Emmitt Smith turned a lot of heads this week when he went on TV and urged Dak Prescott to leave money on the table for the betterment of the team.
“Dak has to understand and maybe take another perspective. The perspective may not be all the money you get, it may be how much money are you willing to leave on the table because the Cowboys is (are) a marketable organization,” Smith said on the Adam Lefkoe Show, via 105.3 The Fan. “So if you’re the face of the franchise, instead of taking $35 (million), would you take $28 (million) and leave some for Amari (Cooper) and pick up the other $35 (million) through endorsements?”
Shannon Sharpe was having none of that nonsense.
The FS1 analyst pointed out the extreme hypocrisy in Smith, who missed two regular-season games in 1993 as he sought a massive payout, and it ultimately turned into him becoming the league’s highest-paid RB at the time.
“Emmitt Smith is pocket-watching. Dak Prescott is a business and it’s not his job to worry about the salary cap,” Sharpe said. “Dak would be a damn fool to give Jerry Jones, who’s worth that kind of money, a discount.”
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Sharpe stated that it is not Dak’s job to budget the club’s finances.
“Did Tyron Smith try to keep the core together? He was the highest-paid left tackle at the time when he got his contract,” Sharpe said. “Did Zack Martin, Travis Frederick, DeMarcus Lawrence … did they try to keep the core together? No, they did not.”
OverTheCap notes that the Cowboys currently boast over $77 million in cap space, and could add even more with a few cuts on the team roster before March.
