No sooner did Dak Prescott sustain a six- to eight-week injury to his right thumb than speculation began about having Jimmy Garoppolo wear the Dallas star as a temporary fix for the ailing Cowboys.
Makes sense for Dallas as opposed to lining up with Cooper Rush at quarterback. Might make sense for the 49ers depending on what they could extort from Dallas in return. Suddenly that premium draft pick pipe dream may be within reach via trade.
The person it doesn’t make sense for is Garoppolo unless he can get back to his $24.2 million or so he was to receive this season before accepting a lesser deal to back up Trey Lance. His restructured deal allows him to veto any trade. Dallas owner Jerry Jones isn’t above taking players to “the basement” and putting a lot of zeroes at the end of a check.
