Today is May 3rd which means that the fourth will be with us tomorrow, and also with you, but this particular day has a notable significance when it comes to the Dallas Cowboys.
Earlier in the offseason the NFL announced that today, May 3rd, is the deadline for teams to pick up the fifth-year options on 2018 first-round draft picks. You will recall that the Dallas Cowboys selected linebacker Leighton Vander Esch in the first round that year and for what it’s worth his option value for 2022 is $9.145M.
While it already felt questionable at best as to whether or not the team would pick up his option the fact that they drafted two linebackers in the first 115 picks over this past weekend just about finalized their intentions.