Official Practice Squad

[waving monkey]

Is there something i'm missing on Dixon? Did he not make the 53 and then was cut? Now he's not good enough for PS? What exactly did he do aside from being late to a drill? If they can't think he can play that's fine but you keep Heath?

I think his tudd go funky

 

[adamknite]

I've seen conflicting reports on him being on IR or getting an injury settlement. All injured players that are cut automatically revert to IR, but most them get an injury settlement.

It is possible to have them on IR for some period of time and still give them an injury settlement.

It's even possible for a player to turn down and injury settlement because they don't want to be locked out of the NFL for the period of the settlement.

I haven't heard that he got an injury settlement but if he did then he's certainly not going to be a Cowboy for a while. However, he along with Minter and Lemon, are still listed as part of the Dallas Cowboys injured reserve on NFL.com. They were all waived/injured and unclaimed by another team so they are part of our IR. I did a little research, I believe they can be released straight off IR once their injuries heal though as long as they were marked as "minor" injuries which might be why cowboys.com doesn't have them listed as being on the IR because it's just a matter of time before they are released, but I'm not sure how that works with waived/injured. It'd be interesting to find out and I'll try to do that.

Just one other thing, players with injury settlements aren't locked out of the NFL, they are locked out of the team that gave them the settlement for that period (that the settlement was for) of time + six weeks. They can sign with another team immediately after getting the settlement.

 

[xwalker]

I haven't heard that he got an injury settlement but if he did then he's certainly not going to be a Cowboy for a while. However, he along with Minter and Lemon, are still listed as part of the Dallas Cowboys injured reserve on NFL.com. They were all waived/injured and unclaimed by another team so they are part of our IR. I did a little research, I believe they can be released straight off IR once their injuries heal though as long as they were marked as "minor" injuries which might be why cowboys.com doesn't have them listed as being on the IR because it's just a matter of time before they are released, but I'm not sure how that works with waived/injured. It'd be interesting to find out and I'll try to do that.

Just one other thing, players with injury settlements aren't locked out of the NFL, they are locked out of the team that gave them the settlement for that period (that the settlement was for) of time + six weeks. They can sign with another team immediately after getting the settlement.

I've seen a lot of conflicting reports on this subject. I guess I need to find a copy of he actual CBA at some point.

Some reports I see agree with your statement that the player receiving a settlement is immediately free to sign with another team. Other reports indicate that the player has to wait until the settlement period is over before signing with another team. Other reports indicate that it depends on the settlement agreement and that the team making the settlement can negotiate it into the settlement for the player to not sign with another team during the settlement period.

All reports seems to agree that the team making the settlement can't re-sign the player for the period of the settlement plus 6 weeks.

It is also an option for a player to waive his rights to a settlement which would allow him to return to the same team at any time. I assume that if a player selected this option that he would never show up as waived/injured.

There is also the issue of split salaries. Spencer signed a split contract that would have paid him significantly less if he was on IR/PUP than he gets being on the 53.

Some reports indicate that rookies automatically get a split contract. That seems to be true looking at Matt Johnson's cap numbers. He got 303K in 2013 which is below the minimum. A player drafted near him in the 2012 draft made 480K in 2013.

 

[xwalker]

http://www.dallascowboys.com/news/a...ce-Squad/87de3677-f91e-4ef0-871d-b2f077439cf3

The official pre-Sam practice squad. Wetzel and Jemea Thomas are indeed the final two.

I don't know who gets the axe once they sign Sam. Benford seems to have no upside, but they normally have a couple of WRs on the PS for the scout team, and he's currently the only WR.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Be last to a pre game walkthrough. Be late a second time to a team meeting, not be great in coverage, make a late hit on a defenseless receiver to extend a drive that lost a game, say he'd do it again in the press afterward, and be a 7th round pick in the first place.

Doesn't warrant a cut if you think the guy can play. Definetely not the smartest things to do but if you can play in this league you can live with a little recklessness on the field. Off the field is another topic.

 

[Idgit]

Doesn't warrant a cut if you think the guy can play. Definetely not the smartest things to do but if you can play in this league you can live with a little recklessness on the field. Off the field is another topic.

I love blow-up hits as much as the next guy, but for my part, I have no tolerance for losing even a single game-losing penalty from a 7th round talent who can't play smart. Now, that doesn't mean cut every guy who makes a knucklehead play, but it does mean that when you see the knucklehead plays, and you see the clear pattern of behavior that he does not intend to learn from the experience (and I count the public comments and the repeated lateness to meetings as evidence of that stubbornness), and when you have other options you also like who don't show that stubbornness or stupidity, then you've got more than enough reason to move on to an athletic guy you think you can coach.