Sources: Cowboys OL Smith gets $96M extension

FRISCO, Texas -- The Dallas Cowboys person made near defender Tyler Smith the highest paid interior violative lineman successful the NFL.

As sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter, Smith agreed to a four-year hold worthy $96 cardinal and includes $80 cardinal successful guaranteed money. Kansas City Chiefs defender Trey Smith was the highest paid defender with a four-year, $94 cardinal woody helium signed connected July 15.

Tyler Smith was nether declaration done 2026 aft the Cowboys aft the nine picked up his $21.27 cardinal fifth-year enactment connected his contract. He is present signed done 2030.

While the squad dealt prima walk rusher Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers connected Aug. 28, Smith is the 3rd subordinate the Cowboys person signed to an hold since grooming campy began. Tight extremity Jake Ferguson signed a four-year hold worthy up to $52 cardinal that included $30 cardinal guaranteed and a $12 cardinal signing bonus. This week the Cowboys signed cornerback DaRon Bland to a four-year hold worthy up to $92 cardinal that included $50 cardinal guaranteed and a $22 cardinal signing bonus.

All 3 of the deals were negotiated arsenic the Cowboys kept anticipation that they could resoluteness the Parsons' concern with an extension.

Smith was the Cowboys' first-round prime successful 2022, and helium has started each 47 games helium has played. As a rookie, helium moved to near tackle pursuing a grooming campy successful which helium played mostly defender aft Tyron Smith suffered a hamstring avulsion that required surgery. Smith started each game.

In 2023, helium moved to near guard, and helium has been selected to the Pro Bowl each of the past 2 seasons. In 2024, helium joined Larry Allen, Zack Martin and Travis Frederick arsenic the lone 4 violative linemen successful squad past to garner aggregate Pro Bowl appearances successful their archetypal 3 seasons.

On Friday, caput manager Brian Schottenheimer called Tyler Smith, "the champion defender successful football."

"I don't deliberation I'm overselling him," Schottenheimer said. "I truly deliberation helium is."

With the status of Martin this offseason, Smith, who is conscionable 24, has go the person of the violative enactment country that projects to commencement a rookie (right defender Read Entire Article