Dak Prescott has reportedly turned down $30 million a year from the Dallas Cowboys and is asking for $40 million a year. This is a guy with a 76 passer rating when two-time NFL rushing champ Zeke Elliott hasn't played. His QBR has dropped like a rock, from 78.8 as a rookie to 69.5 and 58.6 his last two years. Even in his strong rookie season, Prescott was 19th in the NFL in passing yards. The Cowboys have won with Prescott averaging a half-million in pay his first three seasons and $2 million this year. They won't win if keeping him means losing Elliott and WR Amari Cooper.

But someone will pay him. After all, the Bears gave Mike Glennon $19 million and the Cardinals gave Sam Bradford $20 million to start just a few games. The Bears could face the same dilemma with Mitch Trubisky in a year or two. At $7.5 million a year, Trubisky is a bargain his first four years. But will he ever be worth $40 million?

White Sox keep it fun

The White Sox haven't had a winning record in seven years, but they've managed to stay interesting, bidding to sign Manny Machado, trading veterans for top prospects and now bringing Bill Walton into the broadcast booth. This wasn't Bill Murray calling a Cubs game, but it wasn't far off. Even some of the nonsensical things were a little fun, such as when he wished for a triple play when there was already one out, then suggested you could just carry over the extra out to the next inning. I also liked how the world's tallest Dead Head compared baseball to his favorite band: "There’s no time limits, and you just go until somebody says, ‘It’s over.' Sounds very much like a Dead show."

Scheme or running back?

I don't want a running back who also doesn't catch well, and neither does Matt Nagy (goodbye Jordan Howard). But it may be more about the coach than the player. Fivethirtyeight ranked teams according to their rate of successful pass plays to running backs. Pittsburgh was No. 6 despite missing Le'Veon Bell all year. Kansas City was No. 1 by a wide margin, but split its receptions equally among three backs. The Chargers were fourth, but Melvin Gordon's two backups did even better than him. Only Christian McCaffery for No. 2 Carolina seemed to carry his team.
