{"id":183087,"date":"2024-07-29T10:00:11","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T14:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=183087"},"modified":"2024-07-27T21:22:08","modified_gmt":"2024-07-28T01:22:08","slug":"jerry-jones-struggling-renewing-dak-prescott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/07\/29\/jerry-jones-struggling-renewing-dak-prescott\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Jerry Jones is Struggling with Renewing Dak Prescott"},"content":{"rendered":"

Starting quarterback Dak Prescott<\/a> has been with the Dallas Cowboys for a long time. We\u2019re talking eight seasons of play, most of which have led to a playoff season that has been unsuccessful. And Jerry Jones is fed up.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The \u201ceasier\u201d solution would be to not renew Prescott and call it a day. However, if it were simple, then it would be finished. What Jones is struggling with is much deeper. Should he keep Prescott, or should he let him go?<\/span><\/p>\n

Why Jerry Jones is Hot and Cold on Keeping Dak Prescott<\/span><\/h2>\n

Prescott Isn\u2019t Easily Replaceable<\/span><\/h3>\n

Most teams with good quarterbacks already have them signed and locked in. So there\u2019s no one to poach from another team. There also aren\u2019t any options in free agency right now either. Maybe something will become available later, but probably not. Lastly, the Cowboys won\u2019t be as good as they were last season, but they won\u2019t be bad either. So picking a top draft pick QB isn\u2019t likely either.<\/span><\/p>\n

In other words, there are limited options available. Sure, they have two backups in Cooper Rush and Trey Lance, but neither player has the \u201cit\u201d factor the Cowboys are looking for. Prescott is more likely to lead the Cowboys to the playoffs than they are. <\/span>If you\u2019re looking at that, then the choice seems obvious\u2013Jerry Jones should keep Dak Prescott.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Problems with Prescott<\/span><\/h3>\n

It would be a really easy choice if Prescott had won major playoff games, but he hasn\u2019t.\u00a0<\/span>Over and over again, he\u2019s failed to come up big when it matters the most. His greatest criticism as a quarterback is that he doesn\u2019t show up in big games. When compared to players like Joe Burrow<\/a> and Josh Allen<\/a>, there\u2019s a gap that isn\u2019t easily closed.<\/span><\/p>\n

So yes, you have a QB who can sell seats and jerseys due to regular season play, but you don\u2019t have one that\u2019s going to win a Super Bowl. That\u2019s a problem for an organization that makes its money being \u201cAmerica\u2019s Team\u201d. <\/span>How can you even call yourself America\u2019s Team when you can\u2019t win in America\u2019s biggest game? When you can\u2019t even make it to that game?<\/span><\/p>\n

Jones Isn\u2019t Only Waiting for Players to Step Up<\/span><\/h3>\n

Almost all of the Dallas Cowboys coaching staff<\/a> have contracts ending this year, with no extensions in sight. <\/span>It\u2019s almost as if Jones is daring them to make him renew it. After all, the pressure can\u2019t be all on Prescott. If he has been a let down, that\u2019s because the coaching staff has allowed him to be for multiple years in a row.<\/span><\/p>\n

If the Cowboys can\u2019t live up to the high level of play Jones is expecting, then there isn\u2019t much of a chance that they\u2019ll get renewals, either. <\/span>He may decide to throw out the whole program and try again from scratch.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Dallas Cowboys are a Team of High Expectations<\/span><\/h3>\n

The Cowboys haven\u2019t been to a Super Bowl in nearly 30 years. Last year’s team was the one that could\u2019ve gotten them out of that slump, and they blew it against the rookie Jordan Love<\/a> and the Green Bay Packers. <\/span>After losing players like Tyron Smith, Dorance Armstrong, and Tony Pollard, it isn\u2019t looking as though they\u2019re going to maintain that high level of play we\u2019ve known for the last three seasons, in which they\u2019ve managed an astoundingly consistent 12-5 record.<\/span><\/p>\n

Even if they do, that doesn\u2019t promise that the playoffs will end much differently\u2013the last few runs ending with a loss from either the 49ers or the Packers. <\/span>Jerry Jones could choose to let go of Dak Prescott and sign other stars like Micah Parsons<\/a> and CeeDee Lamb<\/a>, but then, he leaves the biggest question on the table:<\/span><\/p>\n

Can the Dallas Cowboys win playoff games without a star quarterback on the team?<\/span><\/p>\n

Main Image: Matthew Emmons – USA Today Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jerry Jones hasn’t decided whether Dak Prescott is worth the money, and there’s a good reason for all the uncertainty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5238,"featured_media":183119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19,54],"tags":[2618,302,889,32088],"class_list":["post-183087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cowboys","category-editorials","tag-contract","tag-dak-prescott","tag-jerry-jones","tag-nfl-coaches"],"modified_by":"Isaac Zuniga","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}