The Dallas Cowboys held a press conference on Tuesday afternoon to celebrate their newest franchise cornerstone, Jaylon Smith.
Smith has been a part of the team for a few years now, but this extension cements him as a huge part of the team’s future. Dallas invested, and risked, a lot when they drafted him three years ago given his injury concern, and that has paid off in a way that even the brightest optimists couldn’t have imagined.
As a result of his “redshirt” season for the Cowboys in 2016, he was set to be a restricted free agent following the upcoming 2019 season.