The Dallas Cowboys and star quarterback Dak Prescott have seemingly been in a contract stalemate offseason as the Cowboys seemed set to allow Prescott to play out the final season of his contract and become a free agent at the end of the 2024 season. But one NFL insider says that’s not the case at all.
According to a report from NFL insider Jeremy Fowler of ESPN, the Dallas Cowboys are “all-in” on signing Dak Prescott to a new contract even if they haven’t exactly shown it publicly yet.
“They are all in on re-signing Dak Prescott, eventually. They just haven’t shown it yet,” Fowler said. “I’m told behind the scenes they’ve made it clear they don’t want him to hit free agency in 2025.”
“[The Cowboys] are all in on re-signing Dak Prescott. They just haven’t shown it yet.” 😅 @JFowlerESPN said he was told behind the scenes the Cowboys don’t want Dak Prescott to hit free agency in 2025. pic.twitter.com/L3G0yXdrba
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“They want him to be the quarterback of the future,” Fowler continued. “But their negotiations so far have been described to me as ‘passive.’ So, sometime this summer they’re going to have to ramp up the heat a little bit, come with a strong offer, and get the ball rolling. But they made clear they’re going to do that, they’re just slow-playing it a little bit.”
Fowler suggested that the Cowboys could just be waiting for other quarterbacks throughout the league to sign contract extensions to set a market price for Prescott.
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