It took about five minutes Friday to make the connection. The release of wide receiver Dez Bryant saved the Cowboys $8.5 million in salary cap space. Seattle safety Earl Thomas’ salary cap number for 2018 is $8.5 million.
You all remember the scene in the Cowboys locker room in December, Thomas telling head coach Jason Garrett to “come get me.” Mind you, this was after the Seahawks had just killed the Cowboys’ playoff chances, not the other way around. Thomas, the six-time Pro Bowl safety from the University of Texas, was practically begging to leave the “Legion of Boom” and come home to play the remainder of his career.