NFL expert says Dak Prescott had huge advantage over Patrick Mahomes in one key area

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The Dallas Cowboys are fixated on saving their cap space to reward their key players with new deals but have had to trim their roster through key starters to conserve the finances.

Stephen Jones stated that the Cowboys are letting vital players walk and are replacing them with cheaper rookies to save money.

Prescott is approaching the final year of his deal he signed in 2020 and the market is saying he is due around $55 million a year if granted an extension.

CeeDee Lamb absent from Dallas Cowboys offseason workout to leverage a new deal

In addition, CeeDee Lamb and Micah Parsons are eligible for their first big day as they approach the end of their rookie deals.

Lamb has withheld from the franchise’s OTA’s after there has been no indication from Jerry Jones that he is open to talk.

Dak Prescott holds the leverage in his current negotiation but has said that he is not necessarily looking to become the highest-paid quarterback in the league.

Moreover, the runner-up in the MVP race in 2023 has been present at the Cowboys’ spring break workouts.

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Colin Cowherd touched upon the decline in Dak Prescott’s record when he did not have a complementary running game of 100 yards plus.

The franchise missed out on the priority rusher Jonathon Brooks in the NFL Draft and only drafted a much-needed wide receiver Ryan Flournoy in the sixth round.

Although the front office drafted key offensive linemen like Tyler Guyton and Cooper Beebe, the ‘all in’ approach looks to have shifted more pressure onto the 30-year-old signal caller.

Colin Cowherd discussed the Cowboys draft and believes ‘they will be more dependent on Dak Prescott than ever before’.

Dak Prescott has had a huge advantage over Mahomes in one department

Furthermore, the NFL expert tried working out the mentality behind the Cowboys not taking a wide receiver early.

“They built their offensive line for Dak or the next quarterback, I thought it was strategy. ‘I’m not in a contract year going to let your number soar. Hey, Mahomes won a Super Bowl without a number one wide receiver, you’ve got a number one receiver [Lamb]’.”

Cowherd believes that Jones thinks that if Patrick Mahomes has managed to win successive Super Bowls without a number-one receiver, then Prescott can.

Ultimately, the three-time Super Bowl winner did not have any of his receivers break the 1,000-yard marker, including Travis Kelce.

CeeDee Lamb finished second with 1,749 yards behind Tyreek Hill who looked on course to break 2,000 yards but ended with 1,799.