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The Cowboys made several moves to free up salary cap space on Monday, the first day NFL teams can talk with agents of players.
The team reduced the salary of starting right tackle Terence Steele to create $13 million in cap space.
Steele was expected to make $46.25 million in base salaries over the next three seasons, but now will get a projected $36 million if he reaches certain clauses in his deal, a person with knowledge of the contract told The Dallas Morning News.
Steele agreed to a restructured contract that guarantees him $22 million over the next three seasons.
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The Cowboys also restructured the contract of safety Malik Hooker, creating about $2 million in cap space.
Steele is considered one of the more durable players on the team, having not missed a start the last three seasons after tearing the ACL in his knee. Steele, undrafted out of Texas Tech, signed with Dallas in 2020. He has appeared in 96 games (91 starts) over the past six seasons.
Hooker a former first-round pick by the Colts in 2017, joined the Cowboys as a free agent in 2021. Hooker has played in 76 games in five years for the Cowboys.
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