This are the reasons why Dallas cowboys refuse to extend Dak Prescott’s contract?
As we wait and wonder when or if the Dallas Cowboys and Dak Prescott will come to an agreement on an extension in 2024, let’s play out what some would call the worst-case scenario: The quarterback doesn’t re-sign between now and January and is set to become an unrestricted free agent in 2025.
But first, here are a couple of ways they could get to that point:
The Cowboys make the playoffs for the fourth straight year, hoping to get to a Super Bowl for the first time since 1995.
In order to get there, Prescott will have had another top season, like he did in 2023 when he led the NFL in touchdown passes with 36 and threw for 4,516 yards. Given the current state of the roster, it will likely be Prescott’s finest season because the Cowboys have to replace starting left tackle Tyron Smith, center Tyler Biadasz, tailback Tony Pollard and wide receiver Michael Gallup.
Or …
The Cowboys miss the playoffs, but Prescott has what has become his average season: 25 touchdown passes and nine interceptions. He plays well enough to warrant a new deal, but there are too many holes on the roster to get back to the postseason.
What happens next?
It will become a mad dash from the end of the regular season to March 12, the start of the 2025 league year, for the Cowboys to sign Prescott to a new contract.
Through all of this, that is the deadline of deadlines.
