The Dallas Cowboys are in a bit of a salary cap bind. They need a lot of money to pay DeMarcus Lawrence and Zack Martin the long term contracts they will no doubt command, and that's before you consider the necessary additions they should make to last year's 9-7 team. The Cowboys need help at wide receiver, along the offensive line and on defense, and in order to find it, they'll have to create salary cap space somewhere.

They've taken a step towards that goal on Friday, restructuring the contract of offensive lineman La'El Collins according to Field Yates of ESPN. The Cowboys have converted $150,000 from Collins' contract into a signing bonus. That money is paid immediately, but the salary cap hit is spread out over the next two years evenly.

Obviously $75,000 is not going to give the Cowboys the space they need to chase a player like Sammy Watkins or Jarvis Landry at wide receiver. But every little bit counts, and the Cowboys wouldn't have created extra space if they didn't have a plan for it. The Cowboys made this move for a reason. We'll find out what that reason is soon.

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