DALLAS (105.3 The Fan) - Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott just signed a massive new contract, earning him an average of $40 million per year over the next four seasons.
As a result, there is a set of entirely new expectations that will now be attached to him going forward.
Now, those expectations are already starting to take shape with one NFL analyst and film guru, Greg Cosell, proclaiming Prescott as a better quarterback than Seattle Seahawks superstar, Russell Wilson.
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“I think you can make an argument that at this moment in time Dak Prescott is a better quarterback (than Wilson),” Cosell said on the Ross Tucker Podcast. “And I think the tape shows that. I know the tape shows that.”
It is a bold claim from Cosell, considering Wilson, a Super Bowl Champion, has been seen as a top-tier NFL quarterback for nearly a decade.
Wilson, of course, is coming off of arguably his best regular-season campaign as a pro, throwing for 4,212 yards and 40 touchdowns, while completing 68-percent of his passes. Wilson has also led the Seahawks to the playoffs in eight of his nine seasons, coming away as a winner of nine of his 16 playoff chances.
Prescott, on the other hand, has led the Cowboys to the playoffs just twice in five seasons, winning one playoff game in 2018.
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Before his season-ending injury in week five of this past season, however, Prescott was on pace to throw for a record 6,760 yards, as well as 36 touchdowns... all while playing behind a patchwork offensive line, and across from a historically bad Cowboys defense.
The point being, both quarterbacks have their advantages in this debate, but either way, Cosell is not the first, and will certainly not be the last expert to draw big comparisons for the newly-minted $160 million man.