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The price of the best tight ends in the NFL is rising, which is bad news for the Dallas Cowboys as they try to sign Dalton Schultz for a long-term deal. The Cowboys put the franchise label on Schultz earlier this offseason, giving the game creator a $ 10.9 salary for 2022, a significant increase from his four-year rookie deal. years and $ 2.9 million.
Dallas could still reach a long-term contract extension with Schultz, which would mean the tight end wouldn’t play on the franchise label this season if the two sides reach an agreement this summer. The Browns have just signed tight end David Njoku for a four-year, $ 56.75 million contract extension, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.
Schultz overtook Njoku in almost every major statistical category and is likely to have an even bigger contract. Paul Kasabian of Bleacher Report projects that Schultz will finally sign a four-year, $ 64 million contract with the Cowboys.
“Still, Schultz, 25, has proven to be a better offensive weapon, and any contract negotiations should start with the Njoku deal as a baseline,” Kasabian wrote on May 27. million dollar contract ($ 30 million guaranteed). Schultz is not at the level of the three-time Pro Bowler, but he deserves a contract that breaks $ 60 million in total value after being one of the key weapons in catching passes in the NFL’s top scoring attack of the year past.
“The best assumption for a Schultz deal: four years, $ 64 million, guaranteed $ 30 million.”
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Schultz on the future: “I let my agent take care of this whole business”
An example from last year of how Dalton Schultz has become one of Dak Prescott’s most trusted receivers.
Schultz’s path is designed to go left, but he sees the play break and Dak climbs to his right, so he immediately returns to his right pic.twitter.com/8Z3GCno4vG
– Jon Machota (@jonmachota) March 8, 2022
Schultz comes from a one-year career for the Cowboys with 78 receptions for 808 yards and eight touchdowns during his 17 appearances in 2021. In comparison, Njoku had 36 catches for 475 yards and four touchdowns for the Browns last season. Schultz doesn’t seem concerned about his future with the Cowboys, noting that he plans to “let my agent take care of all this.”
“I mean, again, man, I let my agent take care of this whole business, and right now I’m focusing on OTAs, man,” Schultz told reporters on May 26th.
Schultz previously expressed his desire to stay with the Cowboys, but Dallas will have to be willing to spend if they hope to keep the tight end beyond this coming season.
The Cowboys drafted Ferguson as insurance behind Schultz
The Cowboys selected Wisconsin tight end Jake Ferguson in the fourth round of the 2022 NFL Draft with the No. 129 pick, providing some assurance behind Schultz. It’s by no means an indication that the Cowboys want to move on from Schultz, as Dallas is slim in position after releasing Blake Jarwin in March. Ferguson believes he can learn a lot by playing in Dallas alongside Schultz.
“Just looking at it and especially all the other closed ends that have passed through here, it’s all soft,” Ferguson said on the Cowboys ’website on May 18th. “They’re not the fastest guys, they’re not the strongest, but they’re soft, and soft is fast and fast is soft. Look at these guys, they’re smart, they know where the defense holes are, they know what to do in the trenches, his technique is there. So just being able to try to perfect my craft and get to that level is something I’m very proud of and I’m really trying to get to. “
“I have to work to get to these points to be considered even with the guys who have come through here: Dalton Schultz, I’m admiring these guys, Jason Witten, some of these absolute players.”