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Was having a discussion with a friend, and he made the point that players Dallas doesn’t re-sign don’t really go on to be productive elsewhere. Obviously you’ve got your Amendola’s and Ware’s immediate SB, but are there any examples you can think of where a guy we lost or let go went on to be successful?
 

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Was having a discussion with a friend, and he made the point that players Dallas doesn’t re-sign don’t really go on to be productive elsewhere. Obviously you’ve got your Amendola’s and Ware’s immediate SB, but are there any examples you can think of where a guy we lost or let go went on to be successful?

Amendola was cut during TC. When we had some depth or seemed like depth at WR. So I wouldn't put him in the mix. Though he went on to be very good but had the QB's to get him the ball as well.
Ware was released for cap reasons as well he was often injured at the time. He went to a defense that was already very very good. He had no such help in Dallas. He was the defense in Dallas.

But otherwise, yes you are correct. Off all the players they let go and was signed as a FA elsewhere. Not one of them went on to help that team win anything. Also their careers did not take off as to be all pro or anything like that.

Mart B got his SB with NE as a result of them being NE. However he did drop a game winning TD in OT. But another player caught it a few plays later. So he doesn't really count. LOL.
 

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Bennett did alright.

On the other side of that, how many players have they signed as FA's that have had better careers in Dallas? Glover was the best player the Cowboys signed in FA.
 

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Was having a discussion with a friend, and he made the point that players Dallas doesn’t re-sign don’t really go on to be productive elsewhere. Obviously you’ve got your Amendola’s and Ware’s immediate SB, but are there any examples you can think of where a guy we lost or let go went on to be successful?

Jimmy Smith (cough).
 

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Bennett did alright.

On the other side of that, how many players have they signed as FA's that have had better careers in Dallas? Glover was the best player the Cowboys signed in FA.

Nolan Carroll?
:huh:
 

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Was having a discussion with a friend, and he made the point that players Dallas doesn’t re-sign don’t really go on to be productive elsewhere. Obviously you’ve got your Amendola’s and Ware’s immediate SB, but are there any examples you can think of where a guy we lost or let go went on to be successful?

They have done a good job of deciding who and when to let go. The guys that have gone on to have success have been special circumstances. They wanted to keep Ware but didn’t have the money at the time to absorb his escalating salaries. Amendola was a rookie free agent. They wanted to keep him but he got snatched away. I thought he had shown enough to keep over a few of the other wrs but at the time they were really valuing veterans over rookies.
 

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Marcellus Bennett was unstoppable in Chicago

Brandon Carr and Morris Claiborne both found some level of career resurgences after they left.

Terrence Newman was solid in Cincinnati, much better than his last few years with you. Pac-Man Jones exactly the same.
 

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DeMarcus Ware
Seconded on Ware also Larry Allen with the 49ers. Mo Claiborne was more successful with the jets than he was here. I blame Rob Ryan for that. Still not worthy of the sixth overall pick though. Generally I feel like Dallas does a good job of retaining their talent. It'll be interesting to watch Beasley with the Bills. Rooted for him in Dallas because he was on the team but never liked him personally due to him and his wife's twitter arguments with fans. Seems thin skinned.
 

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Was having a discussion with a friend, and he made the point that players Dallas doesn’t re-sign don’t really go on to be productive elsewhere. Obviously you’ve got your Amendola’s and Ware’s immediate SB, but are there any examples you can think of where a guy we lost or let go went on to be successful?

Too many to list them all.

Not re-signed or cut:

Jimmy Smith
Ken Norton Jr.
Mark Stepnoski
Ron Stone
Randall Godfrey
Darrin Smith

Amendola
Demarcus Ware
Chris Canty
Scott Chandler
Terence Newman
Anthony Hitchens
Jason Hatcher
Anthony Fasano
 

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Fun fact: Philadelphia actually drafted Damny Amendola
No, he was an original UDFA signed by the Cowboys. The Eagles were the first team to pick him up after Dallas cut him after he spent a year on the practice squad.
 

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OG Brian Waters was a training camp cut that went on to make six Pro Bowls before Dallas brought him back. They played him at TE and FB amazingly enough.
 

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How far back are we going? I mean Everson Walls won a SB with NYG, and Craig Morton led Den to a SB back in the day.
 

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TNew. He was a salary dump, though.

Dwayne Harris was decent.

Church was decent for one year.
 

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OG Brian Waters was a training camp cut that went on to make six Pro Bowls before Dallas brought him back. They played him at TE and FB amazingly enough.
Oh, and there was another OG we cut. Dahl, I think it was.
 
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