Cowboys 2023 offseason information: What they need to do at quarterback

Whereas it’s clear that Dak Prescott is the man, the Cowboys nonetheless produce other areas to deal with.

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  Dan-Rogers
  
• on February 22, 2023 8:00 am

When the Dallas Cowboys signed Dak Prescott to a four-year, $160 million deal it grew to become fairly clear that he was their man. However after main the league in interceptions final 12 months (regardless of lacking 5 video games), not everyone seems to be satisfied he’s the precise man for the job. No matter the place you might be on the subject of Dak, that is the path the crew goes.

The entrance workplace believes in Prescott, however their actions over the subsequent a number of months may decide simply how a lot they imagine in him. Will they push onerous to get Dak extra assist, or will they hope that extra moments of excellence are coming when Prescott was cooking up a storm with the groceries he already had?

Everybody has their very own ideas on what the Cowboys have to do to get higher so over the subsequent ten days we’re going to break down every place group and supply up what the group wants to do that offseason. We’ll kick issues off with the sport’s most necessary place – the quarterback.

WHAT WE KNOW

The Cowboys are all in with Dak Prescott. He’s their quarterback for now and he’s their quarterback for later. He’s additionally taking on plenty of cap area. His 21.5% of the pie makes issues onerous by way of placing sufficient expertise round him to win soccer video games. It’s doable although, however it might be so much simpler if the Cowboys pushed a few of that base wage into future years.

And that’s what the entrance workplace will try to do that offseason. If either side can agree, we are going to see a contract extension tacking on extra years to Prescott’s deal. If they will’t, then the entrance workplace will do some bookkeeping magic and simply convert a few of his base wage (they will go as excessive as $22,376,250) into bonus cash. In both occasion, these strikes present an unwavering perception in Prescott.

WHAT WE DON’T KNOW

Who will likely be backing up Dak in 2023? Cooper Rush did a terrific job during the last couple of seasons enjoying in six video games and serving to the crew win 5 of them. He doesn’t supply any high-level quarterback play, however he additionally doesn’t make plenty of errors. Rush will get the ball out rapidly and performs inside himself and that’s a worthwhile trait in a backup. So, the query turns into, will they create him again? And in the event that they do, how a lot wouldn’t it price this time round?

And what a few third-string quarterback? They’ve Will Grier underneath contract for an additional 12 months at a low price of simply $1 million, however has he proven sufficient in his growth to maintain him round? Or have they seen sufficient and to the place they go in a distinct path?

WHAT THE COWBOYS SHOULD DO

Liberating up cap area from Dak’s contract is the simple half. Discovering a top quality backup is a distinct story as that doesn’t at all times go as deliberate. Retaining Cooper is the protected play if the value is correct, however there are different choices on the market if the crew turns over the precise rocks. What about Mike White who the Cowboys drafted in 2018? Or Jeff Driskell who visited with the crew in 2021 and who we all know was stacked one spot larger than Prescott courtesy of the 2016 leaked draft board.

The crew must put the work in to make sure they’ve a stable quarterback behind Prescott. After not lacking a recreation in his first 4 seasons, Dak has now missed motion in three straight years. With lacking a stretch of video games being an actual chance, the flexibility of their backup could possibly be the distinction in whether or not a crew makes it to the postseason or not.

And it wouldn’t damage them to take a flyer on a quarterback late within the draft that they may develop right into a future backup. You by no means know when a crew goes to have to succeed in deep into their bucket of depth and hope to tug out a Brock Purdy.

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