Dallas has once again tinkered with the accounting of left tackle Tyron Smith’s contract, this time converting $8.9 million of his salary this year into a signing bonus according to ESPN’s Field Yates. The Cowboys converted $8.9M of OT Tyron Smith base salary into a signing bonus, per source. That clears $6.675M in cap space […]
[adsenseyu1] Since we now have the basic details of the Cowboys extension with left tackle Tyron Smith, I thought it would be worth looking at why calling him the highest paid player at the position is not exactly accurate. Though Smith carries the highest annual value of any tackle, $12.2 million versus $11.5 million for […]
The 2024 league year in the NFL officially starts on Wednesday, March 13. The two day negotiating period of free agency commences on Monday, March 11, and it is then when we would typically get first knowledge of the largest contracts to be signed. With those contracts signed come the assignment of some players as […]
One of the big questions I get over and over this time of year is about void years in player contracts and what that means for the salary cap charge of the player. Basically, the void year is a fake contract year used for the sole purpose of parking salary cap charges and when the […]
While the first wave of NFL releases have already occurred there are many more players who will likely be asked to take a pay cut or be released as we head into free agency. Some are still very good players who are going to be victims of the salary cap or change in direction for […]
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was discussing wide receiver Amari Cooper’s performance for the Cowboys and made some interesting comments where the takeaway seem to be the following Jerry Jones is frustrated with Amari Cooper's contract and relative production. — Clarence Hill Jr (@clarencehilljr) January 21, 2022 The Cooper and Cowboys dynamic is one that I […]