The Dallas Cowboys have some serious thinking to do! They lost in the Wild Card round to the Packers. And owner Jerry Jones is not very happy about this. He is in a sort of pickle. While news broke that Mike McCarthy had been fired, it turned out he wasn’t. But he came pretty close to being. And now it seems that the sword is hanging above two other players.
Dak Prescott, just a few weeks ago, was in the MVP conversation. He was touted as a frontrunner in the MVP race. But after the humiliating defeat against the Packers? Not so much. And CeeDee Lamb played like an elite wideout during the regular season. However, in the playoff game, he didn’t. What is their future looking like?
What should the Dallas Cowboys do with Dak Prescott?
Why is Jerry Jones in such a dilemma regarding Dak? The reason for this is money. The first one is the $59 million cap hit. That’s pretty unsustainable and would break the Cowboys’ bank. They wouldn’t be able to resign star players, such as CeeDee Lamb and Micah Parsons, in the next season. So what are the Cowboys’ options with Dak?
He doesn’t have one, but three, actually. First, “bank” on Dak. Pay him his almost $60 million and let him remain a Cowboy. Second, they could cut him or trade him after June 1. If they decide to move on from the QB, what would be the benefits? It would save them a mammoth sum of $34 million dollars. It would also free up about $9 million of salary cap in 2024.
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And the final option: Do nothing. Salary remains the same. No extension for Dak. And the cap gets absorbed in 2024. Which path will Jones and his team go down? Meanwhile, they also have the Lamb dilemma to solve.
Lamb wants to be the highest-paid WR in the NFL
There’s no arguing that Lamb has earned his stripes. He leads the NFL in receptions at 122. But that’s just the beginning. He is second in terms of receiving yards. Lamb is third in WR touchdowns at 10. He also set a Dallas record recently. His last two stats surpassed Michael Irvin’s which he set in 1995. It might not be too much of a stretch to say that he’s the best WR the Cowboys have had in a while.
But then his financial ambitions match his exploits on the gridiron. He was asked if he’d like to become the league’s highest-paid receiver. What was his answer to that? “Ideally, yeah, for sure.” How much will that cost the Cowboys? A whopping $30 million worth of extension. That will dry up the Cowboys’ finances and render them incapable of signing more players during the upcoming Draft.
As the Cowboys enter the offseason, what decision will Jerry Jones take?
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