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Report: Cowboys 'close' to new deal with WR Michael Gallup

By Zac Wassink | Last updated Mar 4, 2022 5:14 PM ET

The Dallas Cowboys previously hinted at and have since been linked with a parting-of-the-ways with wide receiver Amari Cooper, who is currently owed $20 million in cash that otherwise becomes fully guaranteed on March 20.

It appears Dallas is now working on locking down a different target, likely at a discounted rate.

Per ESPN's Adam Schefter, the Cowboys and wide receiver Michael Gallup are "close" to coming to terms on a new deal that would prevent him from hitting free agency when the new NFL year opens on March 16:

Cowboys have been working on a new deal with free-agent-to-be WR Michael Gallup and a deal is considered “close,” per sources. There’s hope the two sides can get it done and keep Gallup in Dallas.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 4, 2022

Gallup began this past September in a contract year but then suffered a calf strain in the season-opening loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers that ultimately kept him out of action until November. Brutal misfortune then stuck the 26-year-old on Jan. 2 when he went down with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.

Pro Football Talk's Charean Williams notes that Gallup didn't undergo surgery to repair his latest injury until Feb. 10, which puts his status for the 2022 Week 1 contest in question at this early point of his recovery.

Gallup recorded 35 receptions for 445 yards and two touchdowns across nine games this past campaign.

Zac Wassink

Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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