{"id":28946,"date":"2025-01-25T01:05:45","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T01:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=28946"},"modified":"2025-01-25T01:05:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T01:05:45","slug":"how-the-dallas-cowboys-could-create-upwards-of-100-million-in-salary-cap-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=28946","title":{"rendered":"How the Dallas Cowboys could create upwards of $100 million in salary-cap space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"QG6Pyo\">Don&#8217;t for a second believe the Dallas Cowboys are as cash-strapped as they suggest heading into the 2025 offseason. Despite Stephen Jones&#8217; claim insisting that the roster building this year will be &#8220;really, really tight&#8221;, the Cowboys could make room for spending. In fact, a couple of reports suggest Dallas could create upwards of $100 million in salary-cap space.<\/p>\n<p id=\"5OZOrA\">Mike Fisher recently shared a simple path the Dallas Cowboys could take in five easy steps using round numbers to create $100 million in salary-cap space. By &#8220;flipping the switch&#8221; on Dak Prescott&#8217;s and CeeDee Lamb&#8217;s contracts, signing Micah Parsons to an extension, and money carried over from 2024, this path looks absolutely doable for the Cowboys.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p id=\"w7WyMz\">These are all normal NFL front-office practices &#8211; standard tools available on the total box &#8211; and added up, Dallas\u2019 three moves will have created $40 mil (Dak) + $20 mil (Lamb) + $10 mil (Parsons) + the $30 mil (carryover)\u2026<\/p>\n<p id=\"dolwZF\">And these three players will be taking up just 25 percent of the cap room and the Cowboys will have a rather astounding $100 million in 2025 cap room!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"Chp5U8\">Another report from Pro Football Network goes into a little bit more detail about how the Dallas Cowboys can create more salary-cap space in 2025 with a few contract restructures and an extension for Micah Parsons.<\/p>\n<hr id=\"iNNrnl\" \/>\n<p id=\"U0F2Eo\">Main restructure\/extension candidates for the Cowboys<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"kuEkTY\">Dak Prescott (2025 Cap = $89,896,666) &#8211; conventional restructure could open $37,196,000 in cap space (no option to add void years).<\/li>\n<li id=\"7E1SMm\">Trevon Diggs (2025 Cap = $13,897,056) &#8211; conventional restructure could save $5,872,500 and as much as $6,264,000 with a void year<\/li>\n<li id=\"yIGWTI\">CeeDee Lamb (2025 Cap = $35,450,000) &#8211; conventional restructure could open $20,544,000 in cap space (no option to add void years).<\/li>\n<li id=\"kEdh83\">Terence Steele (2025 Cap = $18,125,000) &#8211; conventional restructure could save $9,060,000 and as much as $9,664,000 with a void year<\/li>\n<li id=\"Ep7vGu\">Micah Parsons (2025 Cap = $21,324,000) &#8211; the final year of his deal, so no conventional restructure, but could open up $16,123,200 with an extension or adding void years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr id=\"DCxeCE\" \/>\n<p id=\"dsdzuE\">If these numbers are accurate, and the Cowboys make all of these moves, this would free up close to $90 million worth of salary-cap space and that&#8217;s not even including the $25 million carried over from 2024 or money saved from potential salary-cap casualties. That&#8217;s a lot of moolah!<\/p>\n<p id=\"PcdRhW\">So again, buy into the Stephen Jones insistence roster building will be &#8220;very, very tight&#8221; this offseason for the Dallas Cowboys if you want, but the numbers speak for themselves. The Cowboys should have more than enough salary-cap space this year to do just about whatever they want in free agency. 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