Cowboys All-Pro Signs In Major Move With Dak Prescott In Contract Chase

The genius wasn't just in the money that hit Dak’s bank account immediately.
It was in the leverage they baked into the structure:

 • France’s team forced Dallas to use the franchise tag a second time on Prescott before the deal was finalized.

Why does that matter?

 • Under NFL rules, if a player has been tagged twice already, a third tag down the road would be so expensive that it would completely handicap a team’s salary cap. Translation: Prescott would always have enormous leverage in future negotiations, no matter where he played.

 • If another team ever signed him and tried to play hardball, they would either be forced to extend him quickly or risk losing him outright.

That’s next-level chess — and the Cowboys know it firsthand.

It’s the same agency where David Mulugheta — the man Jerry Jones once famously pretended not to know — represents Micah Parsons and now George Pickens. Mulugheta has a reputation as one of the NFL’s most calculated and relentless agents when it comes to securing player leverage.

Now Tyler Smith, the Cowboys’ best young offensive lineman and a foundational piece moving forward, is officially under that same roof.

Smith isn’t even up for a new deal yet — he’s under contract through 2026 after Dallas picked up his fifth-year option — but you better believe this move was strategic.

He’s seen what it takes to maximize value in this business.
And if history tells us anything, the Cowboys front office knows exactly what kind of war room they’ll be facing when it’s finally time to talk numbers.