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The Dallas Cowboys have added standout Alabama guard Tyler Booker to their collection of Tylers. With 2024 first-round pick Tyler Guyton manning the left tackle spot, and sitting right next to 2022 first-round pick Tyler Smith, there's certainly a sense of familiarity with the Cowboys direction over the last couple of drafts. When it comes to using draft capital, the club has invested more than enough in the offensive line.
As the No. 12 pick in the draft, the club already knows how much of a financial investment they'll be making in Booker, who was selected to take over for the recently retired Zack Martin. And while he won't take up nearly as much as he would have before the rookie wage scale was implemented a few CBAs ago, he's certainly going to make a ton of money immediately and off bat.
Sometime over the course of the next few months, Booker will sign his rookie deal and when he does, owner Jerry Jones will sign a check for $10.7 million. That's the amount of the signing bonus assigned to the 12th pick in the draft. The total amount of Booker's contract will be $19.38 million, but because the cap hit from that big signing bonus is spread out across four seasons, Booker's cap hit will only be $3.5 million.
Drafting Booker ups the ante on how much cap space is being spent on the projected starting offensive line in 2025, $36.7 million.
Terence Steele: $18.1 million
Zack Martin*: $10 million
Tyler Smith: $4.3 million
Tyler Guyton: $3 million
Cooper Beebe: $1.3 million
Martin is included despite his retirement because of his high amount of dead money from his expired contract.
Considering there are only 22 starting positions on a team, though, using 13% of the 2025 salary cap on the position group actually isn't a bad look.
Will it be worth it in the end? Head coach Brian Schottenheimer spoke to wanting to build from the outside in, and guard isn't among the most expensive positions in the league, so spending a high first on the spot isn't ideal when it comes to positional and surplus value. But it's also not among the lowest paid, so it's not a blown selection, more so one that could go in either direction depending on how his first few years plays out.
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As the No. 12 pick in the draft, the club already knows how much of a financial investment they'll be making in Booker, who was selected to take over for the recently retired Zack Martin. And while he won't take up nearly as much as he would have before the rookie wage scale was implemented a few CBAs ago, he's certainly going to make a ton of money immediately and off bat.
Sometime over the course of the next few months, Booker will sign his rookie deal and when he does, owner Jerry Jones will sign a check for $10.7 million. That's the amount of the signing bonus assigned to the 12th pick in the draft. The total amount of Booker's contract will be $19.38 million, but because the cap hit from that big signing bonus is spread out across four seasons, Booker's cap hit will only be $3.5 million.
Drafting Booker ups the ante on how much cap space is being spent on the projected starting offensive line in 2025, $36.7 million.
Terence Steele: $18.1 million
Zack Martin*: $10 million
Tyler Smith: $4.3 million
Tyler Guyton: $3 million
Cooper Beebe: $1.3 million
Martin is included despite his retirement because of his high amount of dead money from his expired contract.
Considering there are only 22 starting positions on a team, though, using 13% of the 2025 salary cap on the position group actually isn't a bad look.
Will it be worth it in the end? Head coach Brian Schottenheimer spoke to wanting to build from the outside in, and guard isn't among the most expensive positions in the league, so spending a high first on the spot isn't ideal when it comes to positional and surplus value. But it's also not among the lowest paid, so it's not a blown selection, more so one that could go in either direction depending on how his first few years plays out.
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