Dallas Cowboys

The Dallas Cowboys will pick up quarterback Trey Lance's $4.25 million roster bonus for the 2024 season, but they also elected not to pick up his fifth-year option for 2025. The Cowboys acquired Lance from the San Francisco 49ers during training camp last summer, but the former first-rounder didn't play as a single snap in his first year with the Cowboys behind starter Dak Prescott, who had a career year. The 23-year-old will now return as Prescott's backup next season, but he'll likely be on the free-agent market next offseason since the Cowboys understandably didn't want anything to do with his $22.4 million fifth-year option for 2025. Unless Prescott misses extensive time with an injury in 2024, Lance won't be worth rostering in fantasy.

The Dallas Cowboys are expected to make quarterback Dak Prescott among the highest-paid QBs before free agency kicks off in March. Prescott has almost a $60 million salary cap number for the 2024 season. The Cowboys are going to want more maneuverability to sign other players this offseason, and the only way to do that is to do a new deal with Prescott that will lower his cap number for this year. Although Dallas flopped in the playoffs yet again, the 30-year-old Prescott led the NFL with 36 touchdown passes on a league-high 410 pass attempts during the regular season for 4,516 yards, the second-most in his NFL career. Prescott still won't be in contention to be one of the first few QBs taken in fantasy drafts this fall, but he's right behind the elite names.

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said at the Senior Bowl this week that he thinks there are things quarterback Dak Prescott needs to do better moving forward. "The big thing is, we all know there is room for improvement," Jones said. "The thing that I would emphasize more than anything is that Dak has room for improvement. And not just the scheme around him, but Dak can improve." The 30-year-old led the NFL in interceptions in 2022, but he made the Pro Bowl for the third time in his career in 2023 with 4,516 passing yards, a league-high 36 touchdown passes and nine interceptions in 17 regular-season games. Prescott was great for fantasy purposes, but he and the team fell flat once again in embarrassing fashion in the first round of the postseason.

Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy, who is being retained for the final year of his contract in 2024 despite another early playoff exit, has full confidence in quarterback Dak Prescott moving forward. "I believe in Dak Prescott," McCarthy said. The head coach also called Prescott "part of the solution moving forward." The 30-year-old signal-caller made his third Pro Bowl in 2023 and led the NFL in completions (410) and touchdown passes (36) during the regular season while throwing for 4,516 yards and only nine interceptions after leading the NFL with 15 picks in 2022. Playoff issues aside, Prescott was in the MVP conversation all year and has put himself in the high-end QB1 picture for fantasy drafts heading into the 2024 season.

The Baltimore Ravens signed running back Dalvin Cook from their practice squad to the 53-man active roster on Thursday, and he's expected to make his Ravens debut in Saturday's Divisional Round playoff game against the Houston Texans, according to his agency. The Ravens waived running back Melvin Gordon III on Wednesday to open up a roster spot for Cook. Baltimore signed the 28-year-old at the end of the regular season to give them some more depth behind Gus Edwards and Justice Hill after the Ravens' backfield has been lackluster to close out the regular season. It's not like Cook is going to be a savior, though, as he averaged a career-worst 3.2 yards per carry with no touchdowns in 15 games for the New York Jets in 2023. Expect Cook to operate as the No. 3 behind Edwards and Hill on Saturday, giving him very little DFS appeal.