COWBOYS SIGN COOPER TO 5-YEAR DEAL
After securing quarterback Dak Prescott for at least 2020 with the exclusive franchise tag, the Dallas Cowboys prevented Amari Cooper from leaving via free agency with a five-year, $100 million deal.
To keep both players, the Cowboys made Cooper the second-highest-paid receiver in the NFL in annual average, after Atlanta's Julio Jones. A source reports that Cooper's deal includes $60 million guaranteed.
Last summer, the Cowboys made Ezekiel Eliot the highest-paid running back, and in order to get Prescott to sign a long-term deal, they might have to make him the highest-paid quarterback in the game.
A team source tells ESPN that the Cowboys' offer to Prescott is worth more than the deals for Jared Goff ($33.5 million per year) and Carson Wentz ($32 million), but Prescott is seeking a four-year deal, and the Cowboys are asking for a five-year deal.
Under franchise tag rules, the Cowboys have until July 15 to sign Prescott to a multiyear contract, or he will have to play the season under the tag.