FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott doesn’t see Sunday’s season opener in opposition to the Cleveland Browns as some type of deadline to getting a contract extension finalized.
“I would say they’re working,” Prescott mentioned Thursday of the discussions involving his agent, Todd France, and Cowboys govt Stephen Jones. “I do not know if that is essentially the timeline (of getting it carried out over the weekend). I am unable to say, ‘I will put a timeline to Todd and Stephen if we do not get this carried out,’ this or that. However I do know they’re working.”
And if it carries on previous Week 1?
“I’ll nonetheless be working,” Prescott mentioned. “That is the one factor that issues to me.”
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Prescott acknowledged there might be a profit to the group by reaching a deal, since coaches and teammates will not need to be requested in regards to the quarterback’s contract and his future.
All-Professional huge receiver CeeDee Lamb signed a four-year, $136 million extension two weeks in the past.
“Clearly, Dak is doing an ideal job of probably not bringing it into the workspace, however I do know personally that it may take a toll on you,” Lamb mentioned. “However he is doing an ideal job of main us in the fitting path. He is aware of that we’re rooting for him. Me, probably the most, for certain. We have to hurry up and get this carried out, so we are able to simply put this all behind us and go win extra ballgames.”
Prescott mentioned he can keep within the current higher than most and compartmentalize the on- and off-field dealings.
“There’s something particular about this recreation of soccer and we’re simply blessed that cash comes with it and I am within the place I am in that we might be having these conversations,” he mentioned. “However that does not encourage me.”
What he says motivates him is ending the Cowboys’ Tremendous Bowl drought and becoming a member of Roger Staubach and Troy Aikman as the one quarterbacks in group historical past to win a championship.
“I do not assume profitable it some other place could be the identical as profitable it right here,” Prescott mentioned. “That’s A No. 1 in eager to be right here, to be trustworthy with you.”
