APAnthony Spencer is ready to get to work for the Cowboys.
Spencer, the outside linebacker/defensive end who was given the franchise tag for the second consecutive year, will sign his franchise tender. That means he’s guaranteed a 2013 base salary of $10.6 million, although agent Jordan Woy told ESPNDallas.com that he’s still hoping to work out a long-term deal with the Cowboys before the July 15 deadline.
“We’ve got a little time, but I told them I’d like to start moving forward on this and hopefully maybe as soon as next week we can have some serious talks toward it,” Woy said about a long-term deal.
Spencer made $8.8 million last year on the franchise tag as a linebacker. This year the Cowboys are moving him to defensive end in new coordinator Monte Kiffin’s defense, but he was still tagged as a linebacker because that’s the position he played last year, which meant he was entitled to only (only?) a 20 percent raise from last year’s salary.
If Spencer doesn’t work out a long-term deal, he’ll end up having played two seasons on the franchise tag, having made $19.4 million, and he’ll hit unrestricted free agency a year from now.
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I can understand wanting to have stability with a team and city, but I don’t understand why some players hate the franchise tag so much. 19.4 Million dollars over 2 seasons? I’d take that as a compliment!
Not sure how the cowboys will do in the 4-3…they’ve been drafting players for a 3-4 for years.
Well, that and the new defensive coach is the village coot.
WOW. Take that money. Dallas isn’t going anywhere and as long as you play hard (wink wink) like Romo… you will get paid.
Had the luxury of watching the Coach’s film on the new NFL game rewind, and Spencer’s tape is pretty bad from last season…Doesnt finish plays, doesnt have a high motor, plenty of missed tackles…and i only watched about 3 games. This franchise tag is still a head scratcher for me
Dallas sucks, a lot of talent but a piss poor gm, average coaching aside from kiffin, and romo, well romo isn’t exactly mr. Clutch now is he