Rumors about Dak contract offer 'definitely not true'?

Recent rumors about quarterback Dak Prescott's contract talks with the Cowboys have been shot down. Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports

Report: Rumors about Dak Prescott contract offer 'definitely not true'

By Zac Wassink | Last updated 5/21/20

Rumors about the Dallas Cowboys and quarterback Dak Prescott failing to come to terms on a five-year contract that could be worth up to $175 million in total money may have been exaggerated.

On Wednesday, former quarterback and current NBC Sports analyst Chris Simms told a Dallas radio station those were the numbers he heard regarding a deal the Cowboys offered Prescott.

Simms added that Prescott wanted the final year of that contract to pay him $45 million.

On Thursday afternoon, NFL Network's Ian Rapoport denied that story and went so far to say no such discussion between the two parties ever happened:

According to the team side and Dak Prescott’s agent, the report () from @CSimmsQB is definitely not true. The two sides have never discussed such scenarios or anything like it. Dak wants a shorter deal, the #Cowboys want a longer one. July 15 is the deadline. https://t.co/yUgxcz5qcq
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) May 21, 2020

As noted by Rapoport, July 15 is deadline day for contract talks. If no long-term deal is agreed upon by Prescott and the Cowboys, the QB, who turns 27 in July, will play under the franchise tag the club used to retain his services in March.

The Washington Redskins twice used the franchise tag to keep QB Kirk Cousins before the club let him enter free agency. Cousins signed with the Minnesota Vikings in March 2018.

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