What might Dak Prescott’s next contract look like — and will it come with Cowboys?

David Helman

Dallas Cowboys Insider

We know by now the dilemma facing Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys.

The 2024 league year is about a month old, and we’ve long let go of the idea that a contract extension is imminent. With the need to create cap space no longer urgent, it’s a good guess there won’t be movement on this front until the summer — if that movement comes at all.

Instead, there’s nothing but time until training camp to weigh this entire situation.

We can consider the future later. In the coming weeks, it’s worth looking at how the Cowboys might replace Prescott if he leaves, as well as which other NFL teams might sign him next spring.

For now, let’s examine the idea of a Prescott extension, whenever it might get done.

It feels like a lifetime ago that Prescott made waves with a $40 million salary, signing a four-year, $160 million contract back in 2021. Suffice to say, the QB market has since heated up.

Roughly half the long-term starters in the league have signed major extensions in the time since, with 14 quarterbacks of varying degrees of experience cashing in.

The pertinent names are the foursome of Jalen Hurts, Lamar Jackson, Justin Herbert and Lamar Jackson — all of whom signed a series of record-breaking extensions in 2023.

Hurts became the league’s first $50 million per year quarterback last spring by signing a 5-year, $255 million extension. Jackson quickly slotted in on top of that 10 days later, and Herbert followed in mid-July. Burrow made the biggest splash of all on the first night of the 2023 season, when his 5-year, $275 million deal put him atop the pyramid at $55 million per year.

Right move to make Dak Prescott play out his final year?

If the top of the market is increasing at those intervals, it’s understandable why Prescott is pegged to be the NFL’s first $60 million quarterback. He’s coming off an All-Pro season, he’ll only be 31 when this 2024 season ends, has a…

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