Cowboys Free Up $10M In Cap Space By Reworking Tony Romo’s Contract

Todd Archer of ESPN Dallas reports that the Cowboys have restructured QB Tony Romo‘s contract in an attempt to get under the 2014 salary cap.

According to Archer, Dallas has convertedĀ $12.5 million of Romo’s $13.5 million base salary into a signing bonus, which in turn drops his 2014Ā cap figure from $21.773 million to $11.773 million.

This move alone will createĀ $10 million in salary cap space, which means that the Cowboys are nowĀ less than $1 million over the salary cap.

Last night, Mike Garafolo reported that the CowboysĀ restructured the contracts of ILB Sean Lee and CB Orlando Scandrick.

By making these three moves, Dallas has freed upĀ $16.8 million of cap space, but also increased future cap figures in the process.

Joel Corry mentions that Romo’s 2015 cap figure will now be a staggeringĀ $27.773 million, which would be the highest number in the entire league.

According to Archer, the CowboysĀ do not plan to restructure anymore contracts as of now. However, they may need to make a decision regarding DE DeMarcus Ware and WR Miles Austin if they intend to sign players in free agency.

Ware has a cap figure ofĀ $16.003 million, and the Cowboys stand to gainĀ $7.4 million by releasing him this offseason.

Austin will count $8.249 million against the cap salary, but his case is a little different given that the Cowboys would likely have to designate him as a post-June 1 release in order to create $5.5 million in cap space.

I’m sure we’ll be hearing more regarding the Cowboys and cap moves in the coming weeks.

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