There was a lot of posturing in the last few weeks, but Dez Bryant won’t be missing training camp or regular season games because he didn’t get his long-term deal.
It was reported earlier on Wednesday that Bryant was on his way to the Cowboys facility to finalize the terms of a new agreement. That deal hasn’t officially been signed yet, but PFT has learned the terms of the deal that will keep Bryant in Dallas.
It’s a five-year, $70 million agreement with a $20 million signing bonus. Bryant will make $3 million more in salary for the 2015 season. He has $9 million in fully guaranteed salary for 2016, and the other $13 million in money guaranteed for injury only becomes fully guaranteed next March.
That’s not quite Calvin Johnson money, but the $14 million per year average and $45 million in guaranteed money slot Bryant in just behind Megatron on the list of wide receiver salaries. Given Johnson’s higher starting point, that’s probably about as much as he could have expected to get by signing a deal this year and it should make for some interesting negotiations for A.J. Green, Julio Jones and, assuming the Cowboys and Broncos didn’t agree on salaries for their franchised wide receivers, Demaryius Thomas in the near future.
