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Todd Archer
Frisco, Texas – The field marshal of the Dallas Cowboys, Dak Prescott, no longer has the highest wage stop figure in the NFL.
The cowboys have restructured the Prescott contract and created $ 36.6 million in capitalization space, a source to ESPN told Wednesday. The cowboys turned $ 45.75 million into the Prescott base salary to a signature bonus, reducing its top number of $ 89.89 million to $ 53.29 million.
In the last two days, the cowboys have created $ 56.6 million in the capitalization room by restructuring Prescott contracts and the open receiver CEEDEE Lamb. But that does not mean that they will spend large when free agency begins next week.
“I am not looking for free agency as a place to fill the gaps,” said the owner and general manager Jerry Jones.
That does not mean that cowboys have no needs for their list.
“No if it includes what could work for us in the draft and what we are doing with our own list in relation to who we want to sign,” Jones said.
Restructures do not affect a potential extension for the All-Pro Micah Parsons passes corridor, who is ready to play the 2025 season in the fifth year option of its rookie agreement at $ 22.06 million. A contract extension would reduce that number, creating more space for capboys.
Parsons told ESPN at the end of the last season that he does not need to be the best paid defensive player in the NFL and said that after the season he ended up wanting the cowboys to be a player in the free agency. The cowboys recently opened discussions with the Parsons agent in an extension.
The moment of when an agreement is ended is not too important for Jones. Last year, the Cowboys did not sign the Lamb until the end of the training camp and signed Prescott hours before the opening of the season.
“They criticize us because we wait until the end or what you would call the end, and that is aligning for the first game,” Jones said. “It simply happens that way. I have been one of the first in several contracts in my 35 years.”
On Tuesday, the Cowboys signed the Parsons Formula partner, the Osa Osa Odighta Defensive Tackle, to a four -year and $ 80 million agreement that included $ 52 million guaranteed. Its limit number of 2025 is $ 6.25 million.
The executive vice president, Stephen Jones, said that the cowboys would be “selectively aggressive” in the free agency this year, compared to a year ago, when they lost key free agents such as the left backle Tyron Smith, the corridor Tony Pollard, the Tyler Biasz center, defensive Dorance Armstrong and Dante Fowler, and defensive Johnathan Hankins of a 12-5 team in 2023 and Did Little Little.
“As the opportunity for [outside]Not the draft, not from the inside, as the opportunity arises, we will weigh it, “said Jerry Jones.” Last year, we would have expected, but we will look and see the opportunity to improve the plan that basically defense and offensive is to complement what we want to do with a team led by Dak. “
With the free agency that is coming next week, the cowboys have a series of pending free agents that they would like to maintain, including corner Jourdan Lewis, the player Bryan Angojo and the Rico Dowdle corridor. The main tacle of last year, the supporter Eric Kendricks, will be a free agent, like the old defensive wing Demarcus Lawrence.
If Lawrence leaves and with the retirement of the right guard All-Pro, Zack Martin, Prescott, a fourth round selection in 2016, it would be the oldest member of the Cowboys.
As for the Prescott contract, the fall in this year’s capitalization number will lead to an increase of $ 9.15 million in its capitalization number 2026 to $ 76.8 million.
