The Dallas Cowboys currently find themselves in a pretty horrible situation regarding quarterback Dak Prescott, and it doesn’t sound like it’s going to get any better anytime soon.
If the team is unable to sign Dak Prescott to a new contract this offseason, he will be set to become a free agent following the 2024 season due to the no-trade and no-tag clause in his contract. If this happens and he does leave the team, he would still count for $40.460 million in dead money against the team’s cap even if he isn’t on the team.
Needless to say, the Cowboys very much need to work out a new deal with Prescott. But it doesn’t sound like that’s going to happen.
According to a report from league insider Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network, there is “no indication” that the Cowboys and Dak Prescott are nearing a new deal even though he is in a contract year.
“The #Cowboys and QB Dak Prescott have a mutual understanding of his contract situation, sources say, with no offers from Dallas despite him being in a contract year. Owner Jerry Jones said, ‘We are where we are, locked and loaded for this year.’ No indication a deal is coming,” Rapoport said in a post on X, the social media website that was formerly known as Twitter.
This is obviously horrible news for the Cowboys, and the NFL world had a lot to say about it on social media as a result.
We’ll have to see what the Cowboys do to handle this situation.