FRISCO, Texas – Dallas Cowboys and quarterback Dak Prescott have agreed to a four-year, $ 160 million contract, including $ 126 million guaranteed, a source told Adam Schefter of ESPN.
Prescott’s signing bonus is $ 66 million, the largest in NFL history, a source told ESPN. The first three years of the transaction average $ 42 million a year, a source told Schefter.
The Cowboys announced that they had agreed to a contract with Prescott, but did not disclose the terms. The Cowboys will place the franchise on Prescott on Tuesday as a procedural issue, a source told Schefter. The Cowboys announced they will hold a press conference on Wednesday.
The process of reaching a long-term agreement with Prescott covered three offseasons, multiple mega-million bids and hours of negotiations. The Cowboys, over time, have said they want Prescott to be their franchise defender for the present and the future, and Prescott has said he wants to stay with the Cowboys.
It lasted much longer than usual.
Prescott, who turns 28 in July, comes from a compound fracture and a dislocated right ankle suffered in Week 5’s win over the New York Giants in October last year, but was scheduled to fully recover during the offseason. 2021.
The road to an agreement was complicated by the extensions signed by his colleagues 2016, Jared Goff and Carson Wentz, in 2019, the last year of a collective agreement and the lack of desire for both parties to bow to what they wanted in terms of business length – Cowboys wanted a commitment of five years or more; Prescott wanted a four-year contract.
But now that the deal is complete, the focus is on improving the list around Prescott to make sure the Cowboys can fight for a Super Bowl.
The Cowboys have missed the playoffs in three of the last four seasons. However, Prescott’s absence in 2020 has shown how integral he is to their success. Before being injured, he threw for 1,856 meters with nine touchdowns and four interceptions in five games. The Cowboys fought a few weeks without Prescott, scoring a three-game touchdown after scoring at least 31 points in four of the first five games.
In five seasons, Prescott has a team record of seven passing games of 400 yards and 24 heavy touchdowns, mostly by a Cowboys defender. He is second after Tony Romo in the 300-yard games with 15. He also proved to be a clutch with 15 winning game units.
Prescott, the Cowboys’ pick in the fourth round of 2016, set a record of 42-27, with 17,364 yards, along with 106 touchdown passes and 40 interceptions.
With the contract secured, expectations will be even higher for Prescott to deliver a Super Bowl to an organization that has not reached the title game in the last 25 years.