Prescott’s cap quantity on an extension will exceed $40 million in 2025.
In January, we introduced three choices the Cowboys had with Prescott’s contract in 2024: do nothing, add voidable years to his deal or signal him to an enormous contract extension.
Seems, they’ve finished a bit of of the second possibility to this point and never a lot of the third. They added voidable years to his contract, via 2028, after changing his roster bonus, however finally have finished nothing else.
They might nonetheless restructure his deal by changing his $29 million base wage right into a bonus and open up $18 million or so in cap room. They have not finished that but, and with big-money free company over, it would make extra sense to simply preserve the contract as is. In the event that they do restructure the bottom wage, then Prescott would rely near $58 million towards the 2025 cap if he does not have an extension earlier than the beginning of the following league 12 months.
After just lately changing his roster bonus, Prescott counts $55.45 million towards the 2024 wage cap as a substitute of $59.45 million.
Primarily based on every little thing proprietor Jerry Jones and govt vp Stephen Jones have stated this offseason, the Cowboys weren’t going to be gamers in free company even when they’d compelling wage cap room to make additions. It isn’t what they need to do, though this 12 months’s free company plan has been even slower than in recent times, with the Cowboys including solely linebacker Eric Kendricks at this level.
Prescott has the leverage with a no-trade clause and the staff’s lack of ability to make use of the franchise tag on him in 2025.
The Cowboys can hope for a team-friendly deal, however they have been hoping to get one finished in 2019, 2020 and 2021 and by no means did. Prescott and his agent, Todd France, performed the negotiations completely with the quarterback maximizing his 2021 deal (4 years, $160 million) whereas with the ability to name the photographs once more when it expires after the 2024 season.
The Cowboys are taking a bet if they’re unable to get a contract extension finished with Prescott by the beginning of the 2025 league 12 months.
What number of obtainable quarterbacks are going to be higher than Prescott? Doubtless none.
But when Prescott doesn’t get them to the Tremendous Bowl after 9 years as their beginning quarterback, it could be honest for the Cowboys to ask if he’ll ever do it for them.
And what number of groups might be available in the market for a quarterback in 2025, particularly given the groups that may choose a quarterback early within the upcoming draft?
Nearly all of those groups have contingencies on what occurs in 2024: Pittsburgh Steelers (if Russell Wilson and/or Justin Fields do not work out), Tennessee Titans (if Will Levis does not work out), Las Vegas Raiders, New Orleans Saints, Seattle Seahawks, Los Angeles Rams (if Matthew Stafford retires), Minnesota Vikings, New York Giants (if they do not draft a QB within the first spherical) and Denver Broncos (see the Giants).
What number of of them will be capable to meet Prescott’s contractual calls for? Definitely not all of them. What number of of them can be a most well-liked vacation spot for Prescott? Definitely not all of them.
If Prescott will get the Cowboys to a Tremendous Bowl, then the Joneses will gladly pay him no matter he desires.
It is a recreation of threat. And for the following 11 months we get to see all of it play out.
FRISCO, Texas — As we wait and marvel when or if the Dallas Cowboys and Dak Prescott will come to an settlement on an extension in 2024, let’s play out what some would name the worst-case situation: The quarterback does not signal an extension between now and January and is ready to turn into an unrestricted free agent in 2025.
However first, listed here are a few methods they might get to that time:
The Cowboys make the playoffs for the fourth straight 12 months, hoping to get to a Tremendous Bowl for the primary time since 1995.
With a view to get there, Prescott may have had one other prime season, like he did in 2023 when he led the NFL in landing passes with 36 and threw for 4,516 yards. Given the present state of the roster, it’s going to seemingly be Prescott’s most interesting season as a result of the Cowboys have to interchange beginning left deal with Tyron Smith, heart Tyler Biadasz, tailback Tony Pollard and broad receiver Michael Gallup.
Or …
The Cowboys miss the playoffs, however Prescott has what has turn into his common season: 25 landing passes and 9 interceptions. He performs properly sufficient to warrant a brand new deal, however there are too many holes on the roster to get again to the postseason.
What occurs subsequent?
It can turn into a mad sprint from the tip of the common season to March 12, the beginning of the 2025 league 12 months, for the Cowboys to signal Prescott to a brand new contract.
By way of all of this, that’s the deadline of deadlines.
With no new contract by then, Prescott will rely no less than $40.46 million towards the 2025 wage cap, and he won’t be on the Cowboys’ roster.
With a contract finished earlier than then, Prescott’s cap quantity might be no less than $25 million on account of the restructures the Cowboys have used on the present deal, together with changing his $5 million roster bonus earlier this month. Add within the yearly proration of a brand new signing bonus plus his base wage, and it is seemingly Prescott’s cap quantity on an extension will exceed $40 million in 2025.
In January, we introduced three choices the Cowboys had with Prescott’s contract in 2024: do nothing, add voidable years to his deal or signal him to an enormous contract extension.
Seems, they’ve finished a bit of of the second possibility to this point and never a lot of the third. They added voidable years to his contract, via 2028, after changing his roster bonus, however finally have finished nothing else.
They might nonetheless restructure his deal by changing his $29 million base wage right into a bonus and open up $18 million or so in cap room. They have not finished that but, and with big-money free company over, it would make extra sense to simply preserve the contract as is. In the event that they do restructure the bottom wage, then Prescott would rely near $58 million towards the 2025 cap if he does not have an extension earlier than the beginning of the following league 12 months.
After just lately changing his roster bonus, Prescott counts $55.45 million towards the 2024 wage cap as a substitute of $59.45 million.
Primarily based on every little thing proprietor Jerry Jones and govt vp Stephen Jones have stated this offseason, the Cowboys weren’t going to be gamers in free company even when they’d compelling wage cap room to make additions. It isn’t what they need to do, though this 12 months’s free company plan has been even slower than in recent times, with the Cowboys including solely linebacker Eric Kendricks at this level.
Prescott has the leverage with a no-trade clause and the staff’s lack of ability to make use of the franchise tag on him in 2025.
The Cowboys can hope for a team-friendly deal, however they have been hoping to get one finished in 2019, 2020 and 2021 and by no means did. Prescott and his agent, Todd France, performed the negotiations completely with the quarterback maximizing his 2021 deal (4 years, $160 million) whereas with the ability to name the photographs once more when it expires after the 2024 season.
The Cowboys are taking a bet if they’re unable to get a contract extension finished with Prescott by the beginning of the 2025 league 12 months.
What number of obtainable quarterbacks are going to be higher than Prescott? Doubtless none.
But when Prescott doesn’t get them to the Tremendous Bowl after 9 years as their beginning quarterback, it could be honest for the Cowboys to ask if he’ll ever do it for them.
And what number of groups might be available in the market for a quarterback in 2025, particularly given the groups that may choose a quarterback early within the upcoming draft?
Nearly all of those groups have contingencies on what occurs in 2024: Pittsburgh Steelers (if Russell Wilson and/or Justin Fields do not work out), Tennessee Titans (if Will Levis does not work out), Las Vegas Raiders, New Orleans Saints, Seattle Seahawks, Los Angeles Rams (if Matthew Stafford retires), Minnesota Vikings, New York Giants (if they do not draft a QB within the first spherical) and Denver Broncos (see the Giants).
What number of of them will be capable to meet Prescott’s contractual calls for? Definitely not all of them. What number of of them can be a most well-liked vacation spot for Prescott? Definitely not all of them.
If Prescott will get the Cowboys to a Tremendous Bowl, then the Joneses will gladly pay him no matter he desires.
It is a recreation of threat. And for the following 11 months we get to see all of it play out.
FRISCO, Texas — As we wait and marvel when or if the Dallas Cowboys and Dak Prescott will come to an settlement on an extension in 2024, let’s play out what some would name the worst-case situation: The quarterback does not signal an extension between now and January and is ready to turn into an unrestricted free agent in 2025.
However first, listed here are a few methods they might get to that time:
The Cowboys make the playoffs for the fourth straight 12 months, hoping to get to a Tremendous Bowl for the primary time since 1995.
With a view to get there, Prescott may have had one other prime season, like he did in 2023 when he led the NFL in landing passes with 36 and threw for 4,516 yards. Given the present state of the roster, it’s going to seemingly be Prescott’s most interesting season as a result of the Cowboys have to interchange beginning left deal with Tyron Smith, heart Tyler Biadasz, tailback Tony Pollard and broad receiver Michael Gallup.
Or …
The Cowboys miss the playoffs, however Prescott has what has turn into his common season: 25 landing passes and 9 interceptions. He performs properly sufficient to warrant a brand new deal, however there are too many holes on the roster to get again to the postseason.
What occurs subsequent?
It can turn into a mad sprint from the tip of the common season to March 12, the beginning of the 2025 league 12 months, for the Cowboys to signal Prescott to a brand new contract.
By way of all of this, that’s the deadline of deadlines.
With no new contract by then, Prescott will rely no less than $40.46 million towards the 2025 wage cap, and he won’t be on the Cowboys’ roster.
With a contract finished earlier than then, Prescott’s cap quantity might be no less than $25 million on account of the restructures the Cowboys have used on the present deal, together with changing his $5 million roster bonus earlier this month. Add within the yearly proration of a brand new signing bonus plus his base wage, and it is seemingly Prescott’s cap quantity on an extension will exceed $40 million in 2025.
In January, we introduced three choices the Cowboys had with Prescott’s contract in 2024: do nothing, add voidable years to his deal or signal him to an enormous contract extension.
Seems, they’ve finished a bit of of the second possibility to this point and never a lot of the third. They added voidable years to his contract, via 2028, after changing his roster bonus, however finally have finished nothing else.
They might nonetheless restructure his deal by changing his $29 million base wage right into a bonus and open up $18 million or so in cap room. They have not finished that but, and with big-money free company over, it would make extra sense to simply preserve the contract as is. In the event that they do restructure the bottom wage, then Prescott would rely near $58 million towards the 2025 cap if he does not have an extension earlier than the beginning of the following league 12 months.
After just lately changing his roster bonus, Prescott counts $55.45 million towards the 2024 wage cap as a substitute of $59.45 million.
Primarily based on every little thing proprietor Jerry Jones and govt vp Stephen Jones have stated this offseason, the Cowboys weren’t going to be gamers in free company even when they’d compelling wage cap room to make additions. It isn’t what they need to do, though this 12 months’s free company plan has been even slower than in recent times, with the Cowboys including solely linebacker Eric Kendricks at this level.
Prescott has the leverage with a no-trade clause and the staff’s lack of ability to make use of the franchise tag on him in 2025.
The Cowboys can hope for a team-friendly deal, however they have been hoping to get one finished in 2019, 2020 and 2021 and by no means did. Prescott and his agent, Todd France, performed the negotiations completely with the quarterback maximizing his 2021 deal (4 years, $160 million) whereas with the ability to name the photographs once more when it expires after the 2024 season.
The Cowboys are taking a bet if they’re unable to get a contract extension finished with Prescott by the beginning of the 2025 league 12 months.
What number of obtainable quarterbacks are going to be higher than Prescott? Doubtless none.
But when Prescott doesn’t get them to the Tremendous Bowl after 9 years as their beginning quarterback, it could be honest for the Cowboys to ask if he’ll ever do it for them.
And what number of groups might be available in the market for a quarterback in 2025, particularly given the groups that may choose a quarterback early within the upcoming draft?
Nearly all of those groups have contingencies on what occurs in 2024: Pittsburgh Steelers (if Russell Wilson and/or Justin Fields do not work out), Tennessee Titans (if Will Levis does not work out), Las Vegas Raiders, New Orleans Saints, Seattle Seahawks, Los Angeles Rams (if Matthew Stafford retires), Minnesota Vikings, New York Giants (if they do not draft a QB within the first spherical) and Denver Broncos (see the Giants).
What number of of them will be capable to meet Prescott’s contractual calls for? Definitely not all of them. What number of of them can be a most well-liked vacation spot for Prescott? Definitely not all of them.
If Prescott will get the Cowboys to a Tremendous Bowl, then the Joneses will gladly pay him no matter he desires.
It is a recreation of threat. And for the following 11 months we get to see all of it play out.
FRISCO, Texas — As we wait and marvel when or if the Dallas Cowboys and Dak Prescott will come to an settlement on an extension in 2024, let’s play out what some would name the worst-case situation: The quarterback does not signal an extension between now and January and is ready to turn into an unrestricted free agent in 2025.
However first, listed here are a few methods they might get to that time:
The Cowboys make the playoffs for the fourth straight 12 months, hoping to get to a Tremendous Bowl for the primary time since 1995.
With a view to get there, Prescott may have had one other prime season, like he did in 2023 when he led the NFL in landing passes with 36 and threw for 4,516 yards. Given the present state of the roster, it’s going to seemingly be Prescott’s most interesting season as a result of the Cowboys have to interchange beginning left deal with Tyron Smith, heart Tyler Biadasz, tailback Tony Pollard and broad receiver Michael Gallup.
Or …
The Cowboys miss the playoffs, however Prescott has what has turn into his common season: 25 landing passes and 9 interceptions. He performs properly sufficient to warrant a brand new deal, however there are too many holes on the roster to get again to the postseason.
What occurs subsequent?
It can turn into a mad sprint from the tip of the common season to March 12, the beginning of the 2025 league 12 months, for the Cowboys to signal Prescott to a brand new contract.
By way of all of this, that’s the deadline of deadlines.
With no new contract by then, Prescott will rely no less than $40.46 million towards the 2025 wage cap, and he won’t be on the Cowboys’ roster.
With a contract finished earlier than then, Prescott’s cap quantity might be no less than $25 million on account of the restructures the Cowboys have used on the present deal, together with changing his $5 million roster bonus earlier this month. Add within the yearly proration of a brand new signing bonus plus his base wage, and it is seemingly Prescott’s cap quantity on an extension will exceed $40 million in 2025.
In January, we introduced three choices the Cowboys had with Prescott’s contract in 2024: do nothing, add voidable years to his deal or signal him to an enormous contract extension.
Seems, they’ve finished a bit of of the second possibility to this point and never a lot of the third. They added voidable years to his contract, via 2028, after changing his roster bonus, however finally have finished nothing else.
They might nonetheless restructure his deal by changing his $29 million base wage right into a bonus and open up $18 million or so in cap room. They have not finished that but, and with big-money free company over, it would make extra sense to simply preserve the contract as is. In the event that they do restructure the bottom wage, then Prescott would rely near $58 million towards the 2025 cap if he does not have an extension earlier than the beginning of the following league 12 months.
After just lately changing his roster bonus, Prescott counts $55.45 million towards the 2024 wage cap as a substitute of $59.45 million.
Primarily based on every little thing proprietor Jerry Jones and govt vp Stephen Jones have stated this offseason, the Cowboys weren’t going to be gamers in free company even when they’d compelling wage cap room to make additions. It isn’t what they need to do, though this 12 months’s free company plan has been even slower than in recent times, with the Cowboys including solely linebacker Eric Kendricks at this level.
Prescott has the leverage with a no-trade clause and the staff’s lack of ability to make use of the franchise tag on him in 2025.
The Cowboys can hope for a team-friendly deal, however they have been hoping to get one finished in 2019, 2020 and 2021 and by no means did. Prescott and his agent, Todd France, performed the negotiations completely with the quarterback maximizing his 2021 deal (4 years, $160 million) whereas with the ability to name the photographs once more when it expires after the 2024 season.
The Cowboys are taking a bet if they’re unable to get a contract extension finished with Prescott by the beginning of the 2025 league 12 months.
What number of obtainable quarterbacks are going to be higher than Prescott? Doubtless none.
But when Prescott doesn’t get them to the Tremendous Bowl after 9 years as their beginning quarterback, it could be honest for the Cowboys to ask if he’ll ever do it for them.
And what number of groups might be available in the market for a quarterback in 2025, particularly given the groups that may choose a quarterback early within the upcoming draft?
Nearly all of those groups have contingencies on what occurs in 2024: Pittsburgh Steelers (if Russell Wilson and/or Justin Fields do not work out), Tennessee Titans (if Will Levis does not work out), Las Vegas Raiders, New Orleans Saints, Seattle Seahawks, Los Angeles Rams (if Matthew Stafford retires), Minnesota Vikings, New York Giants (if they do not draft a QB within the first spherical) and Denver Broncos (see the Giants).
What number of of them will be capable to meet Prescott’s contractual calls for? Definitely not all of them. What number of of them can be a most well-liked vacation spot for Prescott? Definitely not all of them.
If Prescott will get the Cowboys to a Tremendous Bowl, then the Joneses will gladly pay him no matter he desires.
It is a recreation of threat. And for the following 11 months we get to see all of it play out.