Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott is a year away from free agency, but he says he would consider staying with the Cowboys on a deal that doesn’t redefine the quarterback market.
Prescott spoke to reporters at a charity event Friday night and said he and Cowboys owner Jerry Jones have talked about his contract situation but have not entered into negotiations.
“I am not trying to be the highest paid, necessarily. We’re going to wait until negotiations start and obviously we want to put this team in the best situation,” Prescott said.
At the same time, Prescott said he’s not afraid to play out his contract and find out in 11 months if another team is willing to give him a better free agency offer.
“I don’t fear either situation, to be honest with you,” Prescott said. “I love this game, I love playing it, and I love improving myself as a player and my teammates around me. Now it’s with the Dallas Cowboys. It’s where I want to be and it’s where I am and it’s the focus. After the season, we’ll see where we are. If the future allows it, yes, and if not, we will go from there.”
Prescott knows there are risks to playing in the final year of his contract, as he suffered a serious ankle injury while playing for the one-year franchise in 2020. But Prescott recovered from that and signed a lucrative contract with the Cowboys in 2021 anyway. . , and he could be less than a year away from his next lucrative contract. Whether that makes him the highest-paid quarterback in the NFL, and whether that’s in Dallas or elsewhere, remains to be seen.
