Cowboys owner Jerry Jones on a new four – year $ 160m deal Dak Prescott: “If anyone has ever taken advantage of me financially, I am proud that the one sitting next to me is on the right side. ”
Last updated: 10/03/21 10:39 pm
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott. (Photo AP / John Froschauer)
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has said he has no regrets after ‘overpaying’ to keep his quarterback franchise Dak Prescott.
“When I bought the Cowboys, in addition to a lot of other things that were said, it was very common to say how ungodly I was for what I paid for the Cowboys,” Jones said at the Wednesday ‘s press conference. “And that’s not an exaggeration, that’s for sure. Well, I got a big shot, I finished with the Dallas Cowboys.
“The truth is most anything I’ve ever been involved in that ended up being special, I did too much for, every time, to the end. ‘I tried to get a bargain, I just got that, it was a bargain in many ways and not to some extent.
“And so, the other thing was that our process of getting here was from a Dak rookie contract, I knew Dak wanted to be here and certainly nowhere else. I knew that. and I think Dak knew how good he was here, although I can understand his understanding.This was not some kind of ‘can Dak handle it?’ test or something like That was not the case. “
“If anyone has ever taken advantage of me financially, I am proud to be the one sitting next to me on the right side.”
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After opening talks over an extension two years ago, Prescott and the Cowboys finally agreed a new four-year, $ 160m extension this week, including a $ 66m and $ 126m signing bonus. in sure money. For the record, Jones paid less to buy the franchise in 1989.
Five months after a serious ankle injury, Prescott got the long-term contract he wanted in 2019 and 2020. Only Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes does more every year than Prescott.
“This is the right approach. I never thought in a million years that I wasn’t a cowboy once I put on the Star,” Prescott said. “I’m excited to be here and not to leave. This is my home, I’m not leaving and this is just the beginning.”
Prescott and the Cowboys have come close to contract deals each of the last three years. Dallas recently put the franchise tag on March 16 last year in a deal worth $ 31.4 million for the 2020 season.
He joked on Wednesday that he was thinking of running out from behind a curtain at the live press conference and jumping on the table to confirm he is recovering from a 5 Week Ankle Injury. his 2020 season ended.
Prescott came away with a fracture and a broken right ankle after an attack by Logan Ryan from the Giants safety, undergoing end-of-season surgery later in the day.
The 27-year-old made a note of thanks to Alex Smith for his encouragement on his return after the quarterback won the Comeback Player of the Year with Washington last season behind a threatening leg injury on life. He also dispelled the notion of uncertainty about his willingness to bet on playing by playing on the franchise tag in 2020.
“For me, it wasn’t a gamble,” Prescott said. “So even sitting there, holding my leg or whatever is on the field, trying to put it back in place, or later being in the hospital and waking up from surgery, that’s exactly what God threw at me.
“If you’ve experienced my life, if you’ve known my story, whatever the situation, I’m going to take it with a smile and be thankful that God sent me to life. this situation to overcome, to be so to others. So ever in a million years.
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“And I have to thank, honestly, Alex Smith. Because at that time when you’re sitting there and you are so injured or you come out of surgery, to see someone who has already done it and made it into worse situations, so let my mind just go straight, ‘Hey, I can do this.I’m going to hit this It is only a matter of time.
“What are the doctors saying? But I’m going to hit this.” So I have to thank Alex for someone who got over that and won Comeback Player of the Year, and congratulations- news on.
Prescott said he will be “ready when it matters” for the regular 2021 season and is doing everything doctors ask him to do, adding that his motivation is about being the best quarterback best in the NFL and winning the Lombardi Cup – not beating Jones in a contract thatch of wars.
He said he had asked his girlfriend and brother to be honest if even “one thing” about him changed after his big payouts hit the account.
“I never played this game for money,” Prescott explained. “Money has never been an incentive. I am strongly motivated.”