After yet another disappointing performance from starting quarterback Dak Prescott in the playoffs, many Dallas Cowboys fans are ready for the team to part ways with the longtime quarterback. But due to Prescott’s current contract situation with the team, that’s not going to happen.
As league insider Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk explained this weekend, the Dallas Cowboys are essentially forced to work out a new deal with Dak Prescott ahead of next season as a result of the absolutely massive hit to the salary cap if they don’t.
“On the first day of the 2024 league year, Prescott’s cap number will skyrocket from $26.832 million in 2023 to $59.455 million. The Cowboys have no real choice but to extend his contract before then, in order to chop down the massive cap charge,” Florio wrote for Pro Football Talk this weekend.
Obviously, this news didn’t make Cowboys fans happy as they took to social media to express their outrage at the news.
No one to blame but themselves. The price on a QB never goes down. Ever. https://t.co/b3wGp4vZZn
— IAmJeanJacquesTaylor (@JJTJournalist) January 20, 2024
Oof, cowboys stuck with a bad contract. Some people flaunt that dollar amount but if the goal is to make people regret paying you, he’s done it. https://t.co/rRes3CbG5k
— HT (@BravesRebsPreds) January 20, 2024
Yep they sat around for no reason and now are stuck with him unless they wanna eat a lot of cap money this and next year. Good luck fielding a competitive team doing that. https://t.co/zOE3IKhkFx
— A Boy Named Sue (@greggorox) January 20, 2024
And Dak’s contract will be a big factor why the Cowboys won’t be able to hold on to both CeeDee Lamb AND Micah Parsons. https://t.co/vvp9To0XMU
— Zack Hedrick (@zhedrickTV) January 20, 2024
Facts https://t.co/X9ma80TTZT
— Clarence Hill Jr (@clarencehilljr) January 20, 2024
They gave him 40M a year for 4 years, and structured his contract so the cap hits were:
17.2
19.7
26.8The Cowboys literally went all in the past 3 years in the hopes it'll work, and it hasn't. They're going to have to now pay on the backend of his contract, it makes the most…
— Sanjit T. (@Sanjit__T) January 20, 2024
It’s pretty clear that Prescott will remain with the team next season, despite the wishes of the Cowboys fans.
We’ll have to see whether or not he can lead the team on the deep playoff run that has alluded him so far.
