{"id":230208,"date":"2026-02-24T23:41:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T23:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/24\/cowboys-face-unexpected-hurdle-in-brandon-aubrey-contract-negotiations\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T23:41:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T23:41:00","slug":"cowboys-face-unexpected-hurdle-in-brandon-aubrey-contract-negotiations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/24\/cowboys-face-unexpected-hurdle-in-brandon-aubrey-contract-negotiations\/","title":{"rendered":"Cowboys face unexpected hurdle in Brandon Aubrey contract negotiations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nfl\/teams\/dallas_cowboys\/51\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dallas Cowboys<\/a> have plenty to sort out before the franchise-tag deadline hits, and it&#8217;s not just about wide receiver George Pickens. All-Pro kicker Brandon Aubrey is another name on the list, and his situation is getting a bit complicated.<\/p>\n<p>Aubrey falls under restricted free-agent status, which typically keeps players from walking out the door. Teams hold more cards in these scenarios. But that doesn&#8217;t mean Dallas can just sit back and relax.<\/p>\n<p>Executive Stephen Jones <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nfl\/articles\/cowboys_admit_bad_news_about_crucial_contract_negotiations\/s1_13132_43511178\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">addressed the matter Monday<\/a>, confirming the organization wants Aubrey back. The problem is that contract talks have hit a snag.<\/p>\n<p>According to NFL insider Clarence Hill Jr., Dallas threw an offer on the table that would make Aubrey the highest-paid kicker in the league. But he is pushing for more money than what the Cowboys are willing to fork over right now, and that&#8217;s where things stand.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n    !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n    {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n    n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n    if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n    n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n    t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n    fbq('init', '1324276914788316');\n    fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nfl\/articles\/cowboys_face_unexpected_hurdle_in_brandon_aubrey_contract_negotiations\/s1_13132_43513583\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dallas Cowboys have plenty to sort out before the franchise-tag deadline hits, and it&#8217;s not just about wide receiver George Pickens. All-Pro kicker Brandon Aubrey is another name on the list, and his situation is getting a bit complicated. Aubrey falls under restricted free-agent status, which typically keeps players from walking out the door. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":230209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6806],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-230208","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gossip"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}