Dak Prescott is not bothering himself with contract talks and insists his sole focus is on starting the season strongly with the Dallas Cowboys.
The star quarterback is entering the final year of the four-year, $160million deal he signed in 2021 with a renewal seemingly not close despite numerous rounds of talks between the Cowboys and the player’s agent Todd France.
The Cowboys did agree an extension with wide receiver CeeDee Lamb this week but Prescott’s current impasse is an unwanted distraction ahead of the new season.
Prescott, however, says he won’t let the situation bother him and intends to be firing on all cylinders when Dallas open their campaign against the Cleveland Browns on September 8.
He said: “I’m super blessed to play this game, to be in Year 9, to feel as I do, healthy as I do, as confident as I am, the experience that I’ve had. I’m blessed to play this game.
“I’m getting paid a lot of money to do it. I’ve already got paid. To get paid again, that’s just part of it. I’m due up for that whether it’s signing here or whether it’s somewhere else that I don’t care to think about at this moment. It’s all part of it.
“For me, it’s like I said, it’s about controlling what I can and being the best version of myself, best leader and make sure all these guys in here understand that we’re on a mission. It’s not about next year right now. It’s not about my contract. It’s not about anything but getting ready for Game 1 against the Browns. Simple as that.”
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Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said on Wednesday he would love to keep Prescott in Texas but has to consider the wider implications of another hugely expensive contract renewal.
Prescott, tellingly, claims it “says a lot” if the contract wasn’t finalized before the Browns game and also dismissed Jones’ remarks out of hand.
He added: “That’s the business and the nature of this game that we play.
“Yeah, I mean, I stopped, honestly, listening to things that he says to the media a long time ago. Doesn’t really hold weight with me.”
