If the Dallas Cowboys decide not to extend quarterback Dak Prescott, he may be eligible to become a free agent following the 2020–21 season. Entering its penultimate year, he signed a four-year, $160 million contract in March 2021.
Prescott will likely receive a sizable salary whether he decides to re-sign with the Cowboys or becomes a free agency in a year. Prescott has been one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL during his career, despite the typical barrage of criticism he gets whenever he makes a mistake.
Competent quarterbacks frequently have the opportunity to turn the market around and earn the highest salary in the team. Nevertheless, Prescott has made it clear that he is not aiming to be the highest-paid quarterback in the NFL.
A lot of attention will be focused on what the Cowboys do with the No. 24 overall pick in Round 1 on Thursday, but the real work will begin afterward. The team has a long list of needs going into this weekend’s NFL draft. Following the original list of positions on the offensive and defensive lines that are clearly in need of assistance, there is no doubt that a running back and a No. 3 receiver—after Michael Gallup was released—are on the secondary list.
The Cowboys have choices, but none of them are certain, and the majority are either players who have not yet showed much (2022 third-rounder Jalen Tolbert) or longshots (Maravis Bryant, for example). Dallas could consider including one more name in the mix, and for
Naturally, Brenden Rice lacks Jerry Rice’s talent level, but he intends to follow a different path into the NFL than his father did. While Jerry Rice was an underappreciated prospect who attended Mississippi Valley State for his college career and was selected in the first round in 1985, Brenden Rice attended Colorado for two years before moving to USC, two of the nation’s elite football programs, for his final two seasons.
In the previous season, Rice caught 45 receptions for 791 yards and 12 receiving touchdowns, good for a tie for ninth place in all of collegiate football. At six feet two and 208 pounds, he is considerably more of a physical athlete than his father was, who was a subtle, precise receiver.
