Cowboys Rumors: Dak Prescott Contract Extension Talks Haven't Started Yet

No contract extension talks have occurred between quarterback Dak Prescott's camp and the Dallas Cowboys as of Wednesday, per Calvin Watkins of the Dallas Morning News.

However, Watkins also noted "the majority of people in the Cowboys' universe" say that an extension is inevitable and that the parameters of the deal are the biggest questions.

As Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said during the NFL owners' meetings, Dallas wants to give Prescott an extension and also cut down his $59.4 million cap number for 2024.

Prescott signed a four-year, $160 million extension ($126 million guaranteed) in March 2021. That deal has two void years for 2025 and 2026, so he would be a free agent after 2024 barring an extension.

Prescott has started for the Cowboys in all seven of his NFL seasons.

Last year, he completed 66.2 percent of his passes for 23 touchdowns (15 interceptions) and 2,860 yards in an injury-shortened 12-game campaign in which he suffered a fractured right thumb in Week 1.

Dallas went 12-5 for the second successive season and made the playoffs. The Cowboys defeated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the Wild Card Round before falling to the San Francisco 49ers the following week.

Prescott will be 30 years old by the time the 2023 season starts, so he could have plenty of football ahead of him after his contract runs out.

Extension talks may not have started just yet, but it's clear the reigning Walter Payton Man of the Year award winner is the signal-caller of the present and future in Dallas.