Things go from bad to worse when next season, the Cowboys find out what the 49ers already knew, and that’s Lance isn’t made for the big stage at the pro level. The Cowboys suffer immensely like other NFL teams who don’t have a capable quarterback. This results in years and years of trial and error, spending high draft resources and big money in free agency trying to find an answer at quarterback. And just like they learned before, it isn’t easy the consequences are severe. Adding insult to injury, while the Cowboys struggle to find their bearings, fans sit helplessly as Prescott leads his new team to a Super Bowl victory.
Sticking with the theme of the front office holding their breath that Lance is the future, the Cowboys decide to let the 2024 season play out. Underwhelming training camp and preseason samplings raise questions about this young, inexperienced quarterback. The uncertainty rolls into the regular season and in what little action he does see, it becomes evident that he’s not a guy they can trust with the keys to this franchise.
The trade for Lance was a dart throw that didn’t stick. Will he eventually develop into an NFL-capable quarterback? Who knows, but it won’t be discovered on the Cowboys’ dime because his contract expires the upcoming season and he’s free to look for work elsewhere next offseason. Oh well, you can’t blame the Cowboys for kicking the tires and giving him a look.
The good news for Dallas is that they still have one last card up their sleeve to hang on to Prescott. The bad news is, it’s the joker card, as in the Joneses are a couple of court jesters who put on their fancy pants and now look ridiculous. Prescott’s representation wisely advises him to hit the open market as desperate teams offer up big chunks of cash for Dak’s services. The Joneses, not wanting to make the biggest mistake in their team’s history (and they’ve made some big ones), will match any offer. Not wanting to play for a black hole of a team like, the Carolina Panthers, Prescott agrees to terms with Dallas and becomes the highest-paid quarterback in NFL history. When the dust settles, the Joneses still get their guy, but they pay dearly as they’re hit with excessive late fees.
The range of outcomes for this Dak/Trey quarterback soap opera is wide and we covered two possibilities. Tomorrow, we’ll take a more optimistic approach and explore if any happier endings are in the Cowboys’ future.
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