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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dallas Cowboys owner/general manager Jerry Jones said on his radio show on Tuesday that Pro Bowl wide receiver&amp;nbsp;Dez&amp;nbsp;Bryant&amp;nbsp;will be a member of the team next season.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Jones says if the Cowboys can\u2019t reach a long-term deal this offseason that the team will place the franchise tag on Bryant.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bryant, who will become an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season, is in the last year of his rookie deal and is making $1.78 million in base salary this season.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;NFL.com reported earlier this season that the team offered Bryant a contract of 10 years, worth $114 million, but with only $20 million of it guaranteed.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;BEDARD: It\u2019s time to take the Cowboys seriously&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cowboys Executive Vice President Stephen Jones seemed to confirm that by saying that the team has offered Bryant \"some really nice contracts.\"\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The franchise tag is average of the top 10 salaries at that position. The franchise tag number for the 2014 season for wide receivers was $12.312 million.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bryant, 26, has 84 catches for 1,221 yards and 14 touchdowns this season for Dallas, who clinched the NFC East title with a 42-7 rout of the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;em&gt;Scooby Axson&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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