Shortly after the Dallas Cowboys fell to the San Francisco 49ers 23-17 within the wild-card spherical of the playoffs, Cowboys proprietor and basic supervisor Jerry Jones closely endorsed Dak Prescott as his beginning quarterback moving forward however publicly criticized different members of the roster, specifically huge receiver Amari Cooper.
Whereas Cooper might grow to be a salary-cap casualty subsequent month, Prescott signed a four-year contract that might be value greater than $160 million practically one 12 months in the past. USA Today’s Jori Epstein just lately requested Dallas’ QB1 how being on such a profitable deal impacts his mindset this offseason.
“I didn’t give it some thought till you stated it,” Prescott defined. “But it surely simply lets you be recent and make sure on all the pieces and know clearly you’re right here. There’s no questions. You possibly can assist the group make selections.”
Prescott added whether or not or not he has a say in who stays or who goes when the brand new NFL 12 months opens subsequent month “is determined by whether or not they ask me” beforehand.
“I’m not moving into and knocking on doorways saying, ‘Hey, I need this carried out, I need that carried out,'” Prescott remarked. “However I’m fairly certain that my opinion will probably be valued in sure selections, as I hope. So with that being stated, simply plan on serving to this group get higher in each which approach I can.”
Whereas talking with USA At this time throughout Tremendous Bowl media week, Dallas huge receiver CeeDee Lamb campaigned for the membership to maintain the beforehand talked about Cooper for a minimum of one other season:
