The Dallas Cowboys are gearing up for their first season under a brand new coach in Brian Schottenheimer. This time around, they’re hoping to get through the season without their franchise quarterback, Dak Prescott, getting injured, too.
Prescott injured his hamstring when the Cowboys were taking on the Atlanta Falcons in Week 9 on Nov. 3, 2024, and that injury ended his season with the team. But, one NFL analyst thinks Prescott’s season with the Cowboys might be cut short in 2025, and not because of an injury.
This reporter, however, doesn’t agree.
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Prescott has been the Cowboys’ starting quarterback since his rookie year in 2016. Now, the 32-year-old will make $50 million in 2025, linked to his four-year, $240 million extension.
The season is still a few months away, but Alex Kay from Bleacher Report isn’t wasting any time analyzing the current quarterback situation in the NFL. In a June 3 feature for Bleacher Report, Kay names five NFL quarterbacks who he believes could get benched in 2025. “Clubs that have it tend to do whatever they can to hang onto it—evidenced by the blockbuster contracts that have been handed out to upper-echelon starters in recent years—while those that lack it tend to make finding some a top priority in the offseason,” he states.
Kay adds that these players are guys who are “currently penciled in as starters” but “have a realistic chance to be benched during the 2025 NFL season.”
Kay names Prescott on his tally of signal-callers in trouble. In the feature, he says that “Prescott might be on the hot seat if his partnership with new head coach Brian Schottenheimer doesn’t improve in short order.”
Prescott was sidelined last season with an injury, and he has confirmed that he’s almost totally recovered from the injury and healthy enough to get back in the game. But, Kay says that “it remains to be seen if the ailment will impact a skill set that displayed a significant decline last year.”
