He's worth much more than he's being paid ... and this will continue for the next few years. He'll lose millions of dollars, because as a rookie he was essentially forced to sign a multi-year slotted salary contract. Good for the Cowboys' salary cap, not good for the player.
so true, Dak is going to make 2.9 million in total by the end of the 2019 season. By comparison, Romo, if he were to stay on the roster, would be paid approx 90 million and still have a dead money hit of 3.2 million at the end of 2019.
That is a huge reason why Dak needs to takeover sooner rather than later, there's going to be a 2 year window where they will be way underspending cap wise on the QB position (assuming Romo is gone or possibly reduced his contract in a major way). If all goes well with Dak, then we know he's going to get a HUGE contract in 2020 and the team will then be like many others with the QBs salary hampering the organizations ability to surround the QB with the players he needs to succeed.
fucking cap irritates me, its the one asset jeri could bring to the table (assuming he would spend all the money he's making if there were no cap)
I'm wondering the they need to carve out a one player exemption or reduction to the cap for positions like the QB that take up a disproportionate amount of cap space. Then again, if every team has that option, does it render the concept moot?
