Cowboys’ indecision on Dak Prescott has hampered their ability to improve the roster

For a team at the forefront of the NFL, the Dallas Cowboys have had an uncomfortably quiet offseason for their fan base. The Cowboys have kind of sat on their hands for the vast majority of the past few months. They tinkered around with their roster with a few lower-level free agents, but overall it was a fairly quiet offseason for a team that had high hopes before it was mercilessly beat down by the Green Bay Packers in a home playoff game.

Teams have had quiet offseasons before, but the Cowboys have handcuffed themselves by not making moves to the core of their roster, especially when it comes to their star quarterback Dak Prescott.

Perhaps the loudest noise came from Prescott himself on Wednesday, when he made the curious statement to reporters about his compensation, saying, “I don’t play for money. Never have and never cared, to be honest with you. I would give it up to just play this game. I’ll leave that to the business people to say what it’s worth and what they’re supposed to give a quarterback of my play, a person of my play and a leader of my [caliber]. I’ll control what I can control, and the rest will take care of itself.”

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According to Spotrac, Prescott has the second-highest salary-cap hit among all players in the NFL this year with a whopping $55.5 million cap figure as he enters the final year of his deal. It has been a big hamper on the Cowboys’ plans for the offseason — they currently have a little under $2 million in available cap space as training camp looms around the corner. The indecision on Prescott’s future is hampering what’s possible for this year, which in turn could hamper Prescott’s ability to have a strong season as he gets ready for what’s next in his career.

What’s mind-boggling about this is that the Cowboys could easily do something about this situation if they had some resolve and an idea of what they wanted to do next. There are three paths ahead for the Cowboys…

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Publish date : 2024-05-23 22:18:59

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