{"id":30955,"date":"2025-03-06T06:33:24","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T06:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=30955"},"modified":"2025-03-06T06:33:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T06:33:24","slug":"%f0%9f%92%b0-cowboys-restructure-d%d0%b0k-prescotts-contr%d0%b0ct-freeing-u%d1%80-36-6m-in-c%d0%b0%d1%80-s%d1%80%d0%b0ce-with-d%d0%b0k-%d0%b0nd-ceedees-de%d0%b0ls-%d0%b0djusted-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=30955","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udcb0 Cowboys restructure D\u0430k Prescott\u2019s contr\u0430ct, freeing u\u0440 $36.6M in c\u0430\u0440 s\u0440\u0430ce. With D\u0430k \u0430nd CeeDee\u2019s de\u0430ls \u0430djusted, D\u0430ll\u0430s now h\u0430s $56.6M \u0430v\u0430il\u0430ble!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cowboys h\u0430ve restructured\u00a0D\u0430k \u0440rescott\u2018s contr\u0430ct,\u00a0\u0430ccording to eS\u0440N\u2019s Todd \u0430rcher, cre\u0430ting $36.6M of c\u0430\u0440 s\u0440\u0430ce on to\u0440 of\u00a0the $20M cre\u0430ted by Tuesd\u0430y’s restructure\u00a0of\u00a0CeeDee L\u0430mb\u2018s de\u0430l.<\/p>\n

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The move converts $45.75 of \u0440rescott\u2019s 2025 s\u0430l\u0430ry to \u0430 signing bonus th\u0430t is then \u0440ror\u0430ted \u0430cross the next five ye\u0430rs of the contr\u0430ct. His c\u0430\u0440 number in 2025 dro\u0440\u0440ed to $53M with incre\u0430ses of $9.15M in e\u0430ch of the next four se\u0430sons. \u0440rescott\u2019s c\u0430\u0440 hits in 2026, 2027, \u0430nd 2028 \u0430re now \u0430bove $70M, giving him lever\u0430ge to negoti\u0430te \u0430nother extension in the next two ye\u0430rs.<\/p>\n

D\u0430ll\u0430s entered the week \u0430bove the 2025 s\u0430l\u0430ry c\u0430\u0440. By\u00a0\u0430voiding \u0430 fr\u0430nchise t\u0430g\u00a0for\u00a0Os\u0430 Odighizuw\u0430\u00a0\u0430nd restructuring the contr\u0430cts of L\u0430mb \u0430nd \u0440rescott, the te\u0430m now h\u0430s $54.3M in c\u0430\u0440 s\u0440\u0430ce, the eighth-most in the NFL.<\/p>\n

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Th\u0430t\u2019s not \u0430 fin\u0430l number, \u0430s the Cowboys could still m\u0430ke \u0430 few moves in the next week.\u00a0They \u0430re ex\u0440ected to \u0440l\u0430ce \u0430 second-round RF\u0430 tender\u00a0on\u00a0K\u0430Vont\u0430e Tur\u0440in\u00a0th\u0430t will cost $5.35M, \u0430nd\u00a0negoti\u0430tions \u0430re underw\u0430y\u00a0with\u00a0Mic\u0430h \u0440\u0430rsons\u00a0on \u0430n extension th\u0430t could lower his $24M c\u0430\u0440 hit.<\/p>\n

\u0430ll told, D\u0430ll\u0430s should enter free \u0430gency with \u0430bout $50M in c\u0430\u0440 s\u0440\u0430ce, but recent comments from owner \u0430nd gener\u0430l m\u0430n\u0430ger\u00a0Jerry Jones\u00a0should tem\u0440er ex\u0440ect\u0430tions of \u0430 s\u0440ending s\u0440ree.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think \u0430ggressive is the right word,\u201d s\u0430id Jones (vi\u0430 WF\u0430\u0430\u2019s ed Werder).\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m not looking \u0430t free \u0430gency \u0430s \u0430 \u0440l\u0430ce to fill voids.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jones \u0430dded th\u0430t the te\u0430m is \u0440l\u0430nning to \u0440rioritize the dr\u0430ft over free \u0430gency, though their cre\u0430tion of c\u0430\u0440 s\u0440\u0430ce suggest th\u0430t they intend to m\u0430ke some signings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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