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The Cowboys and Dak Prescott have agreed to a long-term contract less than 24 hours before the deadline to place a second-consecutive franchise tag expired.
Details of the new agreement will be announced at a press conference on Wednesday.
Drafted in 2016, Prescott has been the Cowboys starting quarterback since opening day, and he had started every game until a season-ending injury occurred in Week 5 last season against the Giants.
At the time, he was on a pace to shatter the NFL’s passing yardage mark. He has made two Pro Bowls in his career and now it appears he will remain in Dallas for at least the next several seasons

With free agency set to begin at the start of the new league year on March 17, it’s time for armchair GMs everywhere to lay out their master plans for who should go where.
At NFL.com, Nick Shook explored NFC rosters, looking to find a good home for several notable players. For the Cowboys, he’s eyeing secondary help in the form of Bashaud Breeland, most recently of the Chiefs.
Dallas is currently slated to watch both of its starting corners walk in free agency, and while Anthony Brown and Trevon Diggs could end up being their starting duo in 2021, adding a veteran like Breeland makes sense, too. Breeland has bounced around the league, yet manages to provide solid play at the position and seems like the type of veteran the Cowboys typically pursue in situations like this, NFL.com’s Nick Shook.
Over at ESPN, the Worldwide Leader tapped Pro Football Focus to reassign the available free agents to their “best fit” team based solely on positional need.
What they came up with for the Cowboys is a bit of head-scratcher at first glance: former Packers center Corey Linsley.
But if the Cowboys going center shopping seems curious, do not read on to see who PFF likes as a “perfect match” for San Francisco.
This may be blurring the lines a little, but [Dak] Prescott is technically a free agent and the 49ers are definitely looking for a quarterback. He would be a massive upgrade at the position from Jimmy Garoppolo…Prescott’s 85.2 grade before injury was still good enough for eighth among all quarterbacks this past season, one year after finishing 11th in 2019, Pro Football Focus.
This isn’t happening. No matter how the front office and Prescott’s reps let the next few weeks and months play out, there is no way No. 4 is just walking out the door of The Star to find a new home as a free agent

In an article on ESPN+ outlining 32 bold moves, Football Outsiders saved the wildest of all for the Cowboys, finding success by letting quarterback Dak Prescott walk.
Prescott isn’t overrated. Both QBR and passing DVOA identified him as a top-eight passer in 2019 and 2020 before his injury. But the favorable situation that Prescott has enjoyed with excellent pass protection and skill-player talent in recent seasons could prop up a lesser quarterback. It did so for Andy Dalton in 2020, Football Outsiders.
The Cowboys can’t expect to duplicate that once-in-a-generation Day 3 draft value. But they might be able to plug one of the refined rookie quarterback prospects such as Zach Wilson or Mac Jones into their offense and experience similar short-term success, Football Outsiders.
There is a world in which that idea works. It would require one thing, however: hitting on a quarterback in the draft while getting nothing in return for one of the best players in football.
The former is not an easy task. There have been many words spent across the internet discussing it, but here’s a way that makes it plain to see in the form of a tweet.
The 53.8 Andy Dalton QBR cited would legitimately be be the worst of Prescott’s career. Today would be a good day to sign the franchise quarterback

NFL.com recently ranked all 59 signal-callers who led their teams out the tunnel in the 2020 season.
Check out what the group had to say about the Cowboys foursome:.
No. 16: Dak Prescott, Prescott indeed was on a history pace that through four weeks would’ve had him 1,600 yards above Peyton Manning’s storied 2013 campaign.
No. 25 Andy Dalton, Dalton’s signing was heralded as the best back-up QB free agency deal of last offseason, and here he is, the highest-ranked back-up QB.
No. 51 Garrett Gilbert, Gilbert was poached off the Browns’ practice squad and acquitted himself quite well, almost pulling off an upset of the then 9-0 Pittsburgh team.
No. 59: Ben DiNucci, Trust us. Think Uncle Rico