Forum The Longship REPORT: Cowboys offer Prescott $33 million per yea...

REPORT: Cowboys offer Prescott $33 million per year contract

StickierBuns
Joined May 2013
8,218 posts
Rep: 83

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/cowboys-reportedly-offer-dak-prescott-140707917.html

Jesus, what the hell is Mahomes going to sign for?? Wowzer.

Liked:
#1 · Mar 8, 9:17 AM
DE
Joined Apr 2026
206,512 posts
Rep: 0

If I were the Cowboys, it would be a question if I even wanted him back.  Single handedly took them out of games last year.  They are going to have most of their cap tied into two players who are very overrated.  I can easily list 10 QBs I'd rank ahead of him.  

Liked:
#2 · Mar 8, 9:43 AM
DE
Joined Apr 2026
206,512 posts
Rep: 0

$105mm guarantee...

Be interesting to know if the coach and owner we're aligned - or not. 

Liked:
#3 · Mar 8, 9:47 AM
DE
Joined Apr 2026
206,512 posts
Rep: 0

Sounds about right. Mahomes will probably get $36. 

Liked:
#4 · Mar 8, 3:13 PM
DE
Joined Apr 2026
206,512 posts
Rep: 0

And KC will get...

Liked:
#5 · Mar 8, 3:15 PM
DE
Joined Apr 2026
206,512 posts
Rep: 0
@"purplefaithful" said: And KC will get...
No idea how much cash KC will be willing to sacrifice for a longer term. But the Vikings will almost certainly lower their 2020 cap hit. I've read they could trim as much as $12 to $15M. I don't think they'll go that high though. They're not typically can kickers when it comes to the cap . 
Liked:
#6 · Mar 8, 4:07 PM
DE
Joined Apr 2026
206,512 posts
Rep: 0

ooooooffffta, thats a hell of a contract

Liked:
#7 · Mar 9, 8:48 AM
DE
Joined Apr 2026
206,512 posts
Rep: 0

good for them and good for him.  I love to hear about other teams screwing themselves into a shitty cap situation that will limit their ability to become more competitive down the road.   I hope who ever the bears sign screws them so bad that they lose a few of those studs on defense.

Liked:
#8 · Mar 9, 1:16 PM
DE
Joined Apr 2026
206,512 posts
Rep: 0
@"JimmyinSD" said: good for them and good for him.  I love to hear about other teams screwing themselves into a shitty cap situation that will limit their ability to become more competitive down the road.   I hope who ever the bears sign screws them so bad that they lose a few of those studs on defense.
A bit extreme, dontcha think? What are they gonna do? Let him sign that contract with another team and then start over with a draft pick? Jimmy, you always criticize these big contracts, but that's what the market is. Prescott has played pretty well. He's earned what the market will bear. If the Cowboys don't pay it, another team will and the the Cowboys are stuck wasting Cooper, Elliot and that great OL on another 5 to 10 year search for a QB. Sure, hoping for a Mahomes, but far more likely to get the next Kizer, Trubisky, Lynch, Winston, Mariota....

Cowboys found a gem in the 4th round with Prescott. Now they have to pay him. I'm curious what you think their other options are. 

Liked:
#9 · Mar 9, 1:39 PM
DE
Joined Apr 2026
206,512 posts
Rep: 0
@"MaroonBells" said:
@"JimmyinSD" said: good for them and good for him.  I love to hear about other teams screwing themselves into a shitty cap situation that will limit their ability to become more competitive down the road.   I hope who ever the bears sign screws them so bad that they lose a few of those studs on defense.
A bit extreme, dontcha think? What are they gonna do? Let him sign that contract with another team and then start over with a draft pick? Jimmy, you always criticize these big contracts, but that's what the market is. Prescott has played pretty well. He's earned what the market will bear. If the Cowboys don't pay it, another team will and the the Cowboys are stuck wasting Cooper, Elliot and that great OL on another 5 to 10 year search for a QB. Sure, hoping for a Mahomes, but far more likely to get the next Kizer, Trubisky, Lynch, Winston, Mariota....

Cowboys found a gem in the 4th round with Prescott. Now they have to pay him. I'm curious what you think their other options are. 



I have never been impressed with Prescott,  and teams that pay those big dollars to average QBs go no where,  so WTF is the point in just competing if that means not being a realistic SB team?  I would rather the Vikings build a team that can win despite average QB play than have the rest of the team be average with an over paid slightly above average QB which I believe prescott is.  think about it,   prescott has one of the best OLines in the game,  one of the best RBs,  and quality at WR and he still looks average on most days.   why pay top tier money for that when you know that you would likely get the same performance out of a cheaper QB?

Liked:
#10 · Mar 9, 1:57 PM
DE
Joined Apr 2026
206,512 posts
Rep: 0
@"JimmyinSD" said:
@"MaroonBells" said:
@"JimmyinSD" said: good for them and good for him.  I love to hear about other teams screwing themselves into a shitty cap situation that will limit their ability to become more competitive down the road.   I hope who ever the bears sign screws them so bad that they lose a few of those studs on defense.
A bit extreme, dontcha think? What are they gonna do? Let him sign that contract with another team and then start over with a draft pick? Jimmy, you always criticize these big contracts, but that's what the market is. Prescott has played pretty well. He's earned what the market will bear. If the Cowboys don't pay it, another team will and the the Cowboys are stuck wasting Cooper, Elliot and that great OL on another 5 to 10 year search for a QB. Sure, hoping for a Mahomes, but far more likely to get the next Kizer, Trubisky, Lynch, Winston, Mariota....

Cowboys found a gem in the 4th round with Prescott. Now they have to pay him. I'm curious what you think their other options are. 



I have never been impressed with Prescott,  and teams that pay those big dollars to average QBs go no where,  so WTF is the point in just competing if that means not being a realistic SB team?  I would rather the Vikings build a team that can win despite average QB play than have the rest of the team be average with an over paid slightly above average QB which I believe prescott is.  think about it,   prescott has one of the best OLines in the game,  one of the best RBs,  and quality at WR and he still looks average on most days.   why pay top tier money for that when you know that you would likely get the same performance out of a cheaper QB?


I think Prescott is better than you give him credit for. One of the things that so many people undervalue is durability and in four years he's never missed a practice or a game. After what we've gone through with Culpepper, Bridgewater, Bradford, etc. you would think Viking fans especially would appreciate that (in Cousins too). But unlike Cousins, Prescott has the mobility that everyone covets these days

Here are some numbers on Prescott that I took from Twitter....

- 15778 passing yards
- 97 tds
- 40-24 record
- never missed a game.
- only 36 ints
- 97 passer rate
- 1221 rushing yards
- 21 rushing TDs
- 2nd most wins since 2016
- never had a losing season
- 2 playoff trips in 4 years - ranked in the top 8 in most of the important QB stats in 2019. HIs 4900 passing yards would've broken team records on 20 NFL teams. 

...and he's still improving. No, you gotta pay that guy. 

Liked:
#11 · Mar 9, 2:18 PM
DE
Joined Apr 2026
206,512 posts
Rep: 0
@"MaroonBells" said:
@"JimmyinSD" said:
@"MaroonBells" said:
@"JimmyinSD" said: good for them and good for him.  I love to hear about other teams screwing themselves into a shitty cap situation that will limit their ability to become more competitive down the road.   I hope who ever the bears sign screws them so bad that they lose a few of those studs on defense.
A bit extreme, dontcha think? What are they gonna do? Let him sign that contract with another team and then start over with a draft pick? Jimmy, you always criticize these big contracts, but that's what the market is. Prescott has played pretty well. He's earned what the market will bear. If the Cowboys don't pay it, another team will and the the Cowboys are stuck wasting Cooper, Elliot and that great OL on another 5 to 10 year search for a QB. Sure, hoping for a Mahomes, but far more likely to get the next Kizer, Trubisky, Lynch, Winston, Mariota....

Cowboys found a gem in the 4th round with Prescott. Now they have to pay him. I'm curious what you think their other options are. 



I have never been impressed with Prescott,  and teams that pay those big dollars to average QBs go no where,  so WTF is the point in just competing if that means not being a realistic SB team?  I would rather the Vikings build a team that can win despite average QB play than have the rest of the team be average with an over paid slightly above average QB which I believe prescott is.  think about it,   prescott has one of the best OLines in the game,  one of the best RBs,  and quality at WR and he still looks average on most days.   why pay top tier money for that when you know that you would likely get the same performance out of a cheaper QB?


I think Prescott is better than you give him credit for. One of the things that so many people undervalue is durability and in four years he's never missed a practice or a game. After what we've gone through with Culpepper, Bridgewater, Bradford, etc. you would think Viking fans especially would appreciate that (in Cousins too). But unlike Cousins, Prescott has the mobility that everyone covets these days

Here are some numbers on Prescott that I took from Twitter....

- 15778 passing yards
- 97 tds
- 40-24 record
- never missed a game.
- only 36 ints
- 97 passer rate
- 1221 rushing yards
- 21 rushing TDs
- 2nd most wins since 2016
- never had a losing season
- 2 playoff trips in 4 years - ranked in the top 8 in most of the important QB stats in 2019. HIs 4900 passing yards would've broken team records on 20 NFL teams. 

...and he's still improving. No, you gotta pay that guy. 



we can agree to disagree then,   I would expect more from a guy with everything he has around him, and I was more impressed with him early on than I have been the last couple years.   I still think that the cowboys,  and many other teams would be better served by going back to the QB well more often than to over pay for average performance,  and using the savings on the rest of the roster.

Liked:
#12 · Mar 9, 2:25 PM
DE
Joined Apr 2026
206,512 posts
Rep: 0

This was strictly a Jim Jones move...

Liked:
#13 · Mar 9, 3:51 PM
DE
Joined Apr 2026
206,512 posts
Rep: 0

I'm with Maroon on this. I remember when Cousins hit free agency, he was called a "unicorn" because QB's with his production and in their prime simply didn't hit the market.  Well, here comes Prescott about to hit FA with as good or better production, a better W-L record, younger, more mobile, and has a freaking clue when somebody's about to strip him.  

If the Cowboys didn't pay him, someone else was going to PAY him.

Liked:
#14 · Mar 10, 12:05 AM
Log in to reply.

Edit Post (mod action — author will see a notice)

Warn Poster

Suspend User (3 days)

The user will be suspended for 3 days and will receive an email with the reason and information about how to appeal.

Forum The Longship REPORT: Cowboys offer Prescott $33 million per yea...
Return to top ↑

Welcome to VikeFans!

Welcome back, Skol fans! This is our new home. Log in with your username or email and your existing password.


Be sure to check out the How To's and Questions forum for guides on getting around the new site, and use the Help Request forum if you run into anything that you need help with. Skol!