The Dallas Cowboys are committed to a long-term future with Dak Prescott as their starting quarterback.
Dallas Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones made the team’s decision on Dak Prescott very clear, telling reporters on Tuesday that the team “absolutely” wanted to sign him to a long-term contract extension.
“Our whole thing with Dak is him being a Cowboy,” Jones said according to The Athletic. “That’s all that’s on our mind.”
Jones acknowledged that the team is in a pretty difficult situation regarding Prescott’s contract as he is set to count $59.4 million against the salary cap for 2024 in the final year of his contract. But he seems to believe that the team can work that out while still finding ways to sign the team’s top players to new contracts.
“We got ways to adjust his cap number for this season,” Jones said of Prescott. “Obviously between Dak and Micah [Parsons] and CeeDee [Lamb], the salary cap is real for us. We want to do deals with all three of them. Do you get to do everything you want to do with the salary cap? I don’t think any team does. But we’re certainly going to be able to go out and go to work and get the things done that we feel like we need to get done to be successful.”
Regardless of what shakes out with the contracts and the salary cap, it’s clear that the team fully intends Prescott to be their quarterback for the foreseeable future.
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