Cowboys Extend Terrell Owens

[sandtrapjack]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

Yeah, we haven't gotten a look at the way this new deal was structured yet.

The big reason he's been such a good boy in Dallas the last two years was because almost all of his 3-year, $25 million deal was non-guaranteed. In other words, he had to be on the field and playing well for the Cowboys to think he was worth it. The cap hits were structured in such a way that if the Cowboys thought he was being a pain in the ass at all, they'd have no problem cutting him.

He had to earn his money, and he likes money. So he earned it.

I wonder how much bonus they gave him with this one. If it's similar in structure to the last deal, I'd figure he'll keep on behaving well.

T.O. made no secret that he wanted a deal similar to the deal that Randy Moss signed this off season, and he got what he asked for.

There was a time constraint of sorts, that being Owens was due a 3 million dollar roster bonus on June 3rd. By signing the new deal that bonus went away. He got 12.9 in garaunteed money. His base salary is only 830,000. And actually by signing this deal, Owens SAVED Dallas 3 million dollars in cap space with the way the contract is structured.

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by sandtrapjack

T.O. made no secret that he wanted a deal similar to the deal that Randy Moss signed this off season, and he got what he asked for.

There was a time constraint of sorts, that being Owens was due a 3 million dollar roster bonus on June 3rd. By signing the new deal that bonus went away. He got 12.9 in garaunteed money. His base salary is only 830,000. And actually by signing this deal, Owens SAVED Dallas 3 million dollars in cap space with the way the contract is structured.

Yeah. Good move in the here and now. Needless to say though, the deal is heavily backloaded, which makes things rough should the dreaded final uncapped season come calling in 2010.

I don't know enough about the Cowboys' overall salary cap picture to opine on the effects of backloading Owens' deal so heavily. I do know that they have handed out several huge contracts recently (Owens, Romo, Barber, Newman).

I'll try to look into their cap situation. I want to see if they appear to be developing any final-uncapped-season contingencies.