Westerners motivation for Dak Prescott to surpass all other quarterbacks in the NFL in terms of salary.
Even though the Dallas Cowboys and their star quarterback, Dak Prescott, had another successful regular season this year, they were once again eliminated from the playoffs. Prescott, however, is likely not to let that deter him from signing a big contract extension.
Ari Meirov said that Prescott has a lot of negotiating power with Dallas when it comes to contract extension talks because he only has one year left on his deal.
Prescott’s] 2024 cap amount is an astounding $59.45 million. He won’t be tagged for the upcoming season, thus he can become an unrestricted free agency at any time. He’s got a no-trade clause as well. Dallas would have to bear $36.4 million in dead money for 2025 if Dak were to depart in free agency the following year, according to Meirov.
As Meirov said, Dallas will be responsible for at least $36.46 million regardless of whether Prescott plays quarterback for the Cowboys in 2025. The Cowboys want to finish an agreement before free agency starts in order to reduce his roughly $60 million cap bill this season, according to recent reports from NFL source Ian Rapoport. Jerry Jones, the owner of the Cowboys, has several reasons to invest in keeping Prescott in Dallas past 2024 given the current circumstances.
Prescott and his agency have also benefited from seeing the evolution of the quarterback market over the last few years. Since 2021, when Prescott inked a $160 million agreement that included a $95 million signing bonus, almost a dozen quarterbacks have agreed to terms that are equal to or more than his.
The $230 million contract that Deshaun Watson is offering is highly desirable for all players and may be the only one that any owner is prepared to offer. It wouldn’t be shocking if the Cowboys offered Prescott a contract akin to that of Lamar Jackson or Joe Burrow, even if Jones is reluctant to give the 31-year-old quarterback as much guaranteed money as the Browns handed Watson.
The four quarterbacks who received deals worth at least $255 million this past summer were Burrow, whose $275 million contract had the highest average salary ($55 million). Prescott’s
