Any resident capologists looked at the cap situation with tagging Prescott again at 37M? 175M keeps coming up as the possible cap for next season so one player at 21% seems really high.
The leverage for Booger might be in their draft position. If they end up in Blue Chip QB territory, 1-5 for Lawrence, Trask, Fields, Wilson or Lance, He has some wiggle room with the money and the deadline. Agree to the deal before the draft or they draft a QB and the deal is off the table. Agree to the deal and they spend that pick on someone to help him.
If they tag him, he could pull a no show and not do damage to his image because of the circumstances of this season. The other fallout factor of a second tag is they better have an option for 2022 at QB because he'll be gone.
The read I make is that the Cowboys look like the bad guys in the lack of a deal this year, the public usually sides with the player but this one was so high profile that I think Prescott got the white hat in this. He can pretty do what he wants and people will be OK with him.
As far as any of these talking head ex players, I could care less what they think, they're hardly experts in anything.