Gallup has already been tapped as a launch candidate, so it comes as no shock the Cowboys are ready to maneuver on from him. Nevertheless, three years stay on his contract, and an buying staff would want to soak up it in any potential swap. As Watkins notes, subsequently, a tepid commerce market exists in the intervening time.
The Cowboys (or his subsequent staff, if traded) would see $4M of Gallup’s $9.5M 2024 compensation grow to be assured on March 17. Shifting on earlier than that date could be logical, particularly if it had been to happen by way of a post-June 1 launch. That route would create $9.5M in cap house, though these additional funds wouldn’t be obtainable till June 2.
Ought to Dallas elect to retain the 28-year-old, the staff would probably have to work out a restructure or extension to decrease his cap figures. Gallup is about to rely $13.85M in opposition to the cap in 2024, with that determine rising to $15.85M in 2025 and ’26. None of his base salaries are assured in that span, and devoting such a notable quantity of cap assets to a depth contributor could be problematic for the staff.
Gallup posted an underwhelming 34-418-2 statline in 2023 as his position within the Cowboys’ offense continued to dwindle. CeeDee Lamb confirmed his standing as one of many league’s finest wideouts, and he’ll stay the focus of Dallas’ passing recreation for years to come back offered he secures a mega-extension within the comparatively close to future. Fellow receivers Jalen Tolbert, KaVontae Turpin and Jalen Brooks may tackle bigger complementary roles within the occasion Gallup had been to be traded or launched.
The 2024 free agent class has a couple of younger deep threats in its WR ranks, one thing which may hinder Gallup’s incomes energy offered he reaches the open market. If suitors want to add him with out getting into a monetary bidding conflict, although, they might transfer shortly in swinging a commerce earlier than free company begins subsequent week. That may be an unlikely final result given the cap implications, however the curiosity Gallup generates over the approaching days will likely be price monitoring.
