The move was executed one day after Dallas re-worked All-Pro wideout CeeDee Lamb's deal in a plan that saved the team $20 million. Combined with Prescott's restructure, the Cowboys have freed up to $56.6 million in cap space.

I was standing there alongside other esteemed members of the Fourth Estate, down in the bowels of Cleveland’s awkwardly named Huntington Bank Field, listening to Dak Prescott describe his thoughts after agreeing to the biggest contract in National Football League history.