Making cap space is the biggest obstacle the Dallas Cowboys will face in the 2024 offseason out of all of them. Stars Dak Prescott, CeeDee Lamb, andc are among the players the Cowboys need to negotiate deals for; we can debate which is more crucial in the long run. All of that, though, is meaningless if a short-term reduction in the cap is not possible. And the most effective way to do so is with Cowboys Michael Gallup.
To aid in that, there are a few clear-cut candidates for an exit. However, wide receiver Gallup stands out as the most notable, having received the most attention this season despite never living up to the five-year, $57.5 million contract he signed in 2021. The Cowboys would still be responsible for a portion of Gallup’s salary even if they decided to cut him after June 1 and save $9.5 million.
They have a cleaner break with a trade, and Bleacher Report is proposing one that would enable the Cowboys to at least take a chance on a young player to take Gallup’s place, albeit at a significant draft asset cost. The Cowboys would trade Treylon Burks, a 2022 first-round pick who has had difficulty settling in Tennessee, to the Titans in exchange for Gallup and a third-round pick in the deal that B/R is putting up.
