Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has publicly stated that the team could not afford to keep star left tackle (LT) Tyron Smith, citing the risk associated with the incentives in the one-year deal he received from the New York Jets. Jones expressed that meeting Smith's incentive-based contract demands would have severely impacted the Cowboys' salary cap, drawing parallels to the departure of DeMarcus Ware from the team, describing the salary cap situation as 'so bleakly'. This sentiment was echoed across various reports, highlighting the Cowboys' current financial challenges and sparking discussions on the team's ability to manage its roster under cap constraints.
Jerry Jones is insistent that the Cowboys could not afford to keep Tyron Smith. https://t.co/PEKbwXeVVh https://t.co/A166aYg0lI
.@RealSkipBayless is nervous over his Cowboys not being able to “afford” Tyron Smith 😅 “We’re going to be the 1st ever 4-player team.” https://t.co/9JLTF2XBZQ
NOW THAT WE KNOW THE NUMBERS, WHY COULDN’T JERRY HAVE RE-SIGNED TYRON SMITH? NOW ON @undisputed
Jerry Jones: Incentive-based contract for Tyron Smith would have wrecked Cowboys’ cap https://t.co/2G3QzRN6O5
Can’t ever recall Jerry Jones describing the Cowboys salary cap situation so bleakly. https://t.co/ZEe4QMEuw1
Jerry Jones on Tyron Smith leaving Cowboys for Jets: "You know how highly he's thought by us. (But) we can't afford that. He makes all of his incentives & things like that, we would be really wrecked." Jerry compared pain of Tyron leaving to pain of DeMarcus Ware leaving Cowboys
𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧: The #Cowboys “couldn’t afford” to keep Star LT Tyron Smith and run the risk of him hitting the incentives in the one-year deal he got with the #Jets, per Owner Jerry Jones. https://t.co/7KesZfZwfB