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Cowboys 1st and 10: 5 Contracts to Adjust
http://www.scout.com/nfl/cowboys/story/1749741-cowboys-1st-and-10-5-contracts-to-adjust
...OT Tyron Smith: Smith already counts $15.8 million against the salary cap in 2017, but with a base salary of $10 million the Cowboys can convert about $9 million of that into bonus money and, like last year, create extra room. Last year the Cowboys created $7.2 million in space.
QB Tony Romo: One way or another the Cowboys are going to do something with Romo’s contract, which counts $24.7 million against the salary cap in 2017. Our Mike Fisher has, on many occasions, broken down how exactly the Cowboys can wrest themselves from Romo’s deal, minimize the cap issues and create some space this year, approximately $5 million.
C Travis Frederick: Frederick moves into the first year of his contract extension and his base salary for 2017 is more ($14.2 million) than Romo. I could see the Cowboys clearing a lot of space by converting that base salary into bonus money.
WR Dez Bryant: He counts $17 million in cap space this year, but $13 million of that is base salary and it’s the largest base salary hit in any season of Bryant’s five-year deal. Something tells me the Cowboys might try to convert at least some of that base salary to bonus money, thus creating cap space.
LB Sean Lee: Lee has been happy to restructure his deal before, and with $9 million in base salary in 2017 the opportunity might present itself again.
One thing to note. Romo, Bryant and Lee have the fewest remaining years on their deal of the five players above, just three years each. While Romo seems headed out the door, the duration of the other deals could play a role in whether the Cowboys decide to kick the can down the road with Bryant’s and Lee’s contracts...
http://www.scout.com/nfl/cowboys/story/1749741-cowboys-1st-and-10-5-contracts-to-adjust
...OT Tyron Smith: Smith already counts $15.8 million against the salary cap in 2017, but with a base salary of $10 million the Cowboys can convert about $9 million of that into bonus money and, like last year, create extra room. Last year the Cowboys created $7.2 million in space.
QB Tony Romo: One way or another the Cowboys are going to do something with Romo’s contract, which counts $24.7 million against the salary cap in 2017. Our Mike Fisher has, on many occasions, broken down how exactly the Cowboys can wrest themselves from Romo’s deal, minimize the cap issues and create some space this year, approximately $5 million.
C Travis Frederick: Frederick moves into the first year of his contract extension and his base salary for 2017 is more ($14.2 million) than Romo. I could see the Cowboys clearing a lot of space by converting that base salary into bonus money.
WR Dez Bryant: He counts $17 million in cap space this year, but $13 million of that is base salary and it’s the largest base salary hit in any season of Bryant’s five-year deal. Something tells me the Cowboys might try to convert at least some of that base salary to bonus money, thus creating cap space.
LB Sean Lee: Lee has been happy to restructure his deal before, and with $9 million in base salary in 2017 the opportunity might present itself again.
One thing to note. Romo, Bryant and Lee have the fewest remaining years on their deal of the five players above, just three years each. While Romo seems headed out the door, the duration of the other deals could play a role in whether the Cowboys decide to kick the can down the road with Bryant’s and Lee’s contracts...
