Dak Prescott will have to carry Cowboys after their ‘all in’ offseason went bust

Ralph Vacchiano

NFC East Reporter

Dak Prescott would never say it, but by now he knows that Jerry Jones’ vow to be “all in” on the 2024 season has become an international joke. No team did less to improve themselves this offseason than the Dallas Cowboys. No team spent less money.

So it would be understandable if Prescott was worried, heading into his ninth — and possibly last — season as the Cowboys’ quarterback, especially as he practiced this week without his one blue-chip offensive teammate, receiver CeeDee Lamb. But he insisted he’s not worried about what’s happening in Dallas.

At least not yet.

“It is just the beginning, first off,” Prescott told the media during Cowboys minicamp this week. “And you don’t just win games with talent. I understand what it looks like, what it may look like from that side, understanding the lack of moves that get done. 

“It creates a great conversation.”

Indeed it does. And a big part of that conversation is about how, if the Cowboys are going to actually be a playoff contender this season, the 30-year-old Prescott might have to carry the team.

There may be no way around that after an offseason in which the Cowboys saw far more players walk out the door than they brought in. Their one notable free-agent signing was their reunion with 28-year-old running back Ezekiel Elliott, who came back to Dallas after his younger replacement, Tony Pollard, left for Tennessee. Their only other offensive additions were two rookies — first-round tackle Tyler Guyton and third-round center Cooper Beebe — who might have to start on the depleted offensive line.

In other words, they didn’t get Prescott any help. They couldn’t even make his current help happy, with Lamb skipping minicamp while awaiting a lucrative contract extension before he starts the final year of his rookie deal.

The good news, though, is Prescott appears prepared for the enormous challenge — even though he’s embroiled in…

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Publish date : 2024-06-06 17:16:18

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