News: ESPN: Garrett empathizes with released players

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The reason Dallas Cowboys coach Jason Garrett speaks personally to every player he cuts from the roster is because he spent his entire NFL career as a fringe player. He understands the power a few words of encouragement, instruction or hope can give a player who has just seen his NFL dream derailed. “It’s probably the hardest thing that we have to do,” Garrett said of cutting players. “We really take a tremendous amount of pride in doing it the right way.

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