Dallas Cowboys Pro Bowl quarterback Dak Prescott was not a recipient of a contract extension during the season, unlike teammates Ezekiel Elliott and Jaylon Smith, leaving himself and wide receiver Amari Cooper as high-end free agents in 2020. Now, with free agency a few weeks away, the Cowboys are hoping to agree to terms to a deal with the 26-year-old signal-caller instead of franchise tagging Prescott.
According to ESPN's Todd Archer, Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones expressed confidence that the two sides can avoid falling back on the franchise tag and finalize a long-term contract.
“I mean, Dak's our quarterback. He's our quarterback for the future and we have nothing but the greatest respect for him,” Jones said. “He's a competitor. He's won a lot of football games for us. Obviously, he, like us, we all want to take that next step and get into a championship game and get to the big game and ultimately win a championship. So there's no thoughts like that.”
Jones and Todd France, Prescott's agent, also, reportedly, have not discussed the contract since September 2019, when rumors of a deal peaked around the same time as Elliott's six-year extension was inked.
Prescott, selected in the fourth round of the 2016 NFL Draft, just completed his fourth season with Cowboys in what may have been his most accomplished year despite the NFC East franchise narrowly missing on the 2019-20 postseason. Prescott, a 6-foot-2 QB out of Mississippi State, threw for 4,902 passing yards (second in the league behind Tampa Bay's Jameis Winston), along with a career-best 30 touchdowns and 11 interceptions.
Prescott is poised to make big money with the Cowboys or otherwise go another year in Dallas without a long-term deal due to a franchise tag that neither party appears to want.
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