Quarterback Jared Goff and the Detroit Lions reached an agreement on a four-year, $212 million deal extension in mid-May. Since then, he has been overtaken annually on average by Trevor Lawrence, Tua Tagovailoa, and Jordan Love thanks to their new contracts; the major announcement on Sunday morning adding another to that list.
The Dallas Cowboys and quarterback Dak Prescott have reportedly reached an agreement on a four-year, $240 million deal extension. Prescott, who is currently atop the heap with an average salary of $60 million annually, made the most of his leverage, just like he did when he was last up for a deal.
Both Goff and Prescott were picked in 2016; the Rams selected Goff first overall, and the Cowboys selected Prescott in the fourth round. That makes it easy to compare their careers, even if Goff was not a rookie like Prescott from the beginning.
Deal with Dak Prescott further validates Jared Goff’s deal as a good value for the Lion
Throughout the winter, Brad Holmes, the general manager of the Lions, made it evident that he preferred to finalize huge contract deals as quickly as possible for players like Goff, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Penei Sewell, and eventually Taylor Decker. Alim McNeill, a defensive tackle, might be the next, shortly. The wide receiver market’s actions since St. Brown’s late-April signing have validated the concept.
In the end, Goff and Prescott’s numbers are not all that different, again over the same number of seasons. It is true that Prescott has a little advantage in total postseason stats. But in the postseason, when it is win or lose, it is not necessarily about the stats.
Goff, who has a 5-4 record in playoff games, has started two NFC and one Super Bowl. With a 2–5 record, Prescott has started seven postseason games. In their 2018 Divisional Round playoff game, Goff, the quarterback for the Rams, prevailed.
Given how much we have been hammered over the head with the last time Dallas made it to the NFC title game (1995), it should come as no surprise that Prescott has never advanced past the Divisional Round.
won more postseason games in 2018 than Prescott has in his entire career. Of course, team context matters, but essentially, pretty parallel career resumes make a difference when it comes to the postseason. The market for quarterbacks always rises, with the next player to land a contract matching or surpassing the previous player in terms of average annual salary. Prescott was going to push toward $60 million per year once the Cowboys delayed striking a deal; however, the Lions moved quickly to sign Goff. It appears to be a better deal than it was the last three to four months ago.
