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What Tyron Smith's New Contract Tells About Josh Brent's Future With The Cowboys
By Tom Ryle @TomRyleBTB on Jul 31 2014, 1:00p 204
http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2014...contract-josh-brent-dallas-cowboys-dez-bryant
The two events may seem to be largely unconnected, but there is a direct link between the contract Tyron Smith agreed to and the anticipated return of Josh Brent to the Dallas Cowboys.
Josh Brent has completed his sentence and the ensuing treatment program after his conviction for intoxicated manslaughter in the death of his friend and teammate Jerry Brown. He is now expected to meet with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to apply for reinstatement. If that is approved, as anticipated, his next stop should be Oxnard, California and the Dallas Cowboys training camp.
Coincidentally, the same day this was reported, the Cowboys came to terms with Pro Bowl left tackle Tyron Smith on a very surprising eight-year contract extension. It is surprising because of its length, and because once you start digging into the details of the deal, it is also amazingly friendly to the Cowboys. This is proof that the hometown discount does exist, however rare it is.
It seems like these are two very different events, linked only by the fact the men were once, and may shortly be again, teammates. But it goes much deeper. The reasoning behind Smith getting on board with such a favorable deal ties directly to why Josh Brent has a second chance waiting for him with the Cowboys.
It is a story of two men, blessed with superb athletic skill and the pure size needed to play in the trenches of the NFL. Each beset with troubles that threatened their career, in Brent's case effectively ending it so that he must attempt a restart. And both finding that, despite the harshness and cold reality of working for an NFL team, they had something more. They had people on that team that believed in them and wanted to help them.
Given that one of those people was named Jerry Jones, that meant quite a bit...
By Tom Ryle @TomRyleBTB on Jul 31 2014, 1:00p 204
http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2014...contract-josh-brent-dallas-cowboys-dez-bryant
The two events may seem to be largely unconnected, but there is a direct link between the contract Tyron Smith agreed to and the anticipated return of Josh Brent to the Dallas Cowboys.
Josh Brent has completed his sentence and the ensuing treatment program after his conviction for intoxicated manslaughter in the death of his friend and teammate Jerry Brown. He is now expected to meet with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to apply for reinstatement. If that is approved, as anticipated, his next stop should be Oxnard, California and the Dallas Cowboys training camp.
Coincidentally, the same day this was reported, the Cowboys came to terms with Pro Bowl left tackle Tyron Smith on a very surprising eight-year contract extension. It is surprising because of its length, and because once you start digging into the details of the deal, it is also amazingly friendly to the Cowboys. This is proof that the hometown discount does exist, however rare it is.
It seems like these are two very different events, linked only by the fact the men were once, and may shortly be again, teammates. But it goes much deeper. The reasoning behind Smith getting on board with such a favorable deal ties directly to why Josh Brent has a second chance waiting for him with the Cowboys.
It is a story of two men, blessed with superb athletic skill and the pure size needed to play in the trenches of the NFL. Each beset with troubles that threatened their career, in Brent's case effectively ending it so that he must attempt a restart. And both finding that, despite the harshness and cold reality of working for an NFL team, they had something more. They had people on that team that believed in them and wanted to help them.
Given that one of those people was named Jerry Jones, that meant quite a bit...
