FRISCO, Texas -- The Dallas Cowboys restructured the contract of 10-time Pro Bowl tight end Jason Witten, creating $2.75 million in cap room.

The Cowboys converted $5.5 million of Witten’s $6.5 million base salary into a signing bonus, which reduced Witten’s cap number from $8.612 million to $5.862 million. Witten is signed through 2017 and is set to make $7.4 million next season with a cap figure of $12.262 million.

Witten’s is the third contract the Cowboys have restructured in the last week. They re-worked Orlando Scandrick's contract to create $3 million in cap room. They added a $2 million roster bonus to Sean Lee's contract that increased the linebacker’s cap figure by $250,000. Early in the offseason the Cowboys restructured the deals of left tackle Tyron Smith and defensive tackle Tyrone Crawford to create cap room.

Over the years the Cowboys have carried $2 million to $3 million of unused cap room to deal with injuries and other needs during the course of the season.