Cowboys' Jerry Jones -- Dak Prescott talks unaffected by Lance trade - ESPN

ARLINGTON, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys' acquisition of Trey Lance from the San Francisco 49ers does not have anything to do with the club's desire to extend Dak Prescott's contract.

«Didn't cross my mind, period, about an impact here regarding Dak,» owner and general manager Jerry Jones said Saturday before the Cowboys' final preseason game against the Las Vegas Raiders. «I know that Dak wants to do anything we can do to improve this team and we're going to do it. The facts are that the decision to bring in as high a quality of talent as we could, that's involving young talent… that's something that we've been trying to do, just never the opportunity seems to be there. So often we've been trying to do what we did today with this trade almost every draft since we've been drafting.»

Prescott, 30, is signed through 2024 and has a $59.45 million salary-cap figure next year. He has a no-trade clause, and the Cowboys cannot place the franchise tag on him. While the Cowboys have expressed the desire to extend Prescott's contract, there has not been much dialogue regarding a new deal, sources told ESPN.

Jones said the team did not give Prescott a heads-up before the trade, and he had yet to speak with him on Saturday. Jones said coach Mike McCarthy was not consulted either, though he did say he liked Lance coming into the 2021 draft.

«The minute that we knew that they were serious about trading him, then we didn't want the phone to hang up,» Jones said. «We did it the equivalent of yesterday. And so we felt good about him with the evaluation we had for him at the draft. We felt good about what we've seen, tape that he's had since he's been in the NFL. And it's one that we made the decision almost the minute we heard the name.