Cowboys Want To Keep Austin

At the top of the Cowboys off-season wish list is wide receiver Miles Austin, who made $1.545 million in 2009 with the second-round tender. To tender Austin at that level again, it would cost the Cowboys $1.759 million in 2010. The Cowboys want to sign Austin, according to the Dallas Morning News, who had 81 catches for 1,320 yards and 11 touchdowns, to a long-term contract. But in order to secure him, they would probably have to put the $3.168 million first- and third-round tender on him. The Cowboys made a similar move on Marion Barber in 2008 before signing him to an extension.