Does it feel like we talk about Dak Prescott’s contract as much as we’d talk about, say, tomorrow’s weather, or what we’d like for dinner, or what’s on at the movies on a particular night?
Or is it just me?
The quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys’ contract is again the topic of speculation, this time because he’s going into the final year of that deal without the safety net of an extension. The contract expires after this season.
Associated Press writer Schuyler Dixon, who covers the Cowboys for the AP, points out the perilousness of the situation – really for both sides, and possibly even for receiver CeeDee Lamb, at a story right here: Cowboys QB Dak Prescott isn’t worried about his contract.
How in the world is Lamb involved? Well, the lack of money under the salary cap (possibly a good bit of it from reworking Prescott’s contract) keeps Lamb’s potential new deal from getting done.
Well, Lamb, who just had the best season of his career, his fourth, is also going into the final year of HIS deal and he doesn’t have an extension, either. “All” Lamb did last year was have 135 catches (led the league) for 1,749 yards and 12 touchdowns.
And Lamb is playing hardball. He has not been at the Cowboys’ facility in Frisco in the offseason, and the mandatory minicamp is just about two weeks away.
Prescott, now 31 years old, has helped lead the Cowboys to back-to-back-to-back 12-5 seasons (36-15), led the league in touchdown passes (36), has a no-trade clause in his contract, and cannot get hit with the franchise tag, either. If he sounds like in the following comments that he’s not worried, then it’s probably because he’s not.
“I don’t play for money,” Prescott said. “Never have cared for it to be honest with you. Yeah, would give it up just to play this game. So I (leave) that to the business people to say what it’s worth what they’re supposed to give a quarterback of my play. A person of my play, leader of my play.”
For all of those regular season wins, though, some fans might point out two glaring holes in Prescott’s – and the Cowboys’ – resume: no NFC Championship Game appearances and no Super Bowl appearances, let alone titles, since the 1995 season, since Super Bowl XXX (30) was clinched back in January, 1996 over the Neil O’Donnell-led Pittsburgh Steelers.
Yeah, a long freakin’ time ago.
