The Cowboys gained an extra $10 million in salary cap space on Wednesday when the release of La’el Collins officially hit the books. That brings them to $22.5 million in available cap space for this year, an almost unimaginably large sum for the Cowboys, who many observers and one front office executive continue to insist are in cap hell.
The Cowboys went into the offseason about $23.5 million over the cap, the third worst value in the NFL. Just 12 weeks later the Cowboys are sitting pretty with $22.5 million in available cap space, the fourth highest value in the league.