Jerry Jones expects Dak Prescott to be with Cowboys beyond 2024 season

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said Thursday that he does not expect this to be the final season for quarterback Dak Prescott. But he might’ve mangled his response when addressing the topic.

“Just to be very specific. I do not think this will be his last year with the Cowboys, at all,” Jones told reporters. “Am I being (a) psychotic relative to my mirror? No, no.

“It’s pretty clear, I think. I want to say if it hasn’t been clear — of how much we appreciate what Dak Prescott has meant to this team in a positive way. The players do play better when he’s out there. He does make his teammates play at a higher level there’s no question about it. So I’m right there in line with his best fan.”

One reporter speculated that the Cowboys owner meant psychic.

Jane Slater, who covers the Cowboys for NFL Network, reported that Jones then said “In my life I’ve had a lot of things I wanted that I couldn’t get because I couldn’t afford it.” Since Jones is a billionaire, he probably can see into the Cowboys financial future when it comes to re-signing Prescott.

Currently, Jones is juggling how to deal with three stars of his team.

There’s Prescott, who is entering the final year of his contract with the Cowboys. The quarterback market resets significantly every off-season. The highest-paid NFL quarterbacks now are Joe Burrow and Trevor Lawrence, who each agreed to a deal that pays $55 million. (Lawrence’s new salary doesn’t kick in until next season).

Cowboys receiver CeeDee Lamb isn’t even at training camp. He’s reportedly back home in the Houston area, keeping himself in shape as he awaits a better contract offer. It might take an offer of Lamb being the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history. The receiver market is sizzling. Vikings receiver Justin Jefferson is currently the highest paid at $35 million a year. Lamb is entering into his fifth season with the Cowboys. His contract calls for him to make $17.99 million.

And Cowboys pass rusher Micah Parsons also wants a new contract. Spotrac, the site that keeps track of all contracts, said that Parsons wants to be the next highest-paid non-quarterback after Lamb. Spotrac noted that “the Cowboys are literally bidding against themselves to retain their core.”

So maybe Jones is talking about a psychotic relative in his mirror. But there is good news for the Cowboys. While Lamb isn’t in Oxnard, Prescott and Parsons practiced Thursday, the first day of training camp.