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The deal adds on to Elliott's current rookie contract, which runs through 2020. The Cowboys had more than $86 million in projected salary cap space heading into the next offseason, money that presumably will be used to retain quarterback Dak Prescott long-term as well as wide receiver Amari Cooper, who is in the final year of a
contract that will pay him $13.9 million this season.
They also would likely want to keep cornerback
Byron Jones whose rookie deal is up after this year and who will be looking for a significant pay raise.
"The team has plenty of space to sign Elliott, Prescott, and Cooper short term," Fitzgerald said.
"The question is does it impact them long term and hurt them with re-upping [cornerback] Byron Jones? But ultimately one $15 million-a-year contract is not going to hurt their future outlook at all."
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