Dak Prescott could link up with Bill Belichick at NFC East rivals, Nick Wright suggests
Dak Prescott has found himself in a contractual dilemma, with no extension in sight. The Cowboys quarterback could be looking towards a summer of free agency next year. Sports analyst Nick Wright predicts Prescott’s path could coincide with Bill Belichick’s.
The Dallas Cowboys have left things far too late, with superstars Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb only under obligation for a few more months. While Lamb is holding out, Prescott has been active in the Cowboys training camp, leading many to suggest that he is looking forward to running out the deal with the Cowboys.
On Tuesday, Nick Wright appeared on Fox’s ‘The Herd’ and suggested that it is unlikely that Dak Prescott will sign a new contract with the Cowboys.
“Everyone that's saying, ‘Oh my god, Dak, could get $57-$58 million’. That is not accurate,” Wright said. “It is a minimum of $60. It is probably $65 million a year, and I don't think the Cowboys are going to pay it, because if they were going to, they would have.
"So, I think Dak's going to play out this year and then become a 31-year-old franchise quarterback with true and clear free agency.”
Apart from predicting Prescott’s free agency, Wright also mapped out a franchise for him under the leadership of former New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick.
“And I've been saying it, I will keep saying it. I really think Dak Prescott, Bill Belichick, package deal to the New York Giants a year from now is going to happen," Wright added.
"And I think Bill gets to end where he started. I think the Giants get to rebrand entirely and steal the Cowboys quarterback, and Dak gets something like three years, $200 million guaranteed, and that's where this thing ends up going.”
The Giants and the Cowboys have a decades-old rivalry. If the QB ends up making this switch, it won't be great for Jerry Jones.
Dak Prescott moving toward free agency at a speed
With each day passing by, the start of the regular season gets shorter. The hopes of Dak Prescott signing an extension with the Cowboys also keep dissipating. NFL insider Ian Rapoport suggested last week that if Prescott doesn’t sign a deal by Week 1, we should consider him a free agent.
The Cowboys play their Week 1 game against the Cleveland Browns on Sept 8. Jerry Jones and Co. have almost a month to nail down Prescott, as per Rapoport’s analysis.