{"id":47961,"date":"2025-05-13T08:57:27","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T08:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=47961"},"modified":"2025-05-13T08:57:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T08:57:27","slug":"all-pro-guard-tyler-smith-makes-important-chess-move-the-dallas-cowboys-wont-like-ahead-of-the-2025-nfl-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=47961","title":{"rendered":"All-Pro guard Tyler Smith makes important chess move the Dallas Cowboys won&#8217;t like ahead of the 2025 NFL season"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ac_101514934\" class=\"article_chunk type_50\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme first_text_block\">\n<p>Tyler Smith\u00a0knows when it comes to negotiating humongous contract negotiations with the\u00a0Dallas Cowboys, it&#8217;s about playing chess and not checkers. That&#8217;s why his move to hire the\u00a0<em>Athletes First<\/em>\u00a0agency to represent him ahead of his fourth year in the NFL is a very important one.<\/p>\n<p>Smith, the second-team All-Pro who is under contract through 2026 following the Cowboys&#8217; decision to pick up his fifth-year option, will enter 2025 knowing a new deal could await at the other end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>What better way to attack his situation than joining the same agency that represents\u00a0Dak Prescott, Micah Parsons, and many more high-profile players around the league.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_101514935\" class=\"article_chunk type_51\"><center><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DJkFsmByoAj\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=810&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.yardbarker.com&amp;rp=%2Fnfl%2Farticles%2Fall_pro_guard_tyler_smith_makes_important_chess_move_the_dallas_cowboys_wont_like_ahead_of_the_2025_nfl_season%2Fs1_17313_42184978#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A1570.5%7D\" height=\"1103\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-8=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_101514936\" class=\"article_chunk type_50\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme \">\n<p>Specifically, Todd France and Joe Panos will represent Smith,\u00a0per\u00a0<em>DMN&#8217;s\u00a0<\/em>Calvin Watkins\u00a0. France is one of the most renowned agents in the game and he also represents Prescott, Josh Allen, Brian Burns, among others. Panos represents multiple high-profile offensive linemen like\u00a0Penei Sewell\u00a0and Frank Ragnow.<\/p>\n<p>The Cowboys know how relevant the news is and they&#8217;re not likely to be fans of it: They&#8217;ve had notoriously feisty negotiation processes with Prescott and France that have lasted years each.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Cowboys were banking on the Star on the helmet and that no matter what, (Dak Prescott was) gonna come back,&#8221; France said about the negotiating process in a recent podcast from the agency. &#8220;It wasn\u2019t gonna work out that way had a deal not worked out, I really believe that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though he won&#8217;t be working with Tyler Smith,\u00a0<em>Athletes First&#8217;\u00a0<\/em>David Mulugheta currently represents Parsons.\u00a0Cowboys owner Jerry Jones recently said he didn&#8217;t know the name\u00a0of the superstar defender&#8217;s agent.<\/p>\n<p>The Cowboys have compared Smith to franchise legend Larry Allen himself. They know a lengthy negotiation process is coming with their young guard. For now, Smith has positioned himself in a favorable spot to become one of the highest-paid linemen in the league following a strong start to his career, in which he&#8217;s showed he can play well at left tackle and at an All-Pro caliber inside.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tyler Smith\u00a0knows when it comes to negotiating humongous contract negotiations with the\u00a0Dallas Cowboys, it&#8217;s about playing chess and not checkers. 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