{"id":870948,"date":"2026-04-21T02:11:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T02:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/870948\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T02:11:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T02:11:08","slug":"cowboys-deserve-credit-for-massive-new-brandon-aubrey-highest-paid-kicker-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/870948\/","title":{"rendered":"Cowboys Deserve Credit For Massive New Brandon Aubrey Highest-Paid Kicker Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"

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FRISCO – Way too long ago, the Dallas Cowboys were said to be engaged in relatively peaceful conversations with agent Todd France regarding a re-signing All-Pro kicker Brandon Aubrey.<\/p>\n

But until a deal was done? The tools had to be utilized.<\/p>\n

So, as expected, Dallas recently beat the deadline to tender the restricted free agent kicker.<\/p>\n

And also as expected, \u201cButter\u2019\u2018 is sticking with the Cowboys.<\/p>\n

Aubrey, 31, had a second-round tender (worth $5.8 million for 2026) put on him, meaning he could only be stolen away if another bidder comes along with an offer, and Dallas chooses not to match, instead taking a second-round pick as compensation.<\/p>\n

The Cowboys were all along betting none of that happens. And they bet properly.<\/p>\n

Aubrey and the Cowboys have reached an agreement on a four-year contract extension that makes him the highest-paid kicker in NFL history at $7 million APY, and the first to receive $20 million guaranteed.<\/p>\n

(ESPN reports that the deal is technically an extension that adds this new money to the tender deal to total five years and $33.7 million.)<\/p>\n

Not much drama here. Not much turmoil. And for that, Jerry Jones\u2019 Cowboys deserve some credit.<\/p>\n

We have written at length about the long-ago proposed money involved in Aubrey\u2019s new deal, what we thought of as in the range of these exact terms to make him the highest-paid kicker in football.<\/p>\n

And we know that talks were ongoing and that they\u2019d been taking place since last fall.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been working on a long-term deal for some time,\u201d Cowboys COO Stephen Jones said recently of the Aubrey dealings. \u201cWe\u2019ve exchanged offers and the goal is to get him signed. We\u2019ll tender him before the deadline if that\u2019s what we have to decide.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jones added that the conversations have been a \u201cjourney.\u2019\u2018<\/p>\n

That \u201cjourney\u2019\u2018 is now over.<\/p>\n

The Cowboys\u2019 view on Aubrey\u2019s deal all along was that he deserved to be the highest-paid kicker ever.<\/p>\n

But it seems Aubrey\u2019s side was at one point asking for a long-term contract worth close to $10 million per year.<\/p>\n

That would\u2019ve still made him the NFL\u2019s highest-paid kicker, blowing away KC\u2019s Harrison Butker at $6.4 mil per year.<\/p>\n

In fact, it\u2019s about five times greater than the average kicker salary.<\/p>\n

Aubrey is represented by Todd France, who also reps quarterback Dak Prescott. … who is of course by far the NFL\u2019s highest-paid player ever at $60 million APY.<\/p>\n

Dallas\u2019 leverage? That tender; it gave the team contractual control.<\/p>\n

Aubrey\u2019s hope? To rewrite the way kickers are paid – or maybe just to start the bidding so high that it caused one NFL source to term it to us \u201coutrageous.\u2019\u2018<\/p>\n

But now Aubrey has agreed to a contract, freeing the Cowboys do work on other deals.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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