DALLAS (105.3 The Fan) - The Cowboys and Dak Prescott have until 3 p.m. tomorrow to agree to a contract extension, but things aren't trending towards a getting deal getting done.
According to Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero of the NFL Network, Prescott's agent Todd France doesn't have any meetings scheduled with the Cowboys.
With a little more than 24 hours to go before the deadline, the #Cowboys & Dak Prescott remain dug in and no further talks are scheduled, per me and @TomPelissero. So barring a significant shift, Dak is in line to bet on himself again — this time playing on the $31.4 million tag.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) July 14, 2020On Monday, 105.3 The Fan's Mike Fisher reported that there is a sliver of hope despite no recent discussions taking place.
It's a "wait-and-see approach,'' as one source told Fish.
Maybe that's not enough. Maybe the gap between the two sides' contractual desires (Dallas offering a five-year deal at $35 million average per year with $106 million in virtual guarantees, Prescott's side's wishlist including a shorter four-year term) is too grand. Maybe COVID-19 has put everybody's cap-related plans in question. Or maybe both sides simply waited too long to agree to a deal that was "imminent'' back in September ... until it wasn't.
July 15 is the deadline to either execute a long-term deal or play under the tag tender in 2020. That's not some tragic outcome; Prescott gets $31.409 million this year and he's good to go. And if anybody in the building is still not sold on Prescott as the long-term guy, this serves as (another) "prove-it'' set-up.
