Here was the biggest mistake the Dallas Cowboys made in how they handled Dak Prescott's contract negotiations: They let everyone get a look at the Cowboys without Prescott under center and the view was ugly.
As a result, Prescott's gruesome leg injury -- suffered in the Cowboys' fifth game of the 2020 season, sending the team into a frequently unsightly carousel of Andy Dalton, Ben DiNucci and Garrett Gilbert -- accomplished the remarkable, increasing Prescott's leverage and assuring that the Cowboys' slow-playing of their embrace of their franchise quarterback would cost them dearly.
On Monday night, we found out just how dearly.
The four-year deal is worth $160 million, including a staggering $126 million guaranteed. The $40 million annual average salary makes Prescott the second highest paid player in the league, behind only Patrick Mahomes, and slightly ahead of Deshaun Watson.
Everybody can be happy with the new contract, Prescott for the millions of obvious reasons and the Cowboys for finally wrapping up a negotiation that should have been done two years ago but which now falls under the heading of better late than never. Those are the most important points. But there are other key takeaways from the latest quarterback blockbuster move of the offseason.
March 09, 2021 at 09:27AM
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