Yahoo Sports Dallas Cowboys QB Dak Prescott discusses ‘back and forth’ contract talks, health, more
Dak Prescott said there are back-and-forth conversations regarding a new contract with the Dallas Cowboys on Tuesday at Carroll Senior High School.
With 16 days until the start of training camp, Prescott’s focus is on football. He is letting his agent handle negotiations.
“Day one of training camp, my mind flips to just obviously helping my team and just doing everything I can within the organization and on the football field to make sure that I’m my best,” Prescott said. “And everyone around me is their best and the money and all that will take care of itself, as it always has.”
His current contract expires following the 2024-25 season, and he is eligible for an extension. Prescott signed a four-year, $160 million contract with the Dallas Cowboys in March 2021.
Prescott gives health update
He was spotted in a walking boot on July 3, which raised concerns about his health. However, Prescott was not wearing the boot while running drills with campers and was quite mobile.
The Cowboys quarterback said he feels great and added wearing the boot was precautionary.
“Yeah, I’m great,” Prescott said. “Honestly, I’m getting older. It’s the same ankle that I snapped and had a nasty surgery on four years ago. So yeah, a couple hard days of training and, you know, you get a little sore and you’re going on a fishing trip. You want to protect it and make sure that things don’t get worse.”
Prescott mentioned that wearing a boot should not cause anyone to worry.
“People are reaching, trying to make things that they aren’t,” Prescott said. “I’m getting older, I have to take care of my body. I have to be smart. And if I can take precautions and lessen something by putting on a boot, I’m going to do it.”
Leading the next generation of football players
Prescott led campers in first through eighth grade at the Tom Thumb & Albertsons Dak Prescott Football ProCamp in partnership with P&G.
He said he wants to reinforce an idea in the campers: They have control over their dreams and can aspire to do anything in life.
“No dream is too big,” Prescott said. “My dream was crazy to a lot of people when I was this age.”
Prescott said inspiring the youth and his fans is something very special and added he doesn’t take it for granted.
“It’s awesome. This is what this game is about,” Prescott said.
Prescott said his goal is to encourage kids to follow their dreams, whatever they may be, through high fives and touchdowns passes.
“We’re all meant to be here today for a reason, and I wouldn’t be where I am if I didn’t have the dreams and everything that I had when I was their age,” Prescott said.
