ClutchPoints 4 hours ago
Cowboys aren’t worried about Dak Prescott’s new contract after using franchise tag
The time is running out for the Dallas Cowboys to get a deal done with Dak Prescott in 2020. Despite having until Wednesday to finalize a new deal, Dallas isn’t too concerned about Prescott’s contract due to him signing his franchise tag. While speaking about the topic on SportsCenter, ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler gave somewhat of […] The post Cowboys aren’t worried about Dak Prescott’s new contract after using franchise tag appeared first on ClutchPoints.
Blogging The Boys 6 hours ago
NFL personnel rank Tyron Smith as the best offensive tackle in the league
Matthew Emmons-USA TODAY Sports The NFL is still very high on the Cowboys’ left tackle. Recent positional ranking lists from ESPN confirm one thing that many of us assumed: the Dallas Cowboys have no shortage of talent on its roster, especially on the offensive side of the ball. Quarterback Dak Prescott, running back Ezekiel Elliott, and wide receiver Amari Cooper were all ranked inside the top-10 across the league at their respective positions. After being among tops of the league in multiple offensive categories, that comes as no surprise. A fourth player on the Cowboys offense has...
Blogging The Boys 9 hours ago
Cowboys prepared for Dak Prescott to play on franchise tag if necessary
Photo by Tom Pennington/ The deadline for Dak and Dallas to agree is coming fast. We are just a few days away from July 15th which is a rather important day for the Dallas Cowboys. By Wednesday, the organization must have a long-term contract in place with Dak Prescott or else their star quarterback must play the 2020 season on the franchise tag. While Dak is under contract for this season by way of the tag, getting into a gambling match with someone who plays the most important position in football is risky business. For over a year now the Cowboys and Prescott have seemingly gone back...
Blogging The Boys 13 hours ago
Cowboys news: With time running out, where do the Cowboys stand in negotiations with Dak Prescott?
Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports Here is your Sunday edition of Cowboys news. After months of little progress, will Dak Prescott make a deal with the Cowboys? Time to decide is running out. - Michael Gehlken, Dallas Morning News There is so much uncertainty when it comes to the future contract of Dak Prescott, but will we have answers soon? Time is running out. Revenue and the salary cap are directly correlated. While the exact repercussions of the pandemic are still developing, the NFL and NFL Players Association likely will have to borrow from future years in order to buoy the 2021 cap...
ClutchPoints Jul 11, 2020
Cowboys’ Dak Prescott’s target figure, according to former NFL star
The deadline for Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys to finalize a long-term contract in 2020 is right around the corner. DeAngelo Hall, the former NFL cornerback and current analyst on NFL Network, believes Prescott would be content with a certain figure. During an appearance on NFL Total Access, Hall spoke about how Prescott’s deal […] The post Cowboys’ Dak Prescott’s target figure, according to former NFL star appeared first on ClutchPoints.
Blogging The Boys Jul 11, 2020
Three things we can learn from preseason NFL rankings
The perceptions of this trio reveals much. | Photo by Ronald Martinez/ Early NFL rankings are all over the place, which is key to the lessons. Despite our interest in them, preseason rankings of NFL teams and personnel are pretty much strictly for entertainment purposes only. We’ve recently seen top-10 lists of quarterbacks, running backs, and wide receivers from ESPN that include Dak Prescott, Ezekiel Elliott, and Amari Cooper of the Dallas Cowboys, with more likely on the way. If you go back and look at past ones, you probably would get a chuckle from how far off they were once the...
Blogging The Boys Jul 11, 2020
Cowboys are contenders for the best quarterback room in the NFL
Photo by Richard Rodriguez/ Dak Prescott + Andy Dalton + Ben DiNucci = ? On the latest Talkin’ the Star podcast, we reviewed the Cowboys quarterback room and an interesting question was brought up on the episode. Do the Dallas Cowboys have the best quarterback room in the NFL? As it stands today, the Cowboys QB depth chart reads: Dak Prescott Andy Dalton Ben DiNucci Clayton Thorson It’s important to remember that we are not suggesting that Dak Prescott is the best quarterback in the NFL, or that Andy Dalton is the best backup quarterback in the NFL. What we are proposing is when...
Blogging The Boys Jul 11, 2020
Cowboys news: Who has the best/worst contract on the Cowboys?
Photo by Ronald Martinez/ Check out today’s latest and greatest news surrounding America’s team! The 3 best values on the Dallas Cowboys’ roster now that QB Dak Prescott is set to make big money - John Owning, Dallas Morning News With big money starting to hit the Cowboys cap, these players are on ultra-team friendly deals. After two years of flashy but middling play at right tackle, La’el Collins finally played like the elite talent he was deemed to be coming out of LSU. Collins was flat-out dominant in 2019, a road grader in the run game and incredibly consistent in pass...
Blogging The Boys Jul 10, 2020
Amari Cooper joins Dak Prescott, Ezekiel Elliott in ESPN’s positional top-10 rankings
Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports Where do you rank Amari Cooper among NFL receivers? Rankings are seemingly coming out each and every day as we, hopefully, inch closer and closer to the 2020 regular season. ESPN is the latest outlet releasing top-10 lists at each position, gathering opinions from different NFL executives, coaches, and players. This week alone, we have seen Dak Prescott ranked as the ninth best quarterback in football and Ezekiel Elliott ranked as one of the three best running backs in the league. Today, Jeremy Fowler released the top-10 list for wide receivers. Dallas, like...
Blogging The Boys Jul 10, 2020
Cowboys News: Ezekiel Elliott responds to critiques of his play
Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports Plus, time is running out for a deal with Dak Prescott Ezekiel Elliott takes issue with NFL coach’s comment - Brad Crawford, 247 Sports Ezekiel Elliott has been the most consistent running back in the last four years, which is why he’s now handsomely paid. But an anonymous NFL coach recently ranked Zeke outside of the top ten running backs in the league, prompting a response from the star rusher. The coach told ESPN’s Marcus Mosher that Elliott is a shell of his former self and “doesn’t look as strong anymore”, pointing to his lack of chunk...
Blogging The Boys Jul 9, 2020
Zackety Zack, can’t touch Dak: How Zack Martin remains a dominant force along the Cowboys offensive line
Matthew Emmons-USA TODAY Sports The Cowboys have one of the best offensive lineman in the game. Can you believe that Dak Prescott was less than a 100 yards away from being a 5,000 yard passer last season? The Dallas Cowboys’ ability to attack through the air helped them lead the NFL in total yards. It was amazing what the team’s young quarterback could do when he was kept upright. After being sacked 56 times in 2018 (second most in the league), the offensive line return to form helping Prescott sack totals to drop all the way down to 23 last season (second fewest in the league). One...
Blogging The Boys Jul 9, 2020
It appears as if not much has changed on the Dak Prescott contract front after Pat Mahomes’ deal
Photo by Tom Pennington/ The latest on the Cowboys negotiations with Dak Prescott. There is still plenty of speculation about the contractual status of Dak Prescott in the aftermath of the record-setting deal that the Kansas City Chiefs agreed to with their own quarterback this week. While nobody is Pat Mahomes, the market is what the market is, and as a result all quarterback contracts are inherently related to one another. People seem to have varying thoughts as to what the Mahomes deal could mean for Prescott, and in a week’s time we will officially have our answer. It remains to...
Blogging The Boys Jul 9, 2020
NFL executives and coaches rank Dak Prescott as top-10 quarterback heading into 2020 season
Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports Dak is one of the 10 best quarterbacks in football, but where did he land in these rankings? This week, Patrick Mahomes nearly broke the internet when he signed a 10-year contract extension that is worth more than $500 million, setting the stage for Dak Prescott and Deshaun Watson to receive new deals. Where do they rank among NFL QBs? Jeremy Fowler of ESPN spoke to a number of different league executives, coaches, scouts, and players to compile a ranking of the 10 best quarterbacks heading into the upcoming season. As there is with any list, there is...
Blogging The Boys Jul 9, 2020
Cowboys news: How Patrick Mahomes’ historic deal will impact the Dak Prescott negotiations
Matthew Emmons-USA TODAY Sports Plus, more news on America’s Team. Dak Prescott contract talks: How Patrick Mahomes’ historic payday impacts Cowboys negotiations - Patrik Walker, CBSSports.com Just how much will Patrick Mahomes’ contract impact Dak Prescott? The Cowboys should acquiesce to this for a couple of reasons. The first is fairly simple, because if Prescott plays on the current franchise tag and is faced with playing under a second in 2021, his salary for next season — absent a deal at that time — would balloon to more than $37 million. So in one way or the other,...
FOX Sports Jul 8, 2020
How Patrick Mahomes' deal complicates Dak Prescott's negotiation with the Cowboys
The ongoing financial standoff between Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys is approaching its first significant deadline.
