While NFL teams shouldn't exactly focus on "winning" the offseason, it's never smart to actively lose it. Unfortunately for their fans, the Dallas Cowboys have mishandled virtually every step of the 2024 offseason. Thursday's extension for Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence served as the stamp on Dallas' failing report card.
According to ESPN's Adam Schefter , Lawrence has agreed to a five-year extension worth $275 million. That puts Lawrence on par with Joe Burrow in terms of annual contract value and presents a massive problem for the Cowboys. We had already given Dallas a failing grade for their offseason before the Lawrence deal.
Now, the Cowboys'' missteps somehow look even worse. The Cowboys failed to get an early extension done with Dak Prescott, and that's going to cost them in both the short and the long term. Here, you'll find a look at exactly how the Cowboys mismanaged Prescott's situation, the likely repercussions and what's next for what has become arguably the league's most mediocre franchise.
Dallas' 2024 failure can mostly be traced back to its inability to extend Prescott at the start of the offseason. We'll dive further into that shortly, but none of that changes the reality that the Cowboys could have moved quickly to get a deal done. Prescott even told reporters in mid-April that he didn't "necessarily" want to be the league's highest-paid quarterback.
At the time, that might have meant a deal similar to those of Lamar Jalen Hurts, Lamar Jac.
