It’s a deadline-driven business, and time is of the essence. After all, there’s nothing in the CBA or elsewhere that prevents a deal from being completed at any point until the current contract expires in March 2025.
The Cowboys and quarterback Dak Prescott are reportedly still working to complete a new deal before the season begins tomorrow.
What Dak will actually need to give up to have a chance at fully unrestricted free agency is the real question. In 2025, the Cowboys won’t be able to keep him off the market. That has some worth.
Is security worth a few million dollars a year to him? Does he wish to remain in Dallas and maybe contribute to free agency? The Cowboys’ escape hatch has been one problem.
The group was hoping for a two-year break. Other quarterbacks have received a minimum three-year commitment.
The facts will reveal the whole picture if and when a deal is finalized.
Including the duration of the two parties’ commitment to one another after their eight-year pigskin partnership.