The Dallas Cowboys and Dak Prescott appear to be on a collision course to signing a new long-term contract extension. Despite Prescott’s struggles in the team’s Wild Card loss, the Cowboys have little wiggle room when it comes to Prescott’s future.
Yet, USA Today’s K.D. Drummond ponders a scenario where both sides are unable to agree to a long-term extension. Under this scenario, Prescott could be open to waiving his no-trade clause in order to land a new lucrative contract elsewhere.
Drummond suggests the Chicago Bears could be open to a Prescott for Justin Fields quarterback swap. The NFL analyst believes Chicago would need to throw in more to make the deal work, starting with the No. 9 pick.
Grabbing Fields comes with little risk. His low 2023 salary ($2.3 million between base and roster bonus) is the best-case scenario in absorbing Prescott’s $62 million cap hit from a trade,” Drummond wrote in a January 22, 2024 article titled, “The ‘What If…?’ Mock Draft: Cowboys, Bears swap Dak Prescott for Justin Fields.”
They could keep the picks and see if a QB falls to them, trade up for a top QB, or stay put and grab players at other positions and roll with the two youngsters. Dallas would now have both Fields and Lance under control for two seasons, and neither fifth-year option has to be enacted until after the draft, where Dallas now has the No. 9 and the No. 24 pick. The amount of options that gives Dallas is innumerable.”
