Cowboys have not started contract talks with Dak Prescott, Amari Cooper
Mar
30
3/30/2019 10:56:04 AM
The Dallas Cowboys have numerous young, key players in line for new contracts but they seem to be in no hurry to lock them down as negotiations with quarterback Dak Prescott and Amari Cooper have not yet begun according to Clarence E. Hill Jr. of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Neither will be easy to sign, given the trail blazed by Kirk Cousins and Trumaine Johnson via the franchise tag. If the player resists signing a long-term deal and opts to collect two years of the franchise tag, the team may have no choice but to let the player hit the market in year three.
And first in line for a long term deal is defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence, who is scheduled to make $20.56 million under the second year of his own franchise tag. Those talks have thus far gone nowhere as Hill reports the Cowboys initially offered Lawrence $17 million per year before bumping it up to $20 million. And there is no reason for Lawrence to accept that deal as he can make more on the 2019 tag and then the team would be on the hook for $29.6 million if they franchise-tag him again in 2020. And if the Cowboys opt for the right-of-first-refusal-only approach under the transition tag (at a tender of $24.67 million), Lawrence still gets a shot at the open market.
Regardless of how it plays out, Lawrence, Prescott, and Cooper have plenty of leverage. And if they plan to use it to the maximum, the Cowboys will have a very hard time getting them all signed. Then of course there is running back Ezekiel Elliott, who is two years away from free agency himself and could demand a new deal-and threaten to sit out if he does not get one. Any way you slice it, the Cowboys could either be in salary cap hell and/or lose the talented core of their team in the near future.
Mar
30
3/30/2019 10:56:04 AM
The Dallas Cowboys have numerous young, key players in line for new contracts but they seem to be in no hurry to lock them down as negotiations with quarterback Dak Prescott and Amari Cooper have not yet begun according to Clarence E. Hill Jr. of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Neither will be easy to sign, given the trail blazed by Kirk Cousins and Trumaine Johnson via the franchise tag. If the player resists signing a long-term deal and opts to collect two years of the franchise tag, the team may have no choice but to let the player hit the market in year three.
And first in line for a long term deal is defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence, who is scheduled to make $20.56 million under the second year of his own franchise tag. Those talks have thus far gone nowhere as Hill reports the Cowboys initially offered Lawrence $17 million per year before bumping it up to $20 million. And there is no reason for Lawrence to accept that deal as he can make more on the 2019 tag and then the team would be on the hook for $29.6 million if they franchise-tag him again in 2020. And if the Cowboys opt for the right-of-first-refusal-only approach under the transition tag (at a tender of $24.67 million), Lawrence still gets a shot at the open market.
Regardless of how it plays out, Lawrence, Prescott, and Cooper have plenty of leverage. And if they plan to use it to the maximum, the Cowboys will have a very hard time getting them all signed. Then of course there is running back Ezekiel Elliott, who is two years away from free agency himself and could demand a new deal-and threaten to sit out if he does not get one. Any way you slice it, the Cowboys could either be in salary cap hell and/or lose the talented core of their team in the near future.
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