Signed by Cowboys Cowboys restructure Prescott contract

[atlantacowboy]

Well we gotta have room to sign our own guys.

 

[Teague31]

Cute that people think any of this money is going to be used to improve the team. Sure they’ll give Micah a big new deal. Then they will promptly cry poverty and go dumpster diving in FA. Rinse and repeat.

 

[MikeT22]

Selectively aggressive means they've created all this cap and will be aggressive in spending it. The selective part means they'll give it all to re-up their own players. We'll wind up with the same team, just higher paid compared to last year

Most likely. Remember that the goal is to be relevant, not actually contend and win a SB. Last year they let a bunch of mid level players go and it took its toll.

This year it looks like they are going to pay to keep more of their players. You have Dak, CD and Micah. But also Osa and probably a few from the likes of Gholston, Lewis, DLaw, etc. As far as FA and acquiring new vets it will likely be low-mid tier guys some of the new coaches are familiar with, whether FA or players who have been cut.

 

[CWR]

Thats really nice of Dak to free up all that money. They just did a whole #%$ article on what a great guy Burrow is for doing the same thing. So selfless.

 

[buybuydandavis]

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/player/_/id/19089/dak-prescott

1st Potential Out Year - 2028, with 52mil of dead cap

With Dak, CD, Osa, Lamb, Steele, and soon Micah, we're back to the top heavy salary breakdown of mid to late 2000s.

 

[buybuydandavis]

Ok if your Mike MaCarthy you have to be pissed that Jerry did all of this to have 60m to spend in FA but told him NAH dude we are good you play with what we have last year. WOW

Spent diddley at DT and RB with glaring holes in the roster.

Looked like sabotage. With Dak getting hurt, it didn't matter, but I don't see how to interpret the nothing Jerry did last year in free agency as anything but sabotage.

 

[buybuydandavis]

Dak Prescott on Twitter(X):

I want to win. It’s gonna take more than just myself.

He's got that right.

 

[buybuydandavis]

This is not all for Micah. Something is coming

Yeah, why pull the trigger to free up so much cap just to have it sit there?

It's bad moneywise for Jerry. Gets money out of his pocket earlier than they have to.

 

[DuncanIso]

This likely removed the post June cut for Dak in March 2026.

POST-6/1 RELEASE​

2026 Dead Cap: $36,524,313
2027 Dead Cap: $60,833,332
2026 Savings: $40,000,000

 

[DuncanIso]

So what are the details - how is his money going to be divied up now?

Turpin 5M
Hoffman 1M
Rookies 15M
2026 rollover 25M

 

[Amarillofan82]

They will eat all that cap up in a Parsons resigning for 35 to 40 million a year. What is left is for draft picks and rollover next year to sign another player. Annnnnd, of course Dak's continuation of pushing money down the line to keep them from actually going a different direction. They need to go and get a star in Free Agency on the OL or DL to build on something.

 

[Creeper]

I was against this move even though I knew Dallas was going to do it. Jerry is fully committed to Dak for the next 4 years at least. If Dak has another bad year, it is going to cost Dallas another $37 million to get out of his contract.

Dak's CAP next year goes up to $76 million, the following year is $70 million then $80 million. Fortunately on $10 million has been pushed into voidable years. As I have said many times, Dak will never be worth those kind of CAP totals.

 

[shabazz]

I can only hope the Brotherhood of NFL quarterbacks approved this

 

[chagus]

Great... now watch the front office go and overpay for Bosa.

 

[FVSTONE]

Horrible move! Leave the bum's overpaid, over hyped, less than mediocre contract alone. This is only going to add years or add DEAD MONEY when the bum is long gone!

 

[DuncanIso]

Horrible move! Leave the bum's overpaid, over hyped, less than mediocre contract alone. This is only going to add years or add DEAD MONEY when the bum is long gone!

March 2027.. there is hope.

POST-6/1 RELEASE​

2027 Dead Cap: $25,841,666
2028 Dead Cap: $34,991,666
2027 Savings: $45,000,000

 

[JoeKing]

Just put together a team worth rooting for with all this cap space!

 

[Creeper]

Thats really nice of Dak to free up all that money. They just did a whole #%$ article on what a great guy Burrow is for doing the same thing. So selfless.

LOL. I have to laugh becasue I am seeing posts on X of people complaining that Dak is not getting any praise for the restructure. This is just stupid fans. A restructure is simply a conversion of salary to bonus which gets pro-rated over 5 years for CAP purposes. The player is not giving up any money. He is just getting his money up front instead of per game salary checks.

There is no reason for a player to deny a restructure. In fact, there is a benefit to a player to take the money in a signing bonus. Once he gets his money it is his. There are ways a team can claw-back bonus money but in most cases they can't. So if a player gets cut or suspended mid-season, he keeps his bonus even though he may forfeit his per game salary checks.

 

[CWR]

LOL. I have to laugh becasue I am seeing posts on X of people complaining that Dak is not getting any praise for the restructure. This is just stupid fans. A restructure is simply a conversion of salary to bonus which gets pro-rated over 5 years for CAP purposes. The player is not giving up any money. He is just getting his money up front instead of per game salary checks.

There is no reason for a player to deny a restructure. In fact, there is a benefit to a player to take the money in a signing bonus. Once he gets his money it is his. There are ways a team can claw-back bonus money but in most cases they can't. So if a player gets cut or suspended mid-season, he keeps his bonus even though he may forfeit his per game salary checks.

Yeah it's amusing how livid people can be without having any idea what is actually happening.

 

[Hadenough]

Probably only way they could sign Parsons. Either way this is going to be real amusing because after Parsons contract runs out he is out of here cuz they're not winning anything with DAK.