A couple of weeks ago, the Dallas Cowboys signed Andy Dalton to a one-year deal worth up to $7 million and it had people scratching their heads as to why they would make such a move.
It was clearly a chess move to have a back-up plan just in case Dak Prescott decided he might want to hold out to start the 2020 season.
According to Bleacher Report, there are seven “likely” holdout candidates throughout the NFL and they pegged Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott being among them.
“The quarterback market operates differently than any other position,” writes columnist Brent Sobleski. “The best players aren’t necessarily the highest-paid; it’s about who enters the market at the right time.
Prescott is already one of the game’s best quarterbacks. Last season, the 26-year-old finished second in the league with 4,902 passing yards and fourth with 30 touchdown passes.
The Cowboys won’t be paying just for what he’s accomplished; they’ll also pay for what he brings to them long-term. If they decide not to budge, there’s no reason for Prescott to show up or sign anything that would lock him into a deal less than the market dictates.
The two sides can continue negotiating a long-term deal until July 15. The clock is ticking.”
Prescott is technically unsigned for the upcoming season, since he has yet to sign his $31.4 million franchise tag.
“It’s not a concern of mine,” owner Jerry Jones said earlier this offseason, per The Athletic. “Dak understands, in my mind, one of the great things about Dak is his commitment to building a team. I don’t have an issue there.”
Hall-of-Fame wide receiver Michael Irvin said during an interview on the Rich Eisen Show that Dallas owes the 2016 fourth-round pick “back pay” for years of what he considers unrewarded service — service that “deserves” restitution.
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“Dak has been not great, but perfect. Not necessarily in wins and losses, of course. But I’m talking about just the person that he’s been,” Irvin said earlier this week, via the Dallas Morning News. “The kind of investment you want to make, the kind of guy you say ‘yeah, we hit it with this guy. We got him in the fourth round.’ You stole four years, so whatever he gets he deserves because you still owe him back pay.”
