There have been speculations of a potential trade of quarterback Dak Prescott to the Las Vegas Raiders while the Cowboys are stuck in a rut leading up to the NFL Draft. Do they hold true?
As the NFL Draft draws near, the franchise has been conspicuously quiet after declaring early in the offseason that they were “all in” for 2024. Cowboys Nation is confused when rumors of a quarterback deal involving Dak Prescott surface amid all the debate about what the Cowboys have NOT done thus far.
Prescott has no contract that runs past this season when he reaches 2024. Fans of Dak worry about what that means for his future in Dallas. However, schlock jock and NFL commentator Craig Carton talked about an unsubstantiated claim that Prescott was traded to the Las Vegas Raiders.
There are reports on Dallas sports talk radio that Dak Prescott is set to be dealt, so there’s smoke in the air from that direction. In addition, there are rumors that the Dallas Cowboys and the Las Vegas Raiders have discussed sending Gardner Minshew and four choices to Dallas in exchange for Dak Prescott’s contract, which is set to expire. Let me be clear: these rumors are unproven.
Does this have any merit? Carton is mistaken, as usual. What Dallas might acquire in a dream deal was conjectured in a USA Today article. And that’s it. (This idea is covered in “What Could Dallas Actually Get for Dak?”.) It’s not a “Dallas sports-radio rumor,” though we imagine the host of the program may have brought up the USA Today article.
That also applies to the “Dak to New England” myth, by the way; it’s just a media fabrication.
Apart from the conjecture, which stems from Dallas’ passivity and hesitation, that perhaps Dallas would be better off dealing Dak than losing him as a free agency in 2025, there is no “smoke in the air.”
Prescott’s trade value won’t likely increase from where it is at this point if the Cowboys—who clearly have doubts about Prescott’s long-term suit in Dallas—are at all uneasy about it. In a bidding war, would teams in need of a starting quarterback be prepared to pay a premium for Prescott’s services? We’ll notify Cowboys Nation if the Cowboys ever truly attempt to look into that.