The Dallas Cowboys have exactly 10 days left to work out a long-term contract with wide receiver Dez Bryant.
If the two sides can't agree to a deal by July 15, then Bryant will have two options: Sign his one-year franchise tender or sit out.
Signing the tender would guarantee Bryant $12.823 million in 2015, but that doesn't mean that's what Bryant's going to do. For the past month, the Cowboys wide receiver has been threatening to sit out at least the regular season opener if a new deal doesn't get done.
Things might seem tense between Bryant the Cowboys right now, but Tony Romo doesn't seemed to concerned by the negotiations.
During a press conference on Friday that was held at the high school he graduated from in Wisconsin, Romo was asked if he thought things would work out with Bryant.
"The NFL is a business, it really is. You'll see that side sometimes, with DeMarco leaving and Dez not being part of the offseason," Romo said, via MyRacineCounty.com.
Yea, yea, yea, we know the NFL's a business Tony, but what's going to happen with your star wide receiver?
"I think it will work out with Dez," Romo said.
Romo may not have any inside information, but you have to figure that as the team's starting quarterback, he probably knows a little bit more than the rest of us. Romo's one of the few who talks to both Bryant and the Cowboys front office -- and has a good relationship with both.
Another encouraging sign for Cowboys fans is that Bryant's agent reportedly met with the team on June 26, which was the first time the two sides had met in months. There's also the belief that Bryant wouldn't sit out any games because he needs the money.
Finally, there's a report that a deal could come as soon as this week, which makes sense, because again, the two sides only have 10 days left to work with.
