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Does it make “cents” for the Cowboys to pay Prescott some fresh cash?
It was not even two years ago that the Cowboys franchise quarterback and NFL All-Pro, Dak Prescott, signed a massive four-year, $240M contract extension. However, we may be just one season away from the team negotiating another long-term deal with Prescott. At first glance, that sounds ridiculous; how are we already talking about another Prescott contract when the ink on the last one still feels fresh? For the Dallas fans who aren’t the biggest fans of the longtime QB, the last contract is probably still a sore spot.
Unfortunately for those fans, that is the reality of having a franchise quarterback in today’s NFL. Prescott is coming off a strong 2025 season, throwing for 4,552 yards, 30 touchdowns, and 10 interceptions, and if he shows this season that he’s still playing at that level, the conversations will start because of the salary cap situation that will go down if they don’t.
Dak Prescott’s Next Extension Comes Down To “Cap Hits”
After the Cowboys restructured Prescott’s deal, his number is set to jump to over $75M in 2027 and over $85M in 2028; that is an absurd amount of money for one player to count against the cap, even when that player is your starting quarterback, and you can bet Dallas will find a way to avoid that hit. The only real way to do that is a contract extension.
A new deal would be about pushing money around, lowering those short-term cap hits, and giving the front office more room to actually build around him, not just be about keeping Prescott in Dallas for longer. The Cowboys, for all their struggles of late, have some huge contracts already on the books, and some fantastic players that will soon need their share of that pie. Some fans will argue Prescott’s presence sets the team back, but eating those cap hits to avoid an extension indisputably hurts the team far more.
Don’t know what you got until it’s gone. How AJ Brown leaving the Eagles helps the Cowboys
It may have happened on the first of June, but the day that the Philadelphia Eagles traded A.J. Brown was like Christmas for fans of the Dallas Cowboys. The long-overdue trade that sent Brown to New England gave Dallas’ hopes of winning the NFC East a big boost. After months of complaining and enough trade speculation to last a lifetime, the Eagles are finally rid of a player that rocked the division in 2025. It got to the point that the city of Philadelphia was ready to escort Brown to the airport, but that opinion isn’t shared by Eagles...
