The Cowboys have several irons in the proverbial fire right now, trying to get multiple pieces of business done in fairly short order as the franchise tag deadline, new league year, free agency, and draft all loom in the very near future.
One of those irons is wide receiver Michael Gallup. After news on Friday that Gallup and the Cowboys front office were “close” on a new deal that would keep the 26-year-old in Dallas, NFL insider Mike Garofalo reported on Monday that an agreement is likely sometime this week. He also revealed that Gallup’s recovery from knee surgery just one month ago appears to be on-schedule enough to encourage the Cowboys front office to pursue a new long-term pact with the Colorado State product.
The deal could be a five-year contract “north of ten million dollars per season,” Garofalo said on NFL Network. And that, of course, will have ripple effects on the other moving pieces that make up the Cowboys’ current financial puzzle.
It was believed early…