OK Ill play along...where did I say something incorrect in my post? I would actually LOVE to be wrong about this subject as it gets demoralizing to think this teams ownership is either cheap, incompetent, or both so I'm very open minded to the other side of the debate.
Right now the Cowboys are set up for cap hits of:
2024 - $287m
2025 - $211m
2026 - $116m
2027 - $62m
2028 - $41m
Assuming 10% cap growth year over year the cap should be in the ballpark of:
2024 - $255m
2025 - $280m
2026 - $308m
2027 - $338m
2028 - $371m
For comparison the Eagles 5 year running cap looks like:
2024 - $266m
2025 - $257m
2026 - $249m
2027 - $236m
2028 - $212m
Now I'm not saying that the Cowboys need to go full on Philly mode in terms of cap management, however they have over $800m in open cap space through 2028 to play around with currently. The big three of Dak/Lamb/Parsons could potentially eat up the majority of that, but we are also not taking into account any void years to those deals, nor would that take into account that guaranteed money is typically about 70% of the overall contracts for star players and these guys are often either getting extensions or cut once that guaranteed money is over.