Dak Prescott’s four-year deal is all you need to know about how the Dallas Cowboys feel about their quarterback.
They’re cautiously optimistic.
A four-year deal that will make him the NFL’s second-highest-paid player looks great. But it is just four years.
Remember Patrick Mahomes got a 10-year deal. Aaron Rodgers’ first contract after his rookie deal was for six seasons.
A four-year deal that takes Prescott to his 31st birthday shows you the Cowboys aren’t willing to go all-in on a franchise guy like the Kansas City Chiefs are doing with Mahomes.
Prescott has won just once in the playoffs and has made the post-season just twice. It’s why there is so much doubt whether the Cowboys are spending wisely. But Prescott’s absence last year was all you need to know about how desperately they need him behind centre.
For the next four years, Prescott will be under the microscope like never before for America’s Team. He wanted the franchise money. He got the franchise money. Nothing short of a conference championship is likely going to make Jerry Jones commit to him beyond this contract.