Cowboys vs. Dak Prescott: ‘No Substantial Contract Talks’ Means ‘No Urgency’? ESPN’s Sound and Fury Report: FISH PODCAST

FRISCO – At the start of this week, CowboysSI.com reported that the Dallas Cowboys and Dak Prescott are “ready” to open negotiations on an extension as the MVP quarterback is about to enter the final season of his current contract in 2024.

Now comes the end of this week, and an ESPN trademark – the weekly Saturday’s SportsCenter in which Jeremy Fowler offers up an assortment of NFL-wide gossip that too often is mostly sound-and-fury stuff.

Fowler is reporting that the Cowboys and the representatives for Prescott haven’t had “any substantial talks” about a long-term contract.

“I was told that Dallas and Dak Prescott’s reps have not had any substantial talks,” Fowler said. “They have not discussed numbers.”

We’re not sure if ESPN is attempting to “shoot down” our report or if it’s simply Fowler thinking he’s advancing the ball on the story. If it’s the former? As we never pinpointed a time and date of an initial phone call (indeed, we go back to a 34-year-old Valley Ranch history lesson to remind the reader of a Jones negotiating policy about that “initial phone call”), we are able to stand by our reporting.

If Fowler’s work intends to do the latter? All that’s really happened is that media outlets aggregating his work are left assuming there is something of substance here … and next think you know, Bleacher Report’s reaction is, “the Dallas Cowboys don’t seem to be showing much urgency to get a new deal done with their star quarterback.”