The Dallas Cowboys addressed the offseason’s biggest approaching question with a basic declaration Monday.
Dallas announced Monday the franchise has consented to terms on new contract with franchise quarterback Dak Prescott. NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport detailed Prescott marked a four-year, $160 million arrangement to remain in Dallas.
The arrangement has a greatest value of $164 million, incorporating $126 million in ensured cash, and includes two key details: A no-exchange condition, and a no-label arrangement. Prescott’s arrangement midpoints to $42 million every year over the initial three seasons with $75 million in the principal season and a $66 million signing bonus.
After Prescott, 27, played under the franchise tag in 2020 and endured a grisly, season-finishing injury, many contemplated whether Dallas would have the option to strike a drawn out manage Prescott and try not to put the tag on him by and by, or possibly risk losing him by and large in the event that they selected to try not to utilize the tag. The new arrangement answers the Cowboys’ approaching vulnerability under focus, and detaches the continually stirring talk factory identified with Prescott’s legally binding status that has been running since the 2019 offseason.
As the Cowboys learned from their games played without Prescott in 2020, he’s staggeringly important, however fundamental. Prescott was poised to break the untouched single-season passing record prior to breaking his lower leg in Week 5, and the Cowboys’ offense endured radically accordingly, going from a unit that was scoring 32.6 focuses per game with Prescott to 21.1 without him, and underscoring Prescott’s significance to the franchise’s chances of success.
Each skilled position player measurably experienced the deficiency of Prescott, who had reset the imprint for the most passing yards in the initial four rounds of a season in the Super Bowl period with 1,690. Dallas’ offense was the only thing keeping it serious, and once the Cowboys lost Prescott, their ship capsized.
With their boat captain currently secured for the following four years, the Cowboys can continue no speed ahead. The double cross Pro Bowler is remaining in Dallas for the long haul.