In less than a month, quarterback Dak Prescott will become a free agent; the Dallas Cowboys have undoubtedly contributed to his arrival at this point. Since the previous offseason, the two parties have been in talks for a new contract; however, those talks were cancelled early in the 2019 campaign. Prescott has made somewhat more than the $2.7 million David Moore of the Dallas Morning News reported he has in his four years with the company. With the performance escalator he received in 2019, the quarterback’s total compensation came to just over $4 million. Although player contracts are designed to compensate for future performance, Prescott’s 2019 salary of pennies on the dollar compared to his fellow draft class members is
Based off his past performances, statistics and record as the starting quarterback, Prescott has been severely underpaid compared to his counterparts from that same 2016 draft. Both Philadelphia Eagles’ Carson Wentz and Los Angeles Rams’ Jared Goff have received their big pay days prior to 2019.
Through 2019, Goff has already pocketed $49 million. Wentz has pocketed over $39 million. Both will receive at least $30 million in cash in 2020.
Prescott was taken in the fourth round of the 2016 NFL Draft which to some can lead to lower expectations as far as success in the league but also and more importantly for the Cowboys at the time, a lower salary to deal with for his first four years.
Again, Prescott has earned $4 million through four years and at worst, has played on par with his counterparts.
At the time of him being drafted, Prescott was in line to be the third string quarterback. Clearly this wasn’t the case when both starting quarterback Tony Romo and backup quarterback (now second-year offensive coordinator) Kellen Moore went down with injury. Prescott was immediately thrown into the fire. Turns out the next four years went pretty well for Prescott from an organizational standpoint.
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