Why Cowboys haven’t been able to sign Dak Prescott to new contract

Some light is being shed on why Dak Prescott and the Cowboys have been unable to come to a contract agreement.

On The Athletic’s “Scoop City” podcast, NFL insider Dianna Russini revealed that the quarterback and franchise have not been on the same wavelength as far as the duration of a potential deal.

“The holdup at this point from what I understand is about the years the Dallas Cowboys are willing to commit to,” Russini said.

The Cowboys, Russini added, are still determining whether they want to keep Prescott for “longer than two, three, four years.”

“He’s looking for a long-term commitment from Dallas,” she continued.

“So the hold up here is really the belief from the Dallas Cowboys. This is a guy who’s won a lot of games. But is that enough? Winning’s not enough for Jerry Jones. We know this. They want to do more… they don’t want to just be the team that wins a lot of games. They want to be the team that can play in the Super Bowl.”

Prescott is entering into his ninth NFL season, and the Cowboys have gone 73-41 in regular season games that he’s started.

The issue is that the team has not performed as well in the postseason, as they’ve gone 2-5 in playoff games started by Prescott.

Prescott is slated to be a free agent after this season.

Last week, Prescott painted the idea of whether he gets a new deal or not before the season starts as a referendum on how the organization feels about him.

“I think it says a lot if it is or if it isn’t [done],” he said, as covered by ESPN.

“Just how people feel,” he said, referring to what it would mean if a deal is not finalized.