They dont really have a choice my friend. When they restructured him they made it impossible to NOT extend him. I think he will count like 50 million plus against the cap next year without an extension.
But as a designated June 1 cut or trade you can split that cap hit up over a couple years. He would only count about $25M against the cap next year in this scenario. June 1 scenarios are not always the best, but the Cowboys would have options worst case.
It looks like according to Spotrac, they’ll still have $13 million in cap space, even with his $60 million cap hit.
They shouldnt have done it this year lol.
Agreed. It’s just more of their kick the can economic plan.
Give that man an extension ASAP Jerry!!!
This will guarantee you will go to the man in the sky without another SB trophy!!!
P.S. After all those SB wins and championship games he should be the highest-paid QB in the NFL!!!!!
Here is a sample of the glory that will continue to lead us, baby!!
Almost exactly what I was going to say. Don't panic. If Dak has another season like the previous, it's REALLY time to move on. They can't be scared.
Yeah. I just don't see that as an "easy" out. Semantics maybe, but huge dead money even if split up.
... and especially how he's going to reduce interceptions. Interceptions is not a category a QB should lead in.
Agreed, and maybe easy is the wrong word. It's still a chunk of change that has to be factored into the equation, but any other player who's cap hit could be cut by more than half via cut would be viewed as a potential cap casualty....except Dak.
A couple months ago I would have agreed with this fully. The fact that they restructured instead of extended his contract tells me that the Cowboys at least initially are not caving to Daks demands. Really this offseason was a perfect opportunity to come to a fair agreement for both sides. Now it really starts to feel to me that it's all in Daks hands. An improved 2023 season probably lets him command top dollar and becomes the highest AAV player once again. A disappointing 2023 may push Jerry/Stephen to get creative at the position.
agreed. it's just a terrible position to be in unless he dramatically improves. I guess they *could* go the hurts route and backload it to hell w/ the though you have 3-4 years of this core w/ dak and some cap relief before just eating a massive bill win, lose or draw.
Here is where my contract knowledge starts to get limited. Can the Cowboys do as heavy of a backloaded deal as Hurts has and still reap the benefits? Does the voidable money in Dak's existing deal just go away with a new contract? Or is that $25M in 2025 counting against the cap either way and still going to be an issue with the Cowboys adding players that season?
