Name: Dak Prescott is 'easily' worth $40M per season - Max Kellerman | First Take
Uploaded: 2021-02-16T22:30:05.000Z
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Do you believe that Jack is worth that $40 million a season?

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First of all, Ed Werder made a great point, which we didn't play, which is the Cowboys.

They so wanted, Ah, fifth year of control over deck, right?

They wanted that fifth year, and his agents had no only four years.

They so wanted that extra year that instead of having four years of control, they have one year of control.

It doesn't make sense the way they're negotiating this.

Not only is he, um, or accomplished in better quarterback than Kirk Cousins was at the time, and so his leverage is even greater.

Washington went to the playoffs last year, is a sub 500 team.

Daniel Jones was no better in his second year, which is supposed to be your development year.

I could tell you is a Giants fan than his first year and the Eagles.

Carson Wentz is so bad, they're not going to get a lot for him.

I don't think and he's on his way out of town.

It's that at least he wasn't Carson Wentz.

The NFC East is in such bad shape that a quarterback like Dak, who we can see the marketplace, just a franchise tag is almost 32 million.

But in the NFC East over the next couple of years, he is especially valuable.

You have to figure the average annual value will be more than the franchise tag.

They want to give him 35 he and he wants 40.

That man is money, and you better do it soon.

Well, listen, I mean, Jerry Jones definitely played himself in regards to this.

We know he's mishandled this, etcetera, etcetera.

But the answer the question directly, Uh, you worth 40 million?

No, I think that he's I think that he's damn good, you know?

But if we just just just using the word worth.

We're not talking about what he should get because of Jerry Jones stupidity or stubbornness or whatever word you think is appropriate.

We're just talking about in terms of worth.

His average salary is like at 45 million D.

Shawn Watson is scheduled to get paid about 39 million, uh, this year and we and we don't think that that is better than him, even though we think Doc is pretty damn good.

But then again, you think about a guy like Aaron Rodgers.

I think this number is at about 33 a half million.

We look at Russell Wilson and Ben Roethlisberger there, 35 34 respectively.

So throwing back in there at number three, let's say it about 37.

Not only that, they're not coming off a nasty broken ankle broken leg injury the way Dak Prescott s.

So we got to take that into consideration as well.

And I do understand where dak is coming from, but I think it gets to a point where this may be more about his agent and more than than that Prescott itself, because again, if you're going to sit up there in quibble over a million or two a year, so we're arguing about 38 million instead of 40 million.

Really, When you just had that nasty injury, when you could easily come back and it could happen again in a violent sport, that is the NFL.

You gotta take those things into consideration as well.

And at some point in time, you know, you understand.

You want to go for the risk and what have you.

But we also get to look at that Prescott, and even though he's had a winning record like hit, 42 27 is a starting quarterback, we ain't bragging about the Dallas Cowboys making into an NFC championship game or Super Bowl appearance.

That has not happened in his four years as a starter for the Dallas Cowboys.

We got to take all of those things into consideration.

When we're asking about what you're worth, you're up there.

But in the end particularly coming off of that nasty injury.

I sit up there and give you a multiyear deal at an average of 40 year coming off that nasty ankle break, even though you should, it should have never come to that.

They should have been gave you a long term deal.

Now that I'm in this position, I'm not going to guarantee you more money than every quarterback in the National Football League other than Patrick Mahomes, There's nothing that you've done to deserve that that might be going a little bit too far.

It's true they haven't been in the Super Bowl, but their offense was totally elite with Jack in it, and I was expecting it to stay.

T not drop off that much with Andy Dalton, but it did.

What that demonstrated and what is absence demonstrated in a way, last year's talk about Anthony Davis in the last second.

What Dax absence demonstrated was his value to the offense with him absolutely elite top flight NFL offense, one of the very best.

Without him also rans, he has a lot of value.

Second where he ranks in terms of the salaries.

Do I think quarterbacks get paid disproportionately or proportionately too much of the salary cap?

Yes, if you took the salary cap away, they're all worth more.

But with the salary cap, probably many of them are overpaid.

But what we know Stephen A is the next guy up usually resets the market.

If he's really good and that is really good, you know that guy usually resets the market or it comes close to it, whether it's golf, whether it's went and what Mahomes into Shawn Watson have done.

Because there is the very best, especially Mahomes, is reset things.

The fact is, that wouldn't be number one.

He wouldn't be ahead of Mahomes now ahead of the Sean.

He has more leverage than D Shawn had because what I mentioned, the division is so weak and the offense so dependent upon him that Stephen, if he's worth 38 normally he's worth 40 Right now, A couple of things number one.

Just because you proved your significant upgrade to Andy Dalton doesn't mean that you're on the level of the Shawn Watson or Patrick Mahomes or an Aaron Rodgers for that matter, That's number one.

Number two, uh, those four first four games that he played before the fifth game, where he cracked his ankle against the New York Giants.

Let's keep in mind you scored 17 in that opening loss to the Los Angeles Rams.

No shame there with that defense, but in the next three games, remember the dumbest team in the NFL?

You beat Seattle before Seattle really upgraded their defense.

And then, of course, you beat Cleveland, who was struggling.

So what I'm saying to you, is that again?