The Cowboys have restructured Dak Prescott‘s contract, in accordance with ESPN’s Todd Archer, creating $36.6M of cap house on prime of the $20M created by Tuesday’s restructure of CeeDee Lamb‘s deal.
The transfer converts $45.75 of Prescott’s 2025 wage to a signing bonus that’s then prorated throughout the following 5 years of the contract. His cap quantity in 2025 dropped to $53M with will increase of $9.15M in every of the following 4 seasons. Prescott’s cap hits in 2026, 2027, and 2028 are actually above $70M, giving him leverage to barter one other extension within the subsequent two years.
Dallas entered the week above the 2025 wage cap. By avoiding a franchise tag for Osa Odighizuwa and restructuring the contracts of Lamb and Prescott, the staff now has $54.3M in cap house, the eighth-most within the NFL.
That’s not a remaining quantity, because the Cowboys might nonetheless make just a few strikes within the subsequent week. They’re anticipated to position a second-round RFA tender on KaVontae Turpin that can price $5.35M, and negotiations are underway with Micah Parsons on an extension that would decrease his $24M cap hit.
All instructed, Dallas ought to enter free company with about $50M in cap house, however latest feedback from proprietor and common supervisor Jerry Jones ought to mood expectations of a spending spree.
“I don’t suppose aggressive is the fitting phrase,” mentioned Jones (by way of WFAA’s Ed Werder). “I’m not free company as a spot to fill voids.”
Jones added that the staff is planning to prioritize the draft over free company, although their creation of cap house counsel that they intend to make some signings.
