NFL 2024 preview: 16 NFC QB questions that include Caleb Williams, Dak Prescott and Brock Purdy

Welcome to the weekly edition of QB Room. Let’s get this season started with the NFC’s pressing quarterback questions.

NFC East

Is this the Dak Prescott finale in Dallas?

With the CeeDee Lamb extension in the books, Prescott’s extension will be the cloud hanging over the franchise until there is some kind of resolution. Cowboys ownership has said publicly there is no ticking deadline on the deal but it’s highly unlikely that Prescott will reach an agreement once the season begins.

With the extension decks now clear of the Lamb talks, Dallas can now focus solely on Prescott until Week 1 kickoff on Sept. 8. While I don’t think it’s a great sign that a Prescott deal didn’t get done while the team was in Oxnard for training camp, I do think the order of affairs were designed to get Lamb’s extension done first. So technically, a Prescott deal is still on the anticipated schedule.

For those seeking optimism beyond the Lamb deal getting done, fans can also take heart in Trey Lance having showcased in the preseason that he’s nowhere near being a starting NFL quarterback. That five-interception exhibition finale should be a not-so-gentle reminder to ownership of what it could be like going back into a quarterback-needy abyss.

One other thought that should be suggestive that an extension is coming in the next 10 days: There is no clear Plan B at the position for Dallas in the event Prescott leaves in free agency. Any promising scenario is going to cost assets and money, and still have a significant element of risk (see Denver’s trade for Russell Wilson in 2022). The obvious move with the least amount of risk is still signing Prescott to an extension. Just like it has been for the past year.

Is Daniel Jones starting the season in danger of getting benched?

Jones certainly did nothing in his limited preseason action to suggest that he has a stranglehold on the starting job. The Giants’ first-team offense got beaten up in joint practice with the New York Jets,…

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Publish date : 2024-08-27 14:00:51

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