Dak Prescott not planning on taking Cowboys-friendly discount?

The quarterback market has grown rapidly over the past year and change, and Dak Prescott is the latest passer in position to benefit. Entering his contract year, the 2016 offensive rookie of the year has been negotiating with the Cowboys for several weeks. Cowboys management has floated the idea of convincing the quarterback to take a slight discount in order to help Dallas retain a strong roster around him. Prescott, who is attached to a fourth-round rookie contract (four years, $2.7 million), might not be on board with that line of thinking. “For somebody to say you can only take so much because of the salary cap or you can only do this or that, I don’t know how fair that is to say,” Prescott said, via Jori Epstein of USA Today. “Because with gambling, with everything going into this league, everything is going to continue to keep going up.” The salary cap has steadily risen by approximately $10 million annually over the past several years, and the recent rumblings have many owners ready to see what loosen

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