Dak Prescott reveals he stopped listening to Jerry Jones media comments: 'Doesn't really hold weight with me'

The Dallas Cowboys are in a race to sign Dak Prescott to a contract extension, maybe having a deal done before the regular season begins. Once CeeDee Lamb was signed, all attention and questions turned to Prescott’s situation, leading to some quotes from Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.

Jones is always strategic in how he speaks to the media, usually attempting to work the negotiation through words. Prescott is not having any of it, though. On Thursday, Prescott revealed he has stopped listening to what Jones says in public.

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“I stopped, honestly, listening to things (Jerry Jones) says to the media a long time ago,” Prescott said via Jon Machota of The Athletic. “It doesn’t really hold weight with me.”

This comes off the backs of Jones discussing Prescott’s contract situation, explaining why a deal has not been done yet. People have questioned whether Dallas has faith in Prescott to be the franchise quarterback moving forward, hence little movement on getting a new deal.

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Jones revealed nobody is a bigger fan of Prescott than him, claiming there is no extension because of the Cowboys situation — nothing to do with his on-field performances.

“You could easily say, if you haven’t seen it by now, you haven’t seen it. I’m such a fan of Dak,” Jones said Wednesday. “And I appreciate all of the great things that we all know are there. And I appreciate his work ethic probably more than anything. I can’t tell you how proud I am that we’ve got him this year to start this campaign. … Dak’s situation right now for me has more to do with our situation than it does with the merits of Dak Prescott being the quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys.”

If there is no deal agreed upon by the Sept. 8 opener against Cleveland, there is a chance Prescott will ride his contract out through the season. He would then have even more leverage than he has and potentially become a free agent.

Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network believes Prescott will become the highest-paid quarterback in the league — with or without the Cowboys. And if he hits the open market, we will have the new “biggest free agent in NFL history.”