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Will Cowboys, Dak Prescott find a middle ground?
When Cowboys COO Stephen Jones recently tried to make the case for quarterback Dak Prescott not being paid like Aaron Rodgers or Russell Wilson, a reasonable reaction may have been this: Does Dak Prescott actually want to be paid like Aaron Rodgers or Russell Wilson?
Maybe Dak does. After all, the recent elephant walk of quarterback contracts starting with Andrew Luck has resulted in the next guy one-upping the last guy, over and over again from Luck ($24.6 million) to Derek Carr ($25 million) to Matthew Stafford ($27 million) to Jimmy Garoppolo ($27.5 million) to Kirk Cousins ($28 million) to Matt Ryan ($30 million) to Rodgers ($33.5 million) to Wilson ($35 million).
If Dak wants to move to the front of the line, it’s not likely to happen any time soon, if ever. The Cowboys could instead pay Prescott $2 million this year before embarking on a franchise-tag dance that would be in the range of $25 million in 2020 and $30 million in 2021.
Actually, the target zone for the two sides should be that range of $25 million to $30 million. Accepting Jones’ implicit logic that Dak shouldn’t be paid like Rodgers and Wilson because they have Super Bowl wins, Prescott (who has a playoff win) should get more than Carr, Stafford, Garoppolo, and Cousins, because they have zero career playoff wins, combined.
If Prescott is willing to hold firm for $30 million or more, that could be a problem — especially if he’s also willing to go year to year. Come 2022, the Cowboys would be looking at a franchise tender north of $43 million, and that could be the point where Dak hits the open market.
It’s fair to ask what Dak would get if he were on the open market. Maybe the best play for the Cowboys would be to not tag Dak, to let him see what else is out there (or not out there), and then make a competitive offer. Given the endorsement money that Prescott can earn as the quarterback of America’s Team, he’d quite possibly realize after getting a glimpse of what’s behind Door No. 2 that remaining QB1 in Dallas makes the most sense.
Dak Prescott Career Stats:
http://www.nfl.com/player/dakprescott/2555260/careerstats
https://www.forbes.com/sites/barryh...k-prescott-get-from-the-cowboys/#7e9d45ed6c72
After Russell Wilson Contract, How Many Millions Will Dak Prescott Get From Cowboys?
The No. 1 sport in Dallas-Fort Worth these days is guessing how much Dak Prescott’s second contract with the Cowboys will be worth. It’s a bigger Texas story than the NHL Stars return to the Stanley Cup playoffs, the Texas Rangers better than expected start this MLB season and Dirk Nowitzki’s retirement from a sainted Dallas Mavericks career.
Now it’s been stoked by this week's news that Russell Wilson has a new four-year, $140-million deal with the Seattle Seahawks.
Not that quarterback Prescott is quarterback Wilson, who is one for two in Super Bowls. Prescott has yet to lead his team past the divisional round. But Wilson is now the highest paid quarterback in the game at $35 million per season. How much less is Prescott, 25, worth than the 30-year-old Wilson?
Before you answer recall that Jimmy Garoppolo is signed to earn $27.5 million for the San Francisco 49ers and Derek Carr is down for $25 million to quarterback the Oakland Raiders.
Surely, Prescott can be penciled in somewhere between Garoppolo and Wilson.
Stephen Jones, the Cowboys lead negotiator, pulled the old salary cap card the other day when he mentioned that Prescott should be mindful of how much money he gets because that could detract from future money available for his teammates. Hence he could be forced to play with a lesser supporting cast. Jones tried that in negotiations with defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence earlier this month. Lawrence pointed out that his first loyalty was to himself and, if need be, Jones needed to be more creative in his dealings with others. Both Jones and Lawrence had a good laugh in discussing the ploy after Lawrence became the highest paid Cowboy in history, if only for a moment, with a deal worth just under $22 million a year.
"At the end of the day, they're going to make a lot of money,'' Jones told a local radio station, referring to the current class of NFL starting quarterbacks. "The bigger thing for them in terms of their career and what they're all about is how much did they win; How many Super Bowl rings do they have on their fingers? Those are all huge deals. They know at some point if they take out too much cap space at the end of the day it could hurt their chances in terms of winning."
That’s Stephen Jones doing his job.
That’s Prescott’s agent smirking in the background.
For what it is worth: Lawrence and Prescott have proven to be squeaky clean team leaders for a franchise that has its share of highly-publicized problem players.
Prescott, disappointed to be a fourth-round pick in 2016, has led the Cowboys to a 32-16 record in his first three seasons, two NFC East titles and posted 14 game-winning drives, most in NFL history for a quarterback with three seasons in the game.
Prescott is scheduled to make a smidge more than $2 million in 2019. That’s under his four-year rookie contract. But the Cowboys have been insistent that they want to sign him long-term to a new deal. During the 2018 season, owner Jerry Jones may have made a negotiating faux pax when said he would not trade Prescott for a pair of No. 1 picks even if one of them was the top pick in the draft.
That was probably Prescott's agent smiling between pecks at his calculator.
Will Cowboys, Dak Prescott find a middle ground?
When Cowboys COO Stephen Jones recently tried to make the case for quarterback Dak Prescott not being paid like Aaron Rodgers or Russell Wilson, a reasonable reaction may have been this: Does Dak Prescott actually want to be paid like Aaron Rodgers or Russell Wilson?
Maybe Dak does. After all, the recent elephant walk of quarterback contracts starting with Andrew Luck has resulted in the next guy one-upping the last guy, over and over again from Luck ($24.6 million) to Derek Carr ($25 million) to Matthew Stafford ($27 million) to Jimmy Garoppolo ($27.5 million) to Kirk Cousins ($28 million) to Matt Ryan ($30 million) to Rodgers ($33.5 million) to Wilson ($35 million).
If Dak wants to move to the front of the line, it’s not likely to happen any time soon, if ever. The Cowboys could instead pay Prescott $2 million this year before embarking on a franchise-tag dance that would be in the range of $25 million in 2020 and $30 million in 2021.
Actually, the target zone for the two sides should be that range of $25 million to $30 million. Accepting Jones’ implicit logic that Dak shouldn’t be paid like Rodgers and Wilson because they have Super Bowl wins, Prescott (who has a playoff win) should get more than Carr, Stafford, Garoppolo, and Cousins, because they have zero career playoff wins, combined.
If Prescott is willing to hold firm for $30 million or more, that could be a problem — especially if he’s also willing to go year to year. Come 2022, the Cowboys would be looking at a franchise tender north of $43 million, and that could be the point where Dak hits the open market.
It’s fair to ask what Dak would get if he were on the open market. Maybe the best play for the Cowboys would be to not tag Dak, to let him see what else is out there (or not out there), and then make a competitive offer. Given the endorsement money that Prescott can earn as the quarterback of America’s Team, he’d quite possibly realize after getting a glimpse of what’s behind Door No. 2 that remaining QB1 in Dallas makes the most sense.
Dak Prescott Career Stats:
http://www.nfl.com/player/dakprescott/2555260/careerstats
https://www.forbes.com/sites/barryh...k-prescott-get-from-the-cowboys/#7e9d45ed6c72
After Russell Wilson Contract, How Many Millions Will Dak Prescott Get From Cowboys?
The No. 1 sport in Dallas-Fort Worth these days is guessing how much Dak Prescott’s second contract with the Cowboys will be worth. It’s a bigger Texas story than the NHL Stars return to the Stanley Cup playoffs, the Texas Rangers better than expected start this MLB season and Dirk Nowitzki’s retirement from a sainted Dallas Mavericks career.
Now it’s been stoked by this week's news that Russell Wilson has a new four-year, $140-million deal with the Seattle Seahawks.
Not that quarterback Prescott is quarterback Wilson, who is one for two in Super Bowls. Prescott has yet to lead his team past the divisional round. But Wilson is now the highest paid quarterback in the game at $35 million per season. How much less is Prescott, 25, worth than the 30-year-old Wilson?
Before you answer recall that Jimmy Garoppolo is signed to earn $27.5 million for the San Francisco 49ers and Derek Carr is down for $25 million to quarterback the Oakland Raiders.
Surely, Prescott can be penciled in somewhere between Garoppolo and Wilson.
Stephen Jones, the Cowboys lead negotiator, pulled the old salary cap card the other day when he mentioned that Prescott should be mindful of how much money he gets because that could detract from future money available for his teammates. Hence he could be forced to play with a lesser supporting cast. Jones tried that in negotiations with defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence earlier this month. Lawrence pointed out that his first loyalty was to himself and, if need be, Jones needed to be more creative in his dealings with others. Both Jones and Lawrence had a good laugh in discussing the ploy after Lawrence became the highest paid Cowboy in history, if only for a moment, with a deal worth just under $22 million a year.
"At the end of the day, they're going to make a lot of money,'' Jones told a local radio station, referring to the current class of NFL starting quarterbacks. "The bigger thing for them in terms of their career and what they're all about is how much did they win; How many Super Bowl rings do they have on their fingers? Those are all huge deals. They know at some point if they take out too much cap space at the end of the day it could hurt their chances in terms of winning."
That’s Stephen Jones doing his job.
That’s Prescott’s agent smirking in the background.
For what it is worth: Lawrence and Prescott have proven to be squeaky clean team leaders for a franchise that has its share of highly-publicized problem players.
Prescott, disappointed to be a fourth-round pick in 2016, has led the Cowboys to a 32-16 record in his first three seasons, two NFC East titles and posted 14 game-winning drives, most in NFL history for a quarterback with three seasons in the game.
Prescott is scheduled to make a smidge more than $2 million in 2019. That’s under his four-year rookie contract. But the Cowboys have been insistent that they want to sign him long-term to a new deal. During the 2018 season, owner Jerry Jones may have made a negotiating faux pax when said he would not trade Prescott for a pair of No. 1 picks even if one of them was the top pick in the draft.
That was probably Prescott's agent smiling between pecks at his calculator.
