With a pair of quarterbacks signing new offers, all eyes flip to Dak Prescott. The Cowboys QB might be a free agent in 2025, however how a lot is he actually price?
On Friday, Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa signed a four-year, $212M contract to remain in Miami. On the time, his $53.1 common annual wage ranked third behind Cincinnati’s Joe Burrow and Jacksonville’s Trevor Lawrence ($55M). Hours later, Packers quarterback Jordan Love signed a four-deal of his personal with a report $75M signing bonus and the identical annual wage as Burrow and Lawrence.
So what would a brand new contract for Prescott seem like? The Cowboys QB is getting into the ultimate yr of a $160M deal that pays him a mean annual wage of $40M, tied for 14th-most amongst quarterbacks with the Rams’ Matthew Stafford and the Giants’ Daniel Jones.
Prescott led the league with 36 touchdowns in 2023 and not less than one NFL reporter thinks he’ll reset the market in 2025. Throughout an look on ESPN’s Unsportsmanlike program, ESPN insider Adam Schefter floated a quantity that needed to make Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones cringe.
“Dak Prescott is gonna get a deal north of 60 million {dollars} a yr,” Schefter mentioned. “It is likely to be extra, far more. Dak Prescott goes to be the one to reset the QB market.”
In the meantime, Jones appears to be making ready for all times with out his beginning quarterback and presumably vast receiver CeeDee Lamb and linebacker Micah Parsons, two star gamers additionally on the lookout for new offers.
“In my life, I’ve had quite a lot of issues I wished that I could not get as a result of I could not afford it,” Jones mentioned, per NFL.com’s Bobby Kownack. “…and life does go on. And generally if you get a bump like that, you flip round and do higher than you’ll have had you bought what you wished.”
For his half, Prescott has all the time mentioned he’d like to remain in Dallas however recommended he would play elsewhere when talking to reporters at coaching camp.
“You already know, I will say it: I wish to be right here, however if you lookup all the good quarterbacks I’ve watched, they’ve performed for different groups,” Prescott mentioned. “So my level in saying that’s that that is not one thing to concern. That could be a actuality for me sooner or later.”
With a full no-trade clause and the franchise tag unavailable to possession, final yr’s third-leading passer has loads of leverage to get a brand new take care of Dallas. If not, Professional Soccer Discuss’s Mike Florio and Chris Simms consider the Jets, Giants and Raiders might all be potential suitors.
Even when Prescott leaves Dallas, He’ll nonetheless rely for $40M towards the staff’s cap in 2025. All of the extra purpose to get him signed in 2024.
