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The Cowboys have already locked up Dak Prescott with a four-year extension of $ 160 million. But the club has taken a procedure to protect Prescott in the future.
Dallas marked Prescott with the franchise brand for a second consecutive year, which is exactly what the quarterback and his agent Todd France wanted. This is the exclusive label, which means that no other team would have been able to negotiate with Prescott – if he were on the open market.
While Prescott is expected to have a no-tag clause, Dallas means that the QB will be marked in 2021, that a subsequent label will be Prescott’s third. And a third label requires a 44 percent increase in capital in the final year of its agreement.
Prescott also has two years in its contract that is void the day before the start of the 2025 league year, which is after the franchise label deadline. Even if the Cowboys wanted to mark Prescott that year, it would be too late.
All this is to say: France negotiated a deal for Prescott that made it very difficult for Dallas to franchise the quarter again.