People in the News

Thursday, January 30, 2025

People in the News

Thursday, January 30, 2025

Jerry shows Dez Bryant the money

dezTake Dez Bryant to the bank.

The Dallas Cowboys and their franchised-tagged star wideout have hammered out a long-term contract ahead of Wednesday’s 3 p.m. deadline.

Bryant signed a five-year, $70 million deal, NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport reported. Rapoport adds Dez gets a $20 million signing bonus, $23 million guaranteed upon signing his deal and the rest of his $45 million in guarantees next March.

While nowhere close to the $16 million per year earned by Detroit’s Calvin Johnson, Bryant’s $14 million average per season exceeds the $12.82 million he would have made in 2015 by signing his franchise tag.

Read more at NFL.com.

1 COMMENT

  1. …bout damn me time…wonder if he’d been Steve Largent or Don Hutson; would it have taken this long to sign a good contract…

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