After agreeing to a huge contract extension that will keep him in Dallas for the next four years, the defensive tackle for the Cowboys took stock of the situation.
Osa Odighizuwa, a great defensive tackle, and the Dallas Cowboys came to an extension. The new deal, which is worth $80 million with $58 million guaranteed, keeps Odighizuwa in Dallas for four years.
Odighizuwa was beaming as the realisation set in after he had signed his new contract and achieved financial stability for his family for decades. It’s fantastic, do you understand? According to Patrik Walker of DallasCowboys.com, Odighizuwa stated, “I love Dallas, I love playing for this organisation, I love being a Cowboy.”
Therefore, the fact that I get to continue doing it for a another four years and receive a huge pay rise in exchange for doing it Odighizuwa continued, “I’m going to be even happier when I come to the building [everyday], not that I wasn’t already happy doing the work.”
The Cowboys wish to retain their best defensive players in Dallas.
Odighizuwa was chosen by the Cowboys in the third round of the 2021 draft. According to reports, the organisation would have used the franchise tag to keep Odighizuwa in Dallas and always intended to work out a long-term agreement. It would have cost $25.1 million for the 2025 season, but the Cowboys were able to avoid deploying the tag. Odighizuwa will make $20 million a season with the new agreement.
“You never have to work again,” I can say to my mother now. According to DallasCowboys.com, Odighizuwa attended the contract signing with his mother. “You know, that’s basically what this whole thing has been about. It’s still sort of registering, guy, to be able to do that. Right now, it doesn’t even feel real. I’m simply taking it all in.
Dallas has been busy in the run-up to free agency, despite Cowboys CEO Stephen Jones hinting at a quiet summer because of the team’s financial status. The team freed up almost $57 million in salary cap space by restructuring the contracts of CeeDee Lamb and Dak Prescott.
The Cowboys should focus on their own players before preparing to sign a high-profile free agent. Now that Odighizuwa has been signed, Dallas will focus entirely on completing a deal with Micah Parsons.
Right now, the standout defensive end will exercise his rookie contract’s fifth-year option. Parsons has stated that if being surrounded by talented players meant accepting less money, he would. Parsons must sign an extension with the Cowboys that will keep him in Dallas for the foreseeable future.
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