Dak Prescott has caused fireworks on July 4 that’s for sure. There’s more drama entailing after he was seen with a walking boot in Mexico and sports pundits are here to talk all about it. It shouldn’t affect his chances of getting close to a payday, right? That’s what Chris Broussard of First Things First thinks is not going to happen anytime soon.

Apparently, Prescott has had this walking boot on for the past week. He cleared the air saying “I’m great,” and that he’s going deep diving and his ankle swells up under the water. Also, he hasn’t got a contract extension and it doesn’t look like it’s happening anytime soon. In a game of “something or nothing,” Broussard pointed out what he really thought of Prescott’s reality with the Dallas Cowboys.

“I think it’s nothing,” said Broussard and pointed out, “First of all I don’t know that he’s getting paid anyway before season, right. So, I’m not thinking the Cowboys uh, ‘We’re going to give Dak that $60 [million] a year.’ I don’t think that was happening. I think he’s fine. I’d like to know how he did it. I’m guessing working out, but I’d like to know how he did it. But look, we saw him come back from a serious injury and they paid him. Yeah, so this is a little minor thing, though.”

Dak Prescott was about to set everything on fire before his injury season. He had 4,902 yards and 30 touchdowns the year before he got injured. Come 2020 season, he broke his ankle in a game against the Giants and had to sit out for the whole season. It was in March 2021 that Prescott received that 4-year $160 million deal. He played just 5 games in the 2020 season on a franchise tag, and that was enough for the Cowboys to pay him.

But this year is completely different you see. That’s because it’s not only Dak Prescott’s last year with the Cowboys. CeeDee Lamb is also in his last year with the Cowboys and wants to be in the $35 million a year gang. Lamb led the league with his season best 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’s that,” hasn’t proved to be true as of now.

While it’s a do or die season for Dak Prescott, the same cannot be said about his receiver CeeDee Lamb, who also missed the OTAs and mandatory training.

But there’s too much to be said about Dak Prescott at this point.

Does Dak Prescott deserve a raise?

Yes, it’s always been debatable because no matter how good he is, Dallas Cowboys fans and the whole NFL spectrum wants to see the Cowboys win a Lombardi ever since they parted ways with Troy Aikamn. The most Prescott has done is reach a divisional playoff game. He’s 2-5 in the post season and at this point, America’s team’s fast wanting to see more from Dak Prescott and if he doesn’t deliver, they won’t hesitate to yell ‘go away Dak.’ The Packers (48-32 Cowboys loss) upset was the tipping point for a lot of Cowboys fans.

There’s no doubt about Prescott’s caliber. But it’s also noteworthy 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 for sitting on his behind. Then there’s the matter for Trey Lance. Earlier Jerry Jones said that he liked what he was seeing from Trey Lance but later refused to pick him up in the 5 year option.

So where do the Cowboys go from here? Next year, they won’t have a quarterback to rely on, CeeDee Lamb might decide to part ways because of the treatment he’s getting. The only silver lining is that the Cowboys decided to pick up Micah Parsons on a 5 year option, but he’ll play as a DE and not an LB. Is saving $3 million in cap space really a priority for the Dallas Cowboys?

Trevor Lawrence’s 5-year $275 million extension also skewed the quarterback market and it’s way too inflated right now. But it was a good decision on Jacksonville’s part considering how the QB market is going to boom in the next few years.

So where does this leave Dak? Is he getting that $60 million a year deal to shake the quarterback market? Odds are against him at this point. But there are teams that will pay him that amount just to get a taste of the playoffs again. Prescott has insisted that his agent has been going back and forth with the Cowboys to reach a deal, but a conclusion is not in sight.

“I don’t play for money. Never have never cared for it, to be honest with you, yeah,” Prescott said after the Cowboys’ OTAs on Wednesday. “Would give it up just to play this game. So, I allow that to the business people to say what it’s worth, what they’re supposed to give a quarterback of my play, a person of my play, a leader of my play. For me, it’s about, as I said, control what I can control and handle that part and the rest will take care of itself.”