What Does NFL’s $208M Salary Cap Ceiling for 2022 Mean for Cowboys?

Doomsday101

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Yesterday the NFL and the NFLPA announced their agreement on a salary cap “ceiling’ for 2022 of $208.2 million. What does this figure, a potential major increase over previous projections, mean for the Dallas Cowboys now and next season?

You’ve probably already seen articles about Dallas having one of the worst cap situations in the league for 2022. Doom and gloom projections that showed the Cowboys anywhere from roughly $24-$34 million over the cap have cycled since QB Dak Prescott got his massive new deal last March.

Hopefully you’ve also seen the work of various Cowboys writers explaining that the team has several ways to deal with that problem. There is a lot of room in Dak’s contract, plus those of WR Amari Cooper, DE DeMarcus Lawrence, G Zack Martin, and others for restructuring and creating sufficient salary cap space to get back in the black in 2022.

Plus, if needed, the Cowboys can make some business decisions on the contracts of LB Jaylon Smith, CB Anthony Brown, and some other potential cap casualties next year.

All of this was before yesterday’s news about the $208.2 cap ceiling. The recent “cap hell” projections were based on a 2022 salary cap of around $192.5 million; a $10 million increase from the official 2021 figure of $182.5 million.

The NFL’s salary cap has generally gone up by about $10-$11 each year for a while now. 2021 saw it go down due to lost revenues in 2020 from the COVID-19 pandemic, and projections for 2022 were understandably conservative.

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Means we are 24 mil over the cap next year as we sit
But that’s simple to fix and the reason they didn’t do a bunch of restructuring this year to add more FA
The teams have a pretty good idea of the cap and how it’s gonna rise
 

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Means we are 24 mil over the cap next year as we sit
But that’s simple to fix and the reason they didn’t do a bunch of restructuring this year to add more FA
The teams have a pretty good idea of the cap and how it’s gonna rise
very true. that's what all teams do. there are 4 or 5 contracts that can easily be redone and we will have 20M in salary cap...
 

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very true. that's what all teams do. there are 4 or 5 contracts that can easily be redone and we will have 20M in salary cap...
Next year is when I think we may see some actual cuts instead of restructure for cap relief.

Lawrence, JSmith....maybe Cooper.

Daks deal was no doubt done with a restructure in mind.

Of course Elliotts 2022 salary was guaranteed months ago.

Nice job on structure there Jerry....but, lots ball to be played before any of this happens
 

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------You’ve probably already seen articles about Dallas having one of the worst cap situations in the league for 2022.


But...but...but...Chuckles always tells us how great we are doing in regard to the cap...and Booger brags about us "keeping our powder dry"....given our pathetic track record in signing FA's that are actually "difference makers", it would be pathetic and inexcusable for us to be having ANY cap issues.
 

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Next year is when I think we may see some actual cuts instead of restructure for cap relief.

Lawrence, JSmith....maybe Cooper.

Daks deal was no doubt done with a restructure in mind.

Of course Elliotts 2022 salary was guaranteed months ago.

Nice job on structure there Jerry....but, lots ball to be played before any of this happens
there is a good possibility on all three. if I had to rank it, it would Jaylon, Cooper, Lawrence..

yeah, jerry caved in on Zeke demand. should have waited and let him sit out the year and lose money....Zeke would ahve caved in.
 

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Next year is when I think we may see some actual cuts instead of restructure for cap relief.

Lawrence, JSmith....maybe Cooper.

Daks deal was no doubt done with a restructure in mind.

Of course Elliotts 2022 salary was guaranteed months ago.

Nice job on structure there Jerry....but, lots ball to be played before any of this happens
So if Zeke continues his decline we can not cut him in 2022? If that's true than that sucks. Am I understanding that right?
 

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very true. that's what all teams do. there are 4 or 5 contracts that can easily be redone and we will have 20M in salary cap...

No way in hell Dak or Zeke restructure their contracts. They have no desire to win, to them its all about how much money they can get out of Jerry.
 

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No way in hell Dak or Zeke restructure their contracts. They have no desire to win, to them its all about how much money they can get out of Jerry.
Players still get money when they restructure. They usually get more at the time, and the team gets to spread out the hit. Big difference between restructure and pay cut.
 

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No way in hell Dak or Zeke restructure their contracts. They have no desire to win, to them its all about how much money they can get out of Jerry.
Players still get paid the same
They actually in most cases get their money faster
Players don’t turn down a restructure unless they want out of town like Rodgers
 
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