Dallas Cowboys, DeMarcus Ware And Jason Witten Restructure Contract
By Mike Dyce
Feb. 2, 2013; New Orleans, LA, USA: Dallas Cowboys tight end Jason Witten (right) walks the red carpet with wife Michelle Witten prior to the Super Bowl XLVII NFL Honors award show at Mahalia Jackson Theater. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
The Dallas Cowboys, like many NFL franchises, are trying to restructure contracts to get under the salary cap. They restructured their deal with DeMarcus Ware earlier today to clear up space and now have restructured deals with Jason Witten and guard Nate Livings.
ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter sent out this tweet earlier today:
"Dallas restructured contract of DE DeMarcus Ware, converting $5 million of his base salary into signing bonus, saving $4 million against cap"
Todd Archer tweeted out the following piece of news:
"Filed to @ESPNDallas – Jason Witten, Nate Livings also restructure deals. Witten moves saves about $3.65m"
Adam Schefter also says the Cowboys aren’t done.
"Now that they’ve restructured DeMarcus Ware’s contract, Cowboys plan to restructure contracts of about a dozen more players by March 12."
The Cowboys are trying to get Tony Romo to sign a contract extension that would lower his hit against the salary cap. Though there hasn’t been any progress in negotiations apparently.
Ian Rapoport tweeted and Rotoworld said expect: “the Cowboys to approach RT Doug Free, CB Brandon Carr, LG Nate Livings, Kyle Orton and CB Orlando Scandrick if they can’t reduce Romo’s $16.8 million cap number before March 12. The sides don’t appear to be making much progress on an extension.”