It seems like it was a lifetime ago when a young Tyron Smith signed his eight-year, $97.6 million deal with the Dallas Cowboys. Such deals are unheard of, but this team knew what they had in Smith and they wasted no time in locking him down forever. Well, forever has finally arrived and Smith’s contract is officially up.
For years, Smith has been one of the biggest bargains in football. His $12.2 million average annual salary gets better with every year that passes. Of course, those great savings do fade a bit when injuries take him off the field which has been rather frequent in recent years.