Do we think the Cowboys will create salary cap space and use it?
Don’t for a second believe the Dallas Cowboys are as cash-strapped as they suggest heading into the 2025 offseason. Despite Stephen Jones’ claim insisting that the roster building this year will be “really, really tight”, 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.
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 “flipping the switch” on Dak Prescott’s and CeeDee Lamb’s contracts, signing Micah Parsons to an extension, and money carried over from 2024, this path looks absolutely doable for the Cowboys.
These are all normal NFL front-office practices – standard tools available on the total box – and added up, Dallas’ three moves will have created $40 mil (Dak) + $20 mil (Lamb) + $10 mil (Parsons) + the $30 mil (carryover)…
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!
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.
Main restructure/extension candidates for the Cowboys
- Dak Prescott (2025 Cap = $89,896,666) – conventional restructure could open $37,196,000 in cap space (no option to add void years).
- Trevon Diggs (2025 Cap = $13,897,056) – conventional restructure could save $5,872,500 and as much as $6,264,000 with a void year
- CeeDee Lamb (2025 Cap = $35,450,000) – conventional restructure could open $20,544,000 in cap space (no option to add void years).
- Terence Steele (2025 Cap = $18,125,000) – conventional restructure could save $9,060,000 and as much as $9,664,000 with a void year
- Micah Parsons (2025 Cap = $21,324,000) – the final year of his deal, so no conventional restructure, but could open up $16,123,200 with an extension or adding void years
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’s not even including the $25 million carried over from 2024 or money saved from potential salary-cap casualties. That’s a lot of moolah!
So again, buy into the Stephen Jones insistence roster building will be “very, very tight” 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. The only question is… will they?
