By taking a wide receiver in the first round, Dallas seems to have stocked itself with a whole lot of either talented, or highly paid receivers. Something has to give. Fortunately for Jerry, this season is uncapped. Because of that, I think this year's roster is all about next year.
 
Dez Bryant is going to get first round money. That will be a good contract, but it won't make him the highest paid wide receiver on the team. For comparison purposes, last year's #27 pick got a five year deal worth $12.85 million, with $6.8 million guaranteed. That's less than Patrick Crayton's current contract. Nevertheless, money aside, Dez Bryant is the #1 pick for this team, and he will get at least two years, and probably three, to prove he is the star the team thinks he can be.
 
So where does that leave the other guys?
 
Patrick Crayton's salary this year is $2 million. Next year, the final year of his contract, he is slated to receive 2.5 million, plus potentially another million based on incentives. I'm not sure that's really big money for a #3 receiver, especially considering that Crayton is the team's punt returner, as well - a role in which he contributed two touchdowns last year. He is more consistent and reliable than Roy Williams, and Romo trusts him.  He'll be 33 at the end of his contract, and it's hard to imagine he'll get another big contract here or anyplace else. But right now, I can't see any reason not to let him play out the contract while his replacement is groomed.
 
Roy Williams is much more expensive than Crayton. The problem is that he has already been paid a $9.5 million bonus for this year, and $2 million of his $3.45 million salary is guaranteed. He has zero trade value, and there is no way Jerry is paying real money without at least trying to get something in return, so Roy is going nowhere. This year.
 
Next year, his salary jumps to more than $5 million, and higher each subsequent year. I'm no expert on cap calculations and pro-rating of bonuses, but I think that it is generally less costly to cut guys in the later years, when salaries are high and the bonus has been mostly pro-rated out already. Roy doesn't have to prove anything to get this year's money - he already has this year's money. But unless he is absolutely spectacular this year (or a couple of other guys are spectacularly bad,) I just can't see him playing for Dallas in 2011.
 
Miles Austin, being on a one year, $3.2 million tender, is effectively in the last year of his contract, and will be playing for a major payday this year. I have no problem at all with how the team has handled his contract - it's the exact same approach they took with Romo following the 2006 season. You may recall that the undrafted QB had started ten games, went to a Pro Bowl and then entered the 2007 season on the second year of a two year, $4 million deal. He didn't get the big money until halfway through his second Pro Bowl season. Austin goes into 2010 with a higher salary than Romo in 2007. If he puts up another great year, Jerry will gladly find a way to pay him. And remember, he probably only has to outplay Roy Williams, because youth gives him higher value than Crayton.
 
Behind these guys, Sam Hurd is getting $1.8 million, and Kevin Ogletree only somewhere in the neighborhood of $320,000. Remember, as discussed above, I think the team will (and should) use this uncapped year to figure out the 2011 roster. Hurd, a sixth year player, is the guy who needs to worry about his roster spot. Ogletree, entering his second year, has way more upside at a much lower cost. The team can afford to work him in slowly, hoping he can replace Crayton, and maybe getting even more from him.
 
This much I am certain of: whoever gets cut after the 2010 season is going to be replaced by a rookie in 2011.