Dak Prescott’s offseason injury won’t disrupt Jerry Jones’ plan, Chris Broussard says after clarification on Walking Boot

Dak Prescott caused fireworks on the 4th of July that’s for sure. There’s going to be more drama after he was spotted wearing a walking boot in Mexico and sports pundits are here to tell all about it. It shouldn’t hurt his chances of getting close to a payday, right? Chris Broussard of First Things First believes that won’t happen anytime soon.

Apparently Prescott has been wearing this walking shoe for a week. He clarified the matter and said, “I’m fine,” and that he will dive deep and his ankle will swell underwater. Also, he has not received a contract extension and it doesn’t look like that will happen anytime soon. In a game of “Something or nothing”, Broussard explained what he really thought about Prescott’s reality with the Dallas Cowboys.

“I think it’s nothing,” said Broussard, pointing out “First of all, I don’t know if he’s even going to get paid before the season. So, I don’t think the Cowboys would say, ‘We’re going to give Dak that $60 million a year.’ I don’t think that’s what happened. I think he’s good. I’d like to know how he did it. I suspect he worked out, but I’d like to know how he did it. But look, we saw him come back from a bad injury and they paid him. So, yeah, that’s a little bit of a quibble.”

Dak Prescott was about to set everything on fire before his injury season. The year before his injury, he had 4,902 yards and 30 touchdowns. In the 2020 season, he broke his ankle in a game against the Giants and had to sit out the entire season. In March 2021, Prescott received this 4-year, $160 million contract. He only played 5 games in the 2020 season with a franchise tag, and that was enough for the Cowboys to pay him.

But this year is very different, as you can see. That’s because it’s not just Dak Prescott’s last year with the Cowboys. CeeDee Lamb is also in his last year with the Cowboys and wants to be part of the $35 million gang. Lamb led the league with his season-high 1,749 receiving yards and 12 touchdowns. Even Prescott led the league with his 36 passing touchdowns. Jerry Jones’ commitment to “We want Dak and that is it,“ has not yet been proven to be true.

While it’s an all-or-nothing season for Dak Prescott, the same cannot be said for fellow receiver CeeDee Lamb, who also missed OTAs and mandatory practice.

But there is too much to say about Dak Prescott at this point.

Does Dak Prescott deserve a raise?

Yes, this has always been controversial because no matter how good he is, Dallas Cowboys fans and the entire NFL spectrum have wanted the Cowboys to land a Lombardi since they parted ways with Troy Aikamn. The best Prescott has accomplished so far is reaching a divisional playoff game. He’s gone 2-5 in the postseason and at this point, America’s team desperately wants to see more of Dak Prescott and if he doesn’t deliver, they won’t hesitate to yell, “Go away, Dak.” The Packers’ upset (48-32 loss to the Cowboys) was the turning point for many Cowboys fans.

There is no doubt about Prescott’s caliber. But it’s also notable that this is also Mike McCarthy’s last season with the Cowboys. The only reason Jerry Jones isn’t asking him to leave is because he doesn’t want to pay him to sit on his butt. And then there’s the matter of Trey Lance. Previously, Jerry Jones had said he liked what he saw from Trey Lance, but later refused to sign him in season 5. Annual option.

What’s next for the Cowboys? Next year they will not have a quarterback they can rely on. CeeDee Lamb could decide to part ways with them because of the treatment he is receiving. The only bright spot is that the Cowboys have decided to sign Micah Parsons for 5. year option, but he will play as a DE and not a LB. Is saving $3 million in salary cap space really a priority for the Dallas Cowboys?

Trevor Lawrence’s 5-year, $275 million contract extension has also distorted the quarterback market and is currently way too inflated. But it was a good decision by Jacksonville considering how the quarterback market is set to boom in the next few years.

What does this mean for Dak? Will he get the $60 million deal to shake up the quarterback market? The odds are currently stacked against him. But there are teams that would pay him that amount just to get a whiff of the playoffs once again. Prescott has insisted that his agent has been negotiating back and forth with the Cowboys to get a deal done, but a deal is not in sight.

“I don’t play for money. To be honest, I’ve never minded, yeah.” Prescott said after the Cowboys’ OTAs on Wednesday. “I would give it up just to play this game. So I leave it to the business people to say what it’s worth, what to give to a quarterback of my game, a person of my game, a leader of my game. For me, like I said, it’s about controlling what I can control and handling that part and the rest will fall into place.”