Cowboys facing key decision with Dak Prescott’s contract

With the Dallas Cowboys projected to be $9.6M over the salary cap in 2023, according to Spotrac, the team may have to get creative to give itself some breathing room to sign free agents and its incoming draft class.

One solution includes reworking quarterback Dak Prescott’s contract, which according to ESPN’s Todd Archer, would free up approximately $22M next season.

“[The Cowboys] would add four to five years to the deal, pay him a huge signing bonus and knock down his 2023 base salary, allowing them to do whatever they would want,” Archer recently wrote. “Technically, instead of extending Prescott, they could restructure his contract again and free up about $22M in room but be left with a ton of dead money in 2025 after his contract expires.”