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The Dallas Cowboys have done a fairly good job of drafting players in recent years. As a result, many of their drafted stars have signed extensions in Dallas that represent a good portion of the team’s salary cap. And this is an area where the Cowboys’ brass has struggled.
The biggest example of course being the front office’s failure to extend the contract of quarterback Dak Prescott early on. The two sides allowed negotiations to linger on for years resulting in the Cowboys using two franchise tags to retain Prescott, although the last one was simply a placeholder as a new four-year, $160 million deal was agreed upon earlier this year.