DALLAS (105.3 The Fan) - After Tom Brady and the Buccaneers captured Super Bowl LV on Sunday night, the Cowboys posted a video on Twitter to get fans hyped for the 2021 season. But something was a little off...
Amari Cooper, CeeDee Lamb, DeMarcus Lawrence and Jaylon Smith were all featured in the video, however, a certain star quarterback was not.
Dak Prescott was curiously missing from the 32-second video and Cowboys fans were quick to focus on his absence. Some questioned if it meant the team was moving on from Prescott this offseason?
Personally, I don't believe the video team was given some inside information about Prescott's future in a way to greenlight his exclusion from the promo. But I did find it a little odd.
Later Monday, Derek Eagleton, the Cowboys Director of Media and Programming, confirmed my suspicion that Prescott's omission from the video was an "honest mistake."
"This was simply an oversight that should have been caught and corrected by us. Anyone who’s making it seem like Cowboys’ decision makers use social media videos to make statements doesn’t understand or take the time to understand how it all works. Trust me, there’s no story here."
Eagleton's tweets came after the team received lots of criticism about Prescott not being featured in the video.
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According to 105.3 The Fan's Mike Fisher, the Cowboys intend to sign Prescott to a long-term extension prior to the March 9 deadline for applying the franchise tag, but if they don't get there by the mid-July deadline, they will franchise-tag him again and he'll play in 2021 under another tag.