Brandon Carr, Cowboys Agree on New Contract: Latest Details, Comments

April 26, 2016   ·   Matt Fitzgerald   ·   Jump to comments

Dallas Cowboys cornerback Brandon Carr agreed to take a pay cut on Monday entering the final year of his contract.
The team announced Carr "agreed to take a significant pay cut, dropping his base from $9.1 to under $6 million for this final year of the original five-year deal he signed in 2012." Carr's cap hit will also drop to $10 million this season, down from $13.8 million.
NFL Network's Albert Breer initially reported Carr and the Cowboys came to terms on a new deal.
Carr original cap hit would've made him Dallas' second-most expensive player behind only star quarterback Tony Romo.  
The veteran corner has not missed a start in his entire NFL career. After playing for the Kansas City Chiefs beginning in 2008, Carr came to the Cowboys on a five-year, $50.1 million deal and has mostly lived up to that sizable number.
America's Team needs leaders like Carr to bounce back from a down 2015 campaign in which Romo was injured throughout, leading to a 4-1...

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