Dallas Cowboys: Will Dak Prescott take less money?

The Dallas Cowboys have to pay Dak Prescott in the final year of his rookie contract, but can the Dallas Cowboys and Dak find a happy medium?

The Dallas Cowboys are in one of the best positions a franchise can be in. It has a loaded roster full of talented players, and the Cowboys are drafting really good players on a yearly basis.

By the Cowboys finding success in the draft, its been Jerry Jones and Stephen Jones goal to re-sign their own players to mega contracts instead of regular free agents. When it comes to signing free agents from other teams, Dallas likes to sign productive players at bargain base prices.

This approach has worked so far this offseason with Dallas signing free agents Randall Cobb (wr), George Ilkoa (S), Robert Quinn (DE), and Christian Covington (DT) during free agency.

Stephen refuses to spend big time money on players like All Pro Safety Earl Thomas-who signed a four-year $55 million deal to play with the Baltimore Ravens ($32 million in full guarantees).

But like I said earlier Stephen will spend handsomely on his own Pro Bowl players like Demarcus Lawrence. Big Tank inked a contract for $105 million over five years with a whooping $65 million in guaranteed for three years. Absolutely Awesome! My goodness!

That’s good news for the former 2014 second rounder out of Boise State. But what about Dak Prescott?

You know the fourth round quarterback out of Mississippi State that was seen as nothing more than a reclamation project at best.

Now that Dallas has signed Big Tank to the richest contract in franchise history, the next question is this: Will Dak Prescott take less money when its time to negotiate his contract?

Dak is playing in the final year of his four-year rookie deal. Right now Dak is expected to make $2,120,828 this season.

After winning 33 games, two NFC East crowns, ROY honors (Rookie of the Year), winning a playoff game, and making the Pro Bowl, Dak wants to get paid! And he’s not accepting any wooden nickles. He wants coins-like at least $21 million coins as a starting point.

When a reporter asked Dak if he would take a hometown discount like New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, Dak made his intentions very clear.

"“No other quarterbacks’s wife makes as much as Brady’s does either,” stated Prescott. According to USA Today, Prescott said that Brady can accept lesser contracts because he doesn’t have to the “breadwinner in the home.”"

Translation. Dak expects to be paid like a franchise quarterback and not like a slacker or backup quarterback. Paying Dak $2 million dollars for all he’s done for Dallas in three short years is beyond a steal.