Twitter: Cowboys restructure Witten's contract

[Rayman70]

I'm thinking its Fleming or Bowman..which is why the Witten restructure.

 

[Nightman]

The point here is we are paying him 6.75m when we should be paying him half that or less.

No argument here...... but some things aren't changing

JJones is giving Witten his respect and chance to get a ring

If we needed the 2-3m it would one thing.....but we can still activate another 30m in cap space

 

[BobSacamano]

That means he is definitely staying for 2018.

And taking 100% of the snaps at TE.

 

[Fla Cowpoke]

So what? His base was going to hit the cap no matter what. Now it'll hit the cap in the future when it's a smaller percentage.

The point is he is making too much. Why pay him almost 7m? That is way too much given what he provides these days. Teams pray we dump the ball to him on his 2 yd out routes rather than hitting a wide receiver that can get yac. Instead of paying him 7m cut it in half. My complaint isn't with restructure it is what they are paying him. When we are overpaying guys it does make a difference in cap space, just like overpaying for Thompson and Thomas.

 

[Stash]

They won't. It's Witten. They'll look at it as a church offering.

 

[Bluefin]

They will need the cap space to sign the rookies from this years draft class

Naw.

Dallas was already well under the salary cap with Travis Frederick's restructure.

The Orlando Scandrick June designated release will also more than cover the rookie class' cap hits, which will only be around $2M total.

This move seems to indicate more free agent signings are on the horizon.

 

[Captain43Crash]

The Cowboys have restructured the contract of 11-time Pro Bowl tight end Jason Witten, creating roughly $3.5 million in salary cap space, according to sources. Witten is the second contract the Cowboys have re-worked in the last week, along with Pro Bowl center Travis Frederick, which created nearly $7 million in cap room.

Why did they over pay him in the first place? This money is just kicked down the road. It will effect our ability to sign players in the future.

 

[Ken]

So dumb. This guy should be getting pushed out not guaranteed money.

 

[cowboy_ron]

Restructuring is fine.....once or twice....but to do it every year until retirement creates a lot of excessive dead money long after the player is gone.

 

[Northern_Cowboy]

Naw.

Dallas was already well under the salary cap with Travis Frederick's restructure.

The Orlando Scandrick June designated release will also more than cover the rookie class' cap hits, which will only be around $2M total.

This move seems to indicate more free agent signings are on the horizon.

We are barely under the cap before the restructure and for the 2018 draft class picking 19th will cost the Cowboys approx 7.7m (assuming 1pick per round) we needed the cap space

http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/dallas-cowboys/cap/

https://overthecap.com/draft/

 

[Bluefin]

Why did they over pay him in the first place? This money is just kicked down the road. It will effect our ability to sign players in the future.

Jason Witten was tied with two other tight ends for 15th place in average annual value at his position.

And pushing $3.5M in potential dead money into future years will do absolutely nothing to Dallas' ability to manage its salary cap going forward.

This is peanuts.

 

[Fla Cowpoke]

We are barely under the cap before the restructure and for the 2018 draft class picking 19th will cost the Cowboys approx 7.7m (assuming 1pick per round) we needed the cap space

http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/dallas-cowboys/cap/

https://overthecap.com/draft/

It takes that much but for each one drafted it is knocking a current salary off the cap. So the net effect is only about a $2000000 difference from where we are at right now and Scandrick money will take care of that.

 

[xwalker]

Naw.

Dallas was already well under the salary cap with Travis Frederick's restructure.

The Orlando Scandrick June designated release will also more than cover the rookie class' cap hits, which will only be around $2M total.

This move seems to indicate more free agent signings are on the horizon.

You should post more often.

 

[Verdict]

That means he is definitely staying for 2018.

Unfortunately that is correct. Idiotic move by the Cowboys.

 

[cowboyec]

Cameron Fleming in 3, 2, 1.....

when we need it....we ALWAYS find it.
Mr.Fleming

 

[Bluefin]

We are barely under the cap before the restructure and for the 2018 draft class picking 19th will cost the Cowboys approx 7.7m (assuming 1pick per round) we needed the cap space

http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/dallas-cowboys/cap/

https://overthecap.com/draft/

Those are fan sites with no direct access to the actual numbers.

The only site with access to the actual salary cap is the NFLPA.

It shows Dallas with $5.541M in room today.

As for the rookie class, you have to subtract a current contract that's counting against the top 51 salaries every time a rookie signs and takes up a spot.

Once an entire class is signed, a team will have shaved off about $3.75M in veteran salaries that were counting against the top 51.

The overall 2018 impact of signing the rookies is only a difference of a couple million dollars. Rookie contracts are cheap unless you are selecting inside the top ten.

 

[KingintheNorth]

It shows Dallas with $5.541M in room today.

As for the rookie class, you have to subtract a current contract that's counting against the top 51 salaries every time a rookie signs and takes up a spot.

Won't we have additional cap room effective June 2nd with Orlando Scandrick's release?

 

[xwalker]

Unfortunately that is correct. Idiotic move by the Cowboys.

I'm OK with it.

Stephen probably negotiated with Jerry that they would keep Witten if they could dump Dez. You know dumping Dez is going to be painful for Jerry.

The good thing is that Jerry does not seem that attached to newer players. Dump Dez this year and they'll likely move on from Witten next year. If Lee misses more than 2 or 3 games they might move on from him next year also.

I'm just ancy looking forward to Dez cut Day.

I would love it if they could trade him but I don't see that happening.

 

[xwalker]

Unfortunately that is correct. Idiotic move by the Cowboys.

Another Dez thought.

It would be funny if they convinced him to take a paycut and then traded him.

At 6M per I think a team might trade a 7th for him...

 

[Bluefin]

Won't we have additional cap room effective June 2nd with Orlando Scandrick's release?

Yes.

When Orlando Scarndrick's June release hits the books on the second of that month, the Cowboys will gain $3M in cap room.

Before then, it's possible to generate more space by agreeing to a long term extension with Zack Martin and/or DeMarcus Lawrence. Or be restructuring Tyron Smith or Sean Lee. Or by negotiating a pay cut with Dez Bryant or Tyrone Crawford. Or James Hanna could be released.