Twitter: OG Nate Livings and DT Travis Chappelear released

[Zimmy Lives]

No, it was a reaction to Jerry's insistence on ignoring the offensive line need and trading away a second-round pick to go up and get Mo Claiborne.

This.

I don't think anyone expected Livings and Bernadeau to become stalwarts on the o-line. I think most considered them stopgaps.

The idea was to plug them in until they could be replaced by quality young talent via the 2011/2012 drafts.

 

[boysfanindc]

The cap hit remains the same. He already got paid the upfront bonus.

I agree on the bonus portion, was more talking about his game checks, since we can't release him from IR unless we come to a settlement. We would be saving money by not paying 16 game checks, just what ever the settlement came too. Hence saving some salary cap space.

 

[Zimmy Lives]

not necassairly true. callahan hand picked livings and bern

As stopgaps. I don't think he envisioned either being future Pro Bowlers.

 

[bayeslife]

Yet another strike against this supposed better talent acquisition under the vigilant gaze of jason garrett

If you don't think we've picked up better talent under Garrett than under previous regimes, then you're pretty much just trolling or covering your eyes and pretending its all just a bad dream.

 

[visionary]

No, it was a reaction to Jerry's insistence on ignoring the offensive line need and trading away a second-round pick to go up and get Mo Claiborne.

wait, so you are saying that jason does not have very very significant input into talent acquisition even now?

all the board cheerleaders have been telling us that the talent acquisition is now 'much better' and this is because of garrett's influence

 

[Chocolate Lab]

No, it was a reaction to Jerry's insistence on ignoring the offensive line need and trading away a second-round pick to go up and get Mo Claiborne.

Fail. Livings was signed over a month before the draft.

 

[Mr Cowboy]

Brandon George ‏@DMN_George 47s
Nate Livings still gets his $1.7 million that's guaranteed and won't get more money from injury settlement.

Todd Archer ‏@toddarcher 1m
Nate Livings makes $1.7m from Cowboys this year regardless. If he signs w/ new team Cowboys would b on hook for the difference in salaries

 

[onlyonenow]

Callahan was given $1.75 from Jerry to buy a couple of guards and he had to take what he could get.

 

[boysfanindc]

So we basically got Nate for 1 year for $6.2M guaranteed, Waters looks pretty cheap!

Nate = Very bad signing!

 

[TheRomoSexual]

Thank goodness. I actually hope the Cowboys hold on to Bern because I think he is a perfectly servicable swing guard.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Yet another strike against this supposed better talent acquisition under the vigilant gaze of jason garrett

LOL. You are going to have some missteps like this. You have to take chances. Cowboys took chances on similar guys like Marc Columbo and Kyle Kosier and it worked. It didn't work with Livings. Its that simple. Your organization isn't going to be flawless I don't care if you're the Pats or the Ravens.

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

Todd Archer 5 wonders from the other day....



http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/cowboys/post/_/id/4714037/5-wonders-can-pro-scouts-hit-again

He pretty much nailed it and I expect him back in 6 weeks. In retrospect, looks like they played a nifty roster spot shell game!

 

[Mr Cowboy]

Tim MacMahon ‏@espn_macmahon 1m
Nate Livings will count $2.1 million against the Cowboys' salary cap next season. http://es.pn/17HqaKf

 

[Nightman]

Tim MacMahon ‏@espn_macmahon 1m
Nate Livings will count $2.1 million against the Cowboys' salary cap next season. http://es.pn/17HqaKf

The only cap relief they get is if someone else signs him for the rest of the year and that amount is subtracted from his 1.7m salary. I don't mind the signing bonuses, but the guaranteed salaries for average at best players is never smart. The 2.1m in dead money next is no bueno.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Just another reason to party in the streets. LOVE the moves we are making the last week.

 

[Zordon]

One down one to go! Yeah buddy! Do they save any cap money?

I got it from Talking Cowboys about two weeks back. Mickey started it, saying that Livings had been virtually unseen around the DC complex for rehab during the offseason, and that he was pretty non-challant about his effort since camp had started. As if he had no intention of competing for his starting job.
Broaddus was more obviously disdainful, saying he'd cut the guy outright and take the cap hit and move on.

Who knows for sure, but I'd say it's a pretty safe bet if these two have the opinion publicly, that they've heard as much and worse behind the scenes. Pretty gross behavior for a guy on what's basically a two-year deal for a team at a position of relative need.

Ugh that makes me sick.

 

[boysfanindc]

Ugh that makes me sick.

+1, bad business all the way around.

 

[conner01]

Yet another strike against this supposed better talent acquisition under the vigilant gaze of jason garrett

just a couple of facts. callahan who is suppose to be one of the better oline coaches around worked both livings and bernie out and signed off on both. garrett, like jerry relied on his input which is what a team is supoose to do. seems like your oline coach is the best guy to evaluate oline personnel. not your head coach who is a former qb

 

[speedkilz88]

Callahan was given $1.75 from Jerry to buy a couple of guards and he had to take what he could get.

I wish that were true.

 

[onlyonenow]

just a couple of facts. callahan who is suppose to be one of the better oline coaches around worked both livings and bernie out and signed off on both. garrett, like jerry relied on his input which is what a team is supoose to do. seems like your oline coach is the best guy to evaluate oline personnel. not your head coach who is a former qb

you do know that with the very little money Jerry was letting him use that was about all that could be bought. Dumpster diving.