The Cowboys recently added three new years to the two remaining seasons on defensive tackle Quinnen Williams\u2019s contract.<\/p>\n
The new-money average always generates a headline. For Williams, it\u2019s $105.9 million, an average of $35.3 million per year.<\/p>\n
But the headline never tells the whole story. How much is Williams guaranteed to make? When can the Cowboys tear up the deal with minimal cash or cap impact?<\/p>\n
That requires a look at the full terms. And here they are, per a source with knowledge of the agreement:<\/p>\n
1. Signing bonus: $31.85 million.<\/p>\n
2. 2026 base salary: $1.3 million, fully guaranteed.<\/p>\n
3. 2026 per-game active roster bonus: $1 million total, fully guaranteed (but must be earned).<\/p>\n
4. 2027 option bonus: $26.355 million, fully guaranteed.<\/p>\n
5. 2027 base salary: $1.845 million, fully guaranteed. (It includes a $500,000 de-escalator tied to compliance with the offseason program.)<\/p>\n
6. 2027 per-game active roster bonus: $1 million total, fully guaranteed (but must be earned).<\/p>\n
7. 2028 option bonus: $26.91 million, guaranteed for injury and fully guaranteed as of March 2027.<\/p>\n
8. 2028 base salary: $1.89 million, guaranteed for injury and fully guaranteed as of March 2027. (It includes a $500,000 de-escalator tied to compliance with the offseason program.)<\/p>\n
9. 2028 per-game active roster bonus: $1 million total, guaranteed for injury and fully guaranteed as of March 2027 (but must be earned).<\/p>\n
10. 2029 option bonus: $25.065 million.<\/p>\n
11. 2029 base salary: $1.935 million. (It includes a $500,000 de-escalator tied to compliance with the offseason program.)<\/p>\n
12. 2029 per-game roster bonus: $1 million total.<\/p>\n
(Of the 2029 compensation package, $7.85 million is guaranteed for injury at signing. It becomes fully guaranteed in March 2028.)<\/p>\n
13. 2030 option bonus: $29.02 million.<\/p>\n
14. 2029 base salary: $1.98 million. (It includes a $500,000 de-escalator tied to compliance with the offseason program.)<\/p>\n
15. 2029 per-game roster bonus: $1 million total.<\/p>\n
The full guarantee at signing is $63.35 million. By March 2027, $93.15 million becomes fully guaranteed. In March 2028, the total injury guarantee of $101 million becomes fully vested.<\/p>\n
The contract fully guarantees the first two years, with the third year fully guaranteed after the first season. It means, as a practical matter, that Williams has three guaranteed years. The final two years operate at the team\u2019s option, with $7.85 million in 2029 guarantees that would be subject to offset.<\/p>\n
It means that Williams has a three-year, $93.15 million deal ($31.05 million per year) before the contract becomes a year-to-year arrangement for the final two. <\/p>\n
The full payout over five years is $153.15 million, an average of $30.63 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cowboys recently added three new years to the two remaining seasons on defensive tackle Quinnen Williams\u2019s contract.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":811398,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-811397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=811397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/811398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=811397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=811397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=811397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}