UPDATED: Dallas Cowboys re-sign tackle Flozell Adams to 6 year, $43 million contract

by PegNews wire

IRVING — UPDATED: Terms of the deal are now confirmed: 6 years, $43 million, including $15 million in guaranteed money and a $13 million signing bonus.

The Dallas Cowboys announced today that they have re-signed left tackle Flozell Adams Thursday. Although terms of the deal were not immediately disclosed, the team did confirm that it was a long-term deal that should keep Adams in a Cowboys jersey for the rest of his career.

Adams, who had just finished the terms of a five-year, $25 million deal, protected quarterback Tony Romo's blindside all season long, and earned a spot in the Pro Bowl because of it. Adams was drafted by the Cowboys as a second-round pick in 1998. He and linebacker Greg Ellis are the team’s longest-tenured players.

Adams, who will turn 33 this summer, made the Pro Bowl in four of the past five seasons, missing only in 2005 when a knee injury cost him 10 games. Those are the only games he’s missed in his 10-year career.

Cowboys fans have always had a love-hate relationship with the tackle, who collects accolades from around the league for his stellar play, but also seems to have a tendency to cause false starts at inopportune times in the game. Adams was also manhandled in the Cowboys' last playoff loss to the Giants, the eventual Super Bowl winners.

Posted by Todd M.