, you're up. from running back now in the rearview, fans of the are hellbent on now trying to figure out when Prescott and wide receiver will land their deals. The problem in doing so is clear, because whereas the two-time rushing champ was absent from work as he , both Prescott and Cooper were at work and have remained nonchalant about negotiations from minute one., and both are willing to bet on themselves in 2019 to potentially drive their asking price higher in 2020. That's not stopping the "we want it now" crowd, though, and owner Jerry Jones -- ever the savvy marketer in how he continues to keep the topic of his choosing atop the news feed -- is keeping them on the line much the same way he did with his sound bytes during Elliott's holdout.It doesn't matter to him that the situations are wildly di similar, but only that you keep trying to figure out what's going on, and then talking about it endle sly (and with mixed me sages) until it's done.Case in point, Jones said in his post-game addre s on Sunday -- of the -- that a new deal for the Pro Bowl quarterback was "imminent", and that stirred an already boiling pot. Those comments were walked back by team exec Stephen Jones just one day later on 105.3FM the Fan, noting the elder Jones may have a "different meaning" of the word " Brian Gibbons Jersey imminent", and that clarity on the statement would need to be sought with the one who said it. And so it was, Jerry Jones was asked to clarify exactly where things are with Prescott, but he instead muddied the water further; and that's no accident." Imminent means ready to take place, close, near, about to happen -- those types of things," Jones said. "I think I said at our luncheon, that we had that I went even further and Andrei Svechnikov Men Jersey said at our luncheon Dak Zeke will be on the field when we open up. I thought that I really then had gotten out over my skis because, as I've said so many times, nothing happens until both parties decide that what they're seeing and it's time to go. Nothing ever."I was asked my opinion. I think that we are fast approaching an agreement. Then that's relative maybe to where we've been. On the other hand, that might be my opinion. "It sure might not be Dak's opinion. When Dak expre ses his opinion or his agent expre ses their opinion, that may be different than my opinion. And, so, that can go on for a long time. So, when somebody asks your opinion on whether something's done that takes two to do it, they're speaking just from their perspective, and in my mind we were fast approaching a deal."OK then.The reality of where things sit with Prescott are evident, in that both sides want to remain married for a long time to come. At this point, the biggest hurdle is likely the length of the coming deal and not so much the money, with the latter having been more easily framed by the deals on and -- with . Until Prescott is ready to put pen to paper, however, it doesn't matter how pa sionate the Cowboys get (and they are just that) about wooing him to his new deal.There are still reasons Prescott could opt to wait, and that includes the aforementioned and at least one or two more, but ultimately this is a deal that could land anywhere between six minutes from now to six months from now. Anything the Hall of Fame owner says before then is of no consequence to the deal itself, but does ensure everyone keeps discu sing it. As far as Prescott's value goes, not everyone believes he should command top dollar.One such person is former NFL quarterback , who also spoke with 105.3FM the Fan this week. Despite having watched Prescott's historic display against the Giants just two days prior, Palmer believes it should be more about helping the team manage the salary cap than landing a windfall contract."If I was him, I would do a between a 10 and 15 kind of number, and win a bunch of games and a bunch of Super Bowls, and make up that money he lost out on by not being one of the top two or three highest-paid guys in the league," Palmer said. "He'll make that back in endorsements tenfold. I think if he were willing to take a little bit of a price Brett Pesce Women Jersey cut, it would enable the team to keep Cooper and continue to pay the guys around him, and continue to pay their offensive line. That is what really stirs the pot for them, is that offensive line. If you continuously draft guys like they have that end up being great players and then pay them and keep them around to protect you -- he'll win a bunch of football games. "If I was him, I would not be asking Jordan Martinook Kids Jersey for top money. If I was him, I'd be asking for a team-friendly deal."Full stop.As a first-overall pick Palmer was never Prescott, and that extends to when it came time to begin negotiating his own deals.A suming Palmer meant Prescott should take a contract that pays him in the top-15 at the position, we'll work our way from there, and with the understanding that even that comment demands data to support it -- considering all current metrics point vehemently toward the contrary. There's also the matter of the source here, considering Palmer had already earned $107,627,242 before then convincing the to award him a three-year deal worth $49.5 million in 2014, and that was just two seasons after he forced his way out of Cincinnati and landing a four-year deal worth $43 million from the that he arguably failed to play up to. Working backward, his deal with the Raiders came eight years after signing an extension with the that maxed his contract at the time at $118.75 million, and the structure of said contract made Palmer the highest-paid player in the NFL when the 2007 season rolled around -- besting even a still-primo Brett Favre at the time.In 2016, Palmer then milked the Cardinals for a one-year extension worth $24.35 million, and at a time when the Cardinals were one of the most cap-poor teams in the league -- carrying an available cap space of only $4.73 million that year -- hardly giving them any sort of wiggle room that season once he signed his non-team-friendly paperwork.This brought Palmer's career NFL earnings to $172,148,722 over the span of his time in pro football, with the following breakdown: TeamCash EarningsBengals$84,627,242Raiders$15,000,000Cardinals$74,521,480It's also key to note that average annual salary in Palmer's NFL tenure isn't an apples-to-apples comparison to how things are in 2019 as the salary cap is exponentially higher, but in his time, he once sat upon the throne of highest-paid and ended his career with nearly $200 million in earnings. None of this is to say Palmer didn't earn it, but instead, it's to point at that if Petr Mrazek Jersey he justifiably believes he did; it's a bit disingenuous to then ask a former fourth-round compensatory pick who signed an initial and pre-negotiated rookie scale deal that maxed at $2.7 million to accept le s money. -- having actually gained a surplus in funds this season by extending , , and Ezekiel Elliott -- what Palmer is suggesting simply doesn't add up. The math is the math, and t