Dak Prescott, Cowboys agree to the terms of a 4-year, $ 160 million deal

Dak Prescott said he wanted to be a lifelong cowboy. The Cowboys insisted that there is no progress without Prescott. However, negotiations have lasted more than two years, until Monday, Prescott and Cowboys agreed to a four-year deal worth $ 160 million with a $ 126 million guarantee, and two people with knowledge of the contract confirmed to USA TODAY Sports on Monday. People spoke on condition of anonymity because the terms had not been made public. Prescott could earn up to $ 164 million in four years, and the deal includes a no-trade clause and no mark. Thus Prescott could return to the negotiating table in just three years from now. At that point, he will only be 30 years old. His teammates were enthusiastic about Prescott’s long-term security achievement. “It’s no secret that we want Duck back,” Lamb told USA TODAY Sports in February. “I am confident that the men in the front office will definitely make the right decisions.” I hope he is back in 2021 and in the long run. ”With a signing bonus of $ 66 million in the NFL, Prescott is set to win $ 75 million in 2021. – After one year of playing a $ 31.4 million franchise franchise. People said that in his first three years, he would make an average of $ 42 million annually. Technically speaking, the deal that ends for four years would extend to six years to give the team accounting flexibility In registering the huge Prescott signing bonus. Only Chief Mediator Patrick Mahomes, who signed a 10-year extension of $ 450 million last July, will play under contract with a higher annual salary or guarantee from Prescott. The Prescott deal is set to expire seven years ago. From Mahomes. NFL payroll is expected to balloon amid upcoming TV contract renewals and the rise of legal sports gambling. A press release scheduled for Wednesday. Prescott is expected to address reporters at the time, as Cowboys drafted Prescott No. 135 overall in 2016. He rose from midfielder in the fourth series to a regular player within months, replacing Tony Romo as the cowboy face of the franchise. Prescott started 72 consecutive matches, including three playoffs, from 2016 through the fifth week of the 2020 season. He amassed a regular season record from 42 to 27, throwing 17,634 yards and 106 drops to 40 interceptions. He made 24 more rapid touchdowns as well as receiving a quick touchdown one quarter before the surprising end of the 2020 season, and Prescott was in his best stats season in 2020, averaging 371.2 yards per match, when a designer path skewed and suffered a compound fracture and dislocation At the ankle. He was taken from the AT&T stadium in tears, and an ambulance was waiting to take him to a local hospital for immediate surgery that night to clean the wound and repair the fracture. Prescott hasn’t played since, although he’s walking again. The Cowboys throughout maintained that he was ahead of the recovery schedule and that they were confident of his potential. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said in January that Prescott’s evolution was nothing short of a perfect image. Executive Vice President Stephen Jones added, “This is the Dak Prescott football team.” Stephen Jones said the front office was “extremely committed” to finalizing the Prescott extension. On Monday, they put their money where their mouths were long ago. At any time since Prescott and his agent Todd France arrived at the negotiating table in February 2019, either side has done in public. They say they want out. But the deal that Jerry Jones said was “imminent” in September 2019, has stalled spectacularly. The two sides did not reach an agreement – or even have meaningful discussions – until the franchise mark’s deadline of July 15 in 2020. Instead, Prescott and France bet on Prescott’s value. “I’m a cowboy and I can’t be happier,” Prescott told USA TODAY Sports that night. “I look forward to working alongside Coach McCarthy, the staff, and my teammates to be the best team we can pursue our goal in Super Bowl.” The Cowboys finished 6-10 in McCarthy’s debut season, Prescott has long topped the hit starters list. After Prescott was injured, the Cowboys did not win again for 42 days. Questions followed: Could a team with so many holes make a huge amount of money to Prescott? Or did the crash that occurred in the wake of Prescott overwhelmingly affirm the leadership that has been lauded since its novice breakout? The Jones family has always maintained that deadlines spur deals. This time, it was Tuesday’s deadline to put the franchise mark on Prescott that spurred the long-awaited work. Technically speaking, a person familiar with the Cowboys’ plans said on condition of anonymity, the Cowboys were still expected to designate Prescott with a franchise mark of $ 37.68 million by Tuesday’s deadline at 4 p.m. ET. The mechanism will allow the details of the deal to be settled before the pen hits the paper. But the Cowboys and Prescott reached an agreement meaning Prescott would no longer count $ 37.68 million against the cap in a year when the coronavirus hit revenues and the salary cap could shrink for the first time in a decade. Even their listing is at the agency is free. On Monday, they took their most important step, as Prescott and Cowboys expressed hope so in a September interview with USA TODAY Sports. Elliott said he would fight to re-sign his classmate with the cowboy. Prescott agreed, saying, “I can’t imagine I’m not in that backroom with him,” Prescott told USA TODAY Sports. “We have been here for a long time together.” Follow Jori Epstein of USA TODAY Sports on Twitter @JoriEpstein