Dak Prescott opens up about looming contract, what it means for his Cowboys future: ‘I understand people’s angst’

OXNARD, Calif. — As the Dallas Cowboys and Los Angeles Rams wrapped their joint practice Wednesday, players and coaches lingered on the field.

Players reconnected with teammates, present and former alike. They tipped their hat to opponents, greeted their families, and worked with equipment staffs to return jerseys and pads to their appropriate buckets.

But before the crowd had cleared or even thinned, one quarterback was missing.

Where was Dak Prescott?

Prescott hadn’t altogether skipped the pleasantries. He’d efficiently connected with Rams players from quarterback Matthew Stafford to receiver Puka Nacua, even seeking out first-round rookie edge rusher Jared Verse to laud Verse’s potential and wish him a healthy, productive career.

Then, Prescott slipped into a nearby open tent overlooking the Cowboys’ training camp fields. He took a seat on a folding chair in a shadowed corner, away from some of the bright spotlight that’s now doused him for more than eight years as the Cowboys’ starting quarterback.

Surrounded by his girlfriend, Sarah Jane Ramos, and his physical therapist, Luke Miller, Prescott lifted his five-month-old daughter, MJ, in the air. He whistled with MJ and spoke to her. A smile canvassed Dak’s face as MJ showed off a particularly smiley day herself, laughing and babbling in the arms of her father.

In the corner of this tent, in this moment of fatherhood, Dak could escape.

He had just led the Cowboys’ first-team offense through hours of team drills against the Rams’ first-team defense with mixed success. Dallas was committed to installing a new offensive concept even as the Rams defense tested more established guidelines.

“You’re frustrated about that and then come over here and get to see her laugh,” Prescott told Yahoo Sports. “Not that I don’t care about that, because I’ll get that cleaned back up in there. But to be able to compartmentalize it, leave it right there in between those lines, come over here. [MJ] makes me…

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Publish date : 2024-08-15 23:36:44

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