The Dallas Cowboys intend to position a franchise tag on defensive sort out Osa Odighizuwa if they can not comply with a long-term contract with the defensive sort out by Tuesday, studies ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler.
NFL groups have till 4 p.m. on Tuesday, March 4 to position a franchise tag on their free-agent gamers.
A franchise tag would assure Odighizuwa a $25.1 million wage for 2025, the common of the 5 highest salaries from final season at his place. Chris Jones of the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs is the league’s highest-paid defensive sort out at $34.85 million for 2025, in response to Spotrac. Fourteen gamers on the place have a median annual wage of no less than $20 million, the Dallas Morning Information studies.
Odighizuwa, who will flip 27 earlier than the 2025 marketing campaign, compiled 4.5 sacks and 47 tackles in 17 video games final season. He was credited with 5 tackles for loss and 22 quarterback hits.
In his 4 seasons, Odighizuwa has not missed a sport, enjoying in all 67 for which he was accessible with 63 begins. He has averaged 3.4 sacks, 44 tackles and 7 tackles for loss throughout his profession. Odighizuwa was the Cowboys’ third-round choice (No. 75 total) within the 2021 NFL Draft out of UCLA, the place he performed 4 years.
Dallas final used the franchise tag in 2023 on Tony Pollard for $10.1 million. He left through free company earlier than final season, signing with the Tennessee Titans.
Along with Odighizuwa, the Cowboys are additionally making an attempt to work out new offers with defensive finish DeMarcus Lawrence and linebacker Micah Parsons. The workforce expects to lose Lawrence, who expects to get extra in free company than what the Cowboys can supply, in response to the Dallas Morning Information.
In the meantime, Dallas has a yr to work out a brand new cope with Parsons after selecting up his fifth-year possibility for $21.32 million. Nonetheless, the workforce has not begun contract talks with the star exterior linebacker. Earlier this week on the NFL scouting mix, new Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer stated negotiations are “a two-way avenue.”
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