Dak Prescott scored his present contract regardless of coming off a season-ending ankle damage. The Cowboys quarterback’s newest contract talks will now be coming off an damage as properly.
The ninth-year QB sustained a foot sprain that has required a strolling boot, per the Dallas Morning Information’ Calvin Watkins. It’s not recognized when Prescott sustained the damage, however Watkins provides it’s not believed to be critical. Prescott is vacationing in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, presently, with a boot visible on his right foot. He has worn the boot for per week, per Watkins, calling into query when the damage occurred. NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport classifies this as a “very minor” damage.
It will be unlikely this damage offers a critical obstacle to the Cowboys extending Prescott this 12 months. They’re planning to present a strong offer, creating extra distance from early-offseason reviews that recommended the group could also be keen to let this course of attain free company subsequent 12 months. Prescott is believed to reside above CeeDee Lamb
within the Cowboys’ extension queue.
How and when Prescott suffered the damage will probably be notable, after all, as will the extent of the difficulty. The Cowboys kick off coaching camp in a couple of weeks, and any Prescott keep on the energetic/PUP listing — a camp-only designation that doesn’t influence regular-season availability — will naturally generate consideration.
Prescott broken his proper ankle throughout an October 2020 sport in opposition to the Giants however was nonetheless capable of safe a four-year, $160M deal that has created vital leverage for him as talks on a 3rd contract unfold. Whereas Prescott additionally missed 5 video games attributable to a thumb damage in 2022, he has in any other case been sturdy all through his profession. Dak performed all 18 Cowboys video games final season, marking the sixth time in his profession he has prevented lacking time in a marketing campaign attributable to damage, and earned second-team All-Professional popularity of his efficiency.
Prescott’s bounce-back effort solidified his worth, placing him — contemplating the leverage he holds with the franchise tag out of the equation and a steep 2025 lifeless cash invoice on faucet if no extension happens — on the radar for a deal approaching $60M yearly.