McCray takes pay cut

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This is an example of what's wrong with the Cowboys run by Jerry, Nobody is arguing that special teams isn't important part of the team but when people says it's a good move because he's a good special teams player and that's all he's really on the team for, don't want to see him playing defense....In Jerry's mind, he's not good enough to warrant the money he gave him last year in a contract and that if he didn't take a pay cut, he certainly would of been released, so how good is McCray then when it's clearly only about the money he makes, not his special team play!!
 

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This is an example of what's wrong with the Cowboys run by Jerry, Nobody is arguing that special teams isn't important part of the team but when people says it's a good move because he's a good special teams player and that's all he's really on the team for, don't want to see him playing defense....In Jerry's mind, he's not good enough to warrant the money he gave him last year in a contract and that if he didn't take a pay cut, he certainly would of been released, so how good is McCray then when it's clearly only about the money he makes, not his special team play!!

He signed a one year tender in the offseason and could get cut at any time with ZERO money paid. JJ didn't "give" him anything. He is valuable to the team as a backup S and a ST leader, but not at 1.3m. How this turns into a bash Jerry thread is unbelievable.
 

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He signed a one year tender in the offseason and could get cut at any time with ZERO money paid. JJ didn't "give" him anything. He is valuable to the team as a backup S and a ST leader, but not at 1.3m. How this turns into a bash Jerry thread is unbelievable.

maybe it above your pay grade to understand, If McCray is so valuable to the team because he's such a great special teams player and leader, then why would he be cut if he didn't take a pay cut...apparently not as valuable as you think, it was only about money...
 

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maybe it above your pay grade to understand, If McCray is so valuable to the team because he's such a great special teams player and leader, then why would he be cut if he didn't take a pay cut...apparently not as valuable as you think, it was only about money...

There's a little thing called the salary cap genius.
 

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and the cowboys are well enough under it Genius.

Every player that gets put on the IR has to be replaced and all of the salaries count towards the cap(active, IR, PUP and Practice Squad). Dallas is only around 4m under the cap right now and it has to cover injuries all year and hopefully some can get rolled over to next year. Every dollar counts and I don't see how you can't grasp that getting the same player for 1/2 cost is a good thing. You can get 2 players for the price of one. It has little to do with McCray per se, just the value placed on back-ups and ST guys.
 
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