Tom Brady to the Dallas Cowboys If Team Trades Dak Prescott? Michael Irvin Says It's Highly Possible

There's no telling what could happen in the Dallas Metroplex if what Michael Irvin said about the Dallas Cowboys shedding quarterback Dak Prescott for Tom Brady were true. On Saturday night, a conversation that Irvin had with folks at the Miami Super Bowl surfaced, and it has made the football world take notice.

Irvin was so adamant about the claim that he said he needed to sit down his drink at the Super Bowl gathering. Now, time will tell if they're true.

Irvin, a Hall of Fame wide receiver who spent his career with the Cowboys after a brilliant stint with the Miami Hurricanes, responded to WEEI's "Dale and Keefe" on Friday about a question of the Cowboys trading Prescott and signing Brady.

"I am telling you right now, at the Super Bowl in Miami, some very significant people that I had conversations (with were) leaning in that same direction," Irvin said. "It was shocking. I had a vodka cranberry in my hand and when they said it to me I put the drink down and said, 'Let's talk a little bit more about this.' I promise you, I had a conversation with people, I can't tell you who, about that same scenario going down."

Brady has spent nearly 20 years with the New England Patriots, guiding them to nine Super Bowl appearances—with six championship wins—while wearing No. 12 and placing himself among the all-time greats in every NFL career passing category. Could he go to Dallas and wear No. 12, which was worn by Roger Staubach for the Cowboys?

Irvin, who caught most of his career NFL passes from fellow Hall of Famer Troy Aikman, believes Brady to Dallas could be in the works.

Here are the facts of a fluid situation:

• Dak Prescott is entering a free agency year, as are many quarterbacks in the league. Of the most prominent ones, Drew Brees and Tom Brady are the top-shelf names, and Brees is likely to re-sign a short-term deal with the New Orleans Saints while Brady said he is open to opportunities outside of New England. Brady has until 4 p.m. ET on March 17—St. Patrick's Day—for his contract to expire.
• The league's new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) is not expected before this year's free agency concludes, which means that teams can get players at a more reasonable price before the next line of TV money kicks in. The CBA will likely bring millions of more dollars to players in the next rounds of negotiating with teams.
• The Dallas Cowboys would need to commit more long-term dollars to Prescott before the CBA, or Prescott could test the free agency market.

MSN.com reported that the Cowboys are not interested in signing Prescott to a long-term deal, per a conversation with Terrell Owens, despite the Cowboys saying Prescott is "the man" going forward.

Furthermore, the Cowboys just dumped a load of money into resigning running back Ezekiel Elliot, which leaves little room for a long-term, high-dollar contract for Prescott. If that happens, it could leave little cap room for other big-time names on the roster. But a short-term deal for a player like Brady—and with a brand new coach in offensive guru Mike McCarthy—might be in the cards for the Cowboys.

But this is the Dallas Cowboys, where owner Jerry Jones rarely plays by people's hunches and generally goes with what he thinks will work best for his team. Jones is eyeing another Super Bowl, something he hasn't seen his team win in 25 years.

As Jones continually ages into his 70s, trading Dak and signing Brady for a chance at another championship might not seem so far-fetched after all.