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The bigger question is...who is next?
La’el Collins in a trade, I hope. $13M Dead cap in 2022 if traded now.
The bigger question is...who is next?
Bill is known for not sharing anything. To your point, MM did what was right from his perspective. But this ambiguous approach to explaining what happened just grows speculation that might not be true.You would’ve said the same about Bill Belichick in that situation.
You hate La'el.La’el Collins in a trade, I hope. $13M Dead cap in 2022 if traded now.
But the Cowboys wanted to avoid another contract implication: the $9.2 million injury guarantee for 2022 that would have triggered should Smith had been hurt this year.
They couldn’t. He had wrist surgery in January and couldn’t pass the physical in March so he got his 2021 salary guaranteed.
I don't get it either. Makes them feel tough....in the kool kids klubWhy call him Fat? That's stupid! Maybe we should call some guys around here neutered, stupid, short, clueless, ignorant, wannabes, geeks, keyboard heroes, pimple faced, dweeb, skinny, puny etc.....
He does a lot of the dirty workWait and see. If he doesn’t turn it around in a big way when he returns, he will be next.
From what I have seen and read it wouldn't have to be season or career ending but could be any simple offseason surgery that might make cause him to fail the physical.More about the injury guarantee than anything else
We have better options so the risk was too high to keep him around
Well said.For any of us fans that are as tuned in as us on this site it should be no surprise that he was cut. It’s more of a surprise he’s on the team.
Thanks for good post.They reviewed each player on the team’s roster and decided: It was time.
“This was a big-picture roster move,” Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy said Wednesday morning.
Former Pro Bowl linebacker Jaylon Smith, who has started 56 games for the Cowboys since 2017, was released.
The decision was multifaceted. Smith’s contract, his play and the Cowboys’ young starters developing quicker than expected factored in. The leverage given to defensive coordinator Dan Quinn in his first season was also a component in pulling the trigger. In 2019, Smith signed a five-year extension through 2025 worth $64 million with $35.5 million guaranteed, including his 2021 salary of $7.2 million. Smith is still owed that salary this year. But the Cowboys wanted to avoid another contract implication: the $9.2 million injury guarantee for 2022 that would have triggered should Smith had been hurt this year.
Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy explains ‘big-picture’ decision to release LB Jaylon Smith (msn.com)
They reviewed each player on the team’s roster and decided: It was time.
“This was a big-picture roster move,” Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy said Wednesday morning.
Former Pro Bowl linebacker Jaylon Smith, who has started 56 games for the Cowboys since 2017, was released.
The decision was multifaceted. Smith’s contract, his play and the Cowboys’ young starters developing quicker than expected factored in. The leverage given to defensive coordinator Dan Quinn in his first season was also a component in pulling the trigger. In 2019, Smith signed a five-year extension through 2025 worth $64 million with $35.5 million guaranteed, including his 2021 salary of $7.2 million. Smith is still owed that salary this year. But the Cowboys wanted to avoid another contract implication: the $9.2 million injury guarantee for 2022 that would have triggered should Smith had been hurt this year.
Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy explains ‘big-picture’ decision to release LB Jaylon Smith (msn.com)
Jaylon was a monster in 2018.
Not sure why his play just fell off a cliff the following year.
One less hotboy
This man is slick. He positioned that surgery perfectly, way better than the positioning he takes on the field.
I'm surprised he was cut NOW.
They kept him after some ridiculously poor play, then he finally has a decent game spying Hurts, THEN they cut him.
After the salary was fully guaranteed.
If you listen to MM this is about having to face some tough roster decisions coming up.
I'm still shocked they did this, but not in the kind of way thats upsetting.