Frisco, Texas.- The Dallas Cowboys will reduce the impact on quarterback Dak Prescott’s salary cap by restructuring the final year of his contract, a person with knowledge of the decision said yesterday.
The $5 million roster bonus was converted to a signing bonus to reduce the 2024 salary cap by $4 million to a total of $55 million, the person told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. because the club did not give details of the contract.
The decision was initially reported by ESPN.
The Cowboys could create more space if they give an extension to Prescott, who is coming off a wild-card round loss to Green Bay and is 2-5 in the playoffs.
Although Jerry Jones has said that the club wants Prescott to stay, the team owner and general manager has not spoken in the same tone as in 2021 when they signed their franchise quarterback for a team-record four years and $160 million. of dollars.
The restructuring includes two more voidable years in 2027 and 2028 to push Prescott’s maximum salary in 2025 to $40 million.
The Cowboys are keeping very quiet in free agency in part because they are waiting to extend the contracts of All-Pro receiver CeeDee Lamb and 2021 Defensive Rookie of the Year linebacker Micah Parsons.
Committing to Prescott beyond this season would make it easier for them to reach an agreement with Lamb and Parsons.
Dallas has only added linebacker Eric Kendricks to a one-year, $3.5 million deal. The Cowboys added Kendricks and released Leighton Vander Esch, the 2018 first-round pick, with a no-pass designation for another neck injury he suffered last year.
Vander Esch announced his retirement this Monday, six days after he was released and after spending six seasons in the NFL. The player missed 12 games last season due to another series of neck injuries, the fourth since 2019.
“I realized that I can no longer adhere to the standard of excellence that professional football demands. And I say this with the pain of my heart: I am medically retired from the NFL,” Vander Esch said in a statement.
Prescott, a three-time Pro Bowl selection, has been a starter since his rookie year after Tony Romo was injured in the 2016 preseason. He went from being a fourth-round pick to becoming Offensive Rookie of the Year leading Dallas to finish leading the NFC.
The Cowboys have failed to advance past the divisional round four times, the team has not played in the NFC Championship game since winning the Super Bowl after the 1995 season.
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Dak Prescott
Position: marshal
Date of birth: July 29, 1993
Age: 30 years
Place of birth: Sulfur, Louisiana
Height: 1.88 m
Weight: 108 kg
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Dak Prescott, a three-time Pro Bowl selection, has been a starter since his rookie year after Tony Romo was injured in the 2016 preseason. He went from being a fourth-round pick to becoming Offensive Rookie of the Year leading to Dallas to finish leader of the NFC
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