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It is amazing how much people still talk about Dak Prescott’s contract.
Dak Prescott is the quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys. There is going to be a lot of words used between now and the end of this article, but no amount of wordsmith sorcery will change the legitimacy of that first statement. Last offseason, owner Jerry Jones sent the sports world into a frenzy, stating the Cowboys were “all-in” with key contracts coming up. While he took things down to the wire, he delivered on his promise, extending both Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb before the season started.
The organization is indeed all-in with Prescott. He’s their guy. Prescott signed a new four-year, $240 million contract last season, placing him under team control through the 2028 season. While the Cowboys are all-in with Dak, the same is not true for some fans. With a couple of underwhelming seasons recently coupled with uninspiring playoff performances, many have planted their flag in the camp that believes he’s not the guy to get it done.
There are many pages in the book of Prescott that have not been written yet. We know he has unfinished business, but there are no guarantees that things are going to get better. There’s hope. But no guarantees. What if those Dak doubters are right?
In the spirit of keeping an open mind to all possibilities, we’re going to hypothesize a situation where things don’t work out so well, and the world we know, no longer has Prescott playing quarterback for the Cowboys. For such a thing to happen, we profess that at least one of the following three circumstances must happen.
1. Starts to struggle
Before he got hurt last year, Prescott was having his worst season as a pro. His completion percentage, yards per completion, and QB rating were the lowest of his career. He’s just a year removed from leading the NFL in interceptions. His recent playoff performances have featured far too many instances of bad decisions with the football, resulting in costly mistakes. Now, he did have an MVP-runner-up season mixed in between, so that’s why we're not reading too much into this, but there is a range of outcomes where Prescott isn’t able to get back on that horse and right this ship. If it’s more of the same, or worse, this will be a problem for the Cowboys.
2. Can’t stay healthy
Prescott turns 32 years old next month. He’s entering his 10th season as the team’s starting quarterback. You might remember that it was Tony Romo’s 10th season as the team’s starter when he got hurt twice and only played in four games that year. That was the dreaded 2015 season, which ended up being the last year Romo started a game for the Cowboys. After never missing a game his first four years in the league, Prescott has now missed games in four of his last five seasons. In three of those seasons, he missed at least five games....
