It has felt obvious for a while now that the Dallas Cowboys and Dalton Schultz would not reach a long-term deal before the franchise tag deadline, and that the tight end would play the 2022 season on the tag contract that he already signed.
The possibility for a new deal always existed and we have seen some come out of nowhere in the past. The Cowboys are not exactly strangers to the franchise tag as they tagged both DeMarcus Lawrence and Dak Prescott twice each in recent seasons, not to mention their tagging of Dez Bryant seven years ago.