Dak 'Second Surgery': How It Impacts Cowboys Contract

There has been buzz, particularly in 105.3 The Fan on-air discussions about Prescott's ongoing recovery from the ankle surgery he underwent after Week 5, which ended his 2020 season. The buzz? That is was "multiple surgeries on the ankle.''

FRISCO - On the one hand, not a single thing has changed in regard to the Dallas Cowboys' plans with Dak Prescott. They intend to sign the quarterback to a long-term contract prior to the March 9 deadline for applying the franchise tag, but if they don't get there by the mid-July deadline, they will franchise-tag him again and he'll play in 2021 under another tag.

This is being billed as "news'' when it is simply - unless one believes the two sides should unplug from one another and arrange an NFL trade - nothing more than obvious.

But there has been buzz, particularly in 105.3 The Fan on-air discussions about Prescott's ongoing recovery from the ankle surgery he underwent after Week 5, which ended his 2020 season. The buzz? That is was "multiple surgeries on the ankle.''

And indeed, now NFL Network is reporting just that.

We have no indication that the surgeries represent any sort of "setback,'' and of course the Cowboys are well-aware of the details of the procedures, which as NFL Network writes (regarding the second one):

Sources say Prescott underwent a second ... procedure on the ankle about two months later to strengthen his deltoid ligament, clean out the ankle and make it more structurally sound. That procedure wasn't directly related to the October surgery; rather, doctors then spotted issues related to past injuries to the same ankle, and so once the risk of infection was eliminated, they went back in to clean up the rest.

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Assuming all of that is true ... All in all, it sounds rather innocuous. (We are careful to mention here that it is commonplace for a team to announce the results of surgery on star players; "surgery was successful'' and all of that. It's odd that Dallas failed to do so here.)

So, assuming all of that is true ...  it should be no particular blockade to working toward a long-term deal (last year, as CowboysSI.com was first to report, Dak declined Dallas' offer of five years and $175 million, opting instead to play on the $31.4 mil tag) with the fall-back being that the Cowboys would tag Prescott a second time for a cost of about $37.7 million.

Indeed, a source close to the situation tells CowboysSI.com that "there is no animosity'' between the two sides as they plan to move forward. Now, surgeries behind them, they simply need to start moving.

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