Cowboys’ Dak Prescott headlines list of quarterbacks with this unfortunate common circumstance

The Dallas Cowboys head coach search is in full swing, and every sports website out there is watching the situation unfold with a fine-toothed comb and a microscope. Cowboys fans like me are disgusted with the fact that the current leading candidate for the job is OC Brian Schottenheimer.

Cowboys’ Owner/GM Jerry Jones is notorious for paying his coaches well below market value, and hiring Schottenheimer, a first-time head coach, would allow him to pay a smaller amount, and fill the contract with incentives instead of guaranteed money. How can the owner of the most valuable sports franchise in the world be so cheap?

Jerry does have one excuse to refute that question, however. Hours before the kickoff in Cleveland for the season’s first game, Jones signed franchise QB Dak Prescott to the richest contract in NFL history. Prescott signed a contract worth $240 million for the length of four seasons, averaging $60 million per year.

That number put Prescott at the top of the QB food chain as far as average annual salary goes, and it also brought much scrutiny from analysts across all major sports networks, as well as a particular group of fans on social media.

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