The Dallas Cowboys continue to clear up salary-cap space, ostensibly in an effort to keep impending free-agent pass rusher Anthony Spencer off the open market.
The Cowboys are so enamoured with Spencer, and do not want to lose him to the highest bidder in free agency that they are sure to franchise tag him again to prevent losing this valuable commodity. If the Cowboys still are weighing a last-minute franchise-tag designation for Spencer, they must trim another another $3 to $4 million from the cap to squeeze in the $10.63 million figure.
The latest move is releasing free safety Gerald Sensabaugh, someone informed of the move told NFL.com's Ian Rapoport.
Sensabaugh's scheduled base salary was $3 million, which would have been fully guaranteed had he still been on the roster by March 12. While the transaction saves another $1.4 million in cap room, it leaves the secondary without a solid player who had started 60 games for the Cowboys over the past four years.
The decision to move on from Sensabaugh is the latest reminder that owner/president/general manager Jerry Jones has struggled mightily in his high-priced efforts to find an impact safety.
Critics though such as Todd Archer of ESPNDallas.com, make the point though that this is risky for the Cowboys:
Without Sensabaugh, the Cowboys are banking on the return of health Barry Church, who tore his Achilles in the third game of the season and … As the Cowboys move to the 4-3 under new defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin, they don’t have a John Lynch-type that worked so well in Tampa Bay for years. They don’t have much of anything at the spot really.
Either the Cowboys go in search of a big name like Ed Reed or they seek out new talent in Monte Kiffin's defensive scheme via the draft. A risky strategy for any team, even for the Cowboys who need to make a play-off run this year in the ever competitive NFC East.
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