The Dallas Cowboys have been busy during the first three days of the NFL’s 2020 free agency, including Wednesday which was the official start of the league year. What free agents have signed? How does it impact the salary cap? Where does the club stand on 2021 compensatory draft picks?
The NFL is not allowing teams to officially announce their moves until contracts are inked, but the reports are everywhere and teams are being savvy in letting the public know. Technically, the Cowboys have signed only two players, WR Amari Cooper and S Darian Thompson, but they’ve agreed in principle with many others.
The club started the offseason with 30 players who were free agents. According to our tracking, only 11 remain without jobs currently. That list is below.
The long and short of all the moves? Dallas has retained two of the five biggest free agents in Dak Prescott and Cooper, and has yet to replace the losses of CB Byron Jones and DE Robert Quinn.
Here, we’ll keep track of all of the comings and goings, and the most interesting associations that may or may not ever come to fruition for the Dallas Cowboys. Later, we’ll place all of the actual moves in perspective of the 2021 compensatory picks, as Dallas stands to make their most massive haul in years based on who they have and will continue to see sign elsewhere.
Tagged
QB Dak Prescott – received franchise tag, amount TBD expected between $30 million and $33 million.
Re-signed
WR Amari Cooper – 5 years, $100 million (100% accuracy for our Offseason Manifesto prediction)
TE Blake Jarwin – 4 years total, $22 million
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LB Sean Lee – 1 year, $4.5 million
LS L.P. Ladouceur – 1 year
S Darian Thompson – 2 years, $2.8 million
CB Anthony Brown – 3 years, details unknown
OL Joe Looney – 1 year, details unknown
K Kai Forbath – 1 year, details unknown
Signed
DT Gerald McCoy – 3-year deal, details unknown
CB Maurice Canady – 1 year deal, details unknown
Tendered & Signed
QB Cooper Rush – Original-round RFA tender for ~ $2.1 million
DT Antwaun Woods – Exclusive-Rights FA tender – $750,000
OT Adam Redmond – Exclusive-Rights FA tender – $825,000
Released
OT Cameron Fleming – Saves $4.5 million in space
DL Daniel Wise – base salary was $610,000
CB Donovan Olumba – base salary was $610,000
Restructured
RT La’el Collins – Change $5 million of base into bonus, saves $4 million of cap space in 2020
RB Ezekeil Elliott – Details unknown, not expected to add cap space
Free Agents Lost
CB Byron Jones – Agreed with Dolphins, 5 years $82.5 million
DE Robert Quinn – Agreed with Bears, 5 year, $70 million
WR Randall Cobb – Agreed with Texans, 3 years $27 million
TE Jason Witten – Agreed with Raiders, 1 year, max $4.75 million
DT Maliek Collins – Agreed with Raiders, terms unknown
S Jeff Heath – Agreed with Raiders, two years, max $8 million
OL Xavier Su’a-Filo – Agreed with Bengals, three years, $10 million
Salary Cap Update – $25 million
Using Over the Cap salary amounts, the Cowboys have a projected $25 million of cap space remaining after their series of moves. Out of the 30 free agents they had at the start of free agency, 11 remain without jobs as of March 18.
Player Associations
LB Sean Lee – Cowboys interested in bringing back
DE Robert Quinn – Cowboys hope to get a chance to make final offer. Two 30+ pass rushers (Jason Pierre-Paul, Calais Campbell signed deals worth $13.5 million)
CB Chris Harris, Jr. – Cowboys one of four teams listed as having interest in former Broncos CB
S Anthony Harris – Not officially linked, but Vikings franchise tagged and then said they would accept mid-to-late round pick in trade
WR Emmanuel Sanders – Reported mutual interest between parties to become Randall Cobb replacement
2021 Comp Pick Ledger
Cowboys Wire: 14 players most likely to qualify for picks
2021 Compensatory Pick Ledger |
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| PLAYER LOST | CONTRACT | APY | COMP ROUND | PLAYER SIGNED | CONTRACT | APY |
| CB Byron Jones | 5 yr, $82.5M | $16.5M | HIgh 3rd | |||
| WR Randall Cobb | 3 yr, $27M | $9M | 5th | |||
| DE Robert Quinn | 5 years, $70M | $14M | 3rd | |||
| TE Jason Witten | 1 year, $4.75M | $4.75M | 6th | DT Gerald McCoy | 3 years, $18.3M | $6.1M |
| DT Maliek Collins | Unknown | 5th | ||||
| S Jeff Heath | 2 years, $8M | $4M | 6th | |||
| OL Xavier Su’a-Filo | 3 yrs, $10M | $3.33M | 6th | CB Maurice Canady | Unknown | |
Non-Qualifying Free Agent Moves |
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| PLAYER LOST | CONTRACT | APY | REASON | PLAYER SIGNED | CONTRACT | REASON |
| OL Cam Fleming | 1 yr, $4M | $4M | Option not picked up | |||
Team’s Unsigned Free Agents
WR Tavon Austin
DL Michael Bennett
DT Christian Covington
DL Kerry Hyder
DT Daniel Ross (RFA)
LB Joe Thomas
LB Justin March
LB Malcolm Smith
LB Ray-Ray Armstrong
CB C.J. Goodwin
S Kavon Frazier
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