Dak Prescott is heading into the final year of his contract with the Dallas Cowboys. Given the lack of progress on a potential new contract, many have speculated that Prescott will play out his contract with the team and become a free agent next offseason. But it sounds like the Cowboys have other plans.
During a recent interview with Dianna Russini on the Scoop City podcast, Dallas Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones sent a pretty clear message to Dak Prescott as he indicated that the team’s “goal” is to keep the veteran quarterback in Dallas.
“The answer to that question is that we are optimistic that we can get these guys done,” Jones said. “He knows that. We’re having conversations with his agent and Dak, personally. Both Jerry and I. He knows our goal is to keep him here.”
Prescott will undoubtedly be seeking a contract that makes him among the highest-paid quarterbacks in the entire league. But Jones thinks a team can still be successful even with a quarterback on a big contract, pointing to Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs as evidence.
“We know what happens to teams when they have these high-priced quarterbacks at some point it’s a challenge to keep everybody,” Jones said. “The Chiefs are an example of that but they were able to survive not keeping Tyreek Hill and let some other top players, I think they let one of the top corners go after this season. You have to make some tough choices along the way. But we’re optimistic that we can do that. We’ll continue to grind away.”
Clearly, it sounds like the Cowboys want to bring back Prescott. We’ll have to see whether or not it happens.
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