Dallas made the move everybody expected on the eve of free agency and placed the franchise tag on quarterback Dak Prescott, preventing him from hitting the open market while they work on a long-term extension.
Last season, Prescott showed that he can be as good as he was in his rookie year and that the level he had settled into before 2018 was as much a product of the underachieving team and scheme around him as it was his inherent ceiling as a player. He set career highs in passing yardage (4,901), touchdowns (30), and he did so despite leading the league in dropped passes from his intended receivers (43).