McBriar's Future With Dallas In Question?

You might have noticed that the Cowboys’ mainstay punter Mat McBriar was absent from the team’s season-ending, 31-14 loss to the Giants on Sunday night. This was because the day before, McBriar had been placed on injured reserve by the team, prematurely (though barely as it would turn out) ending his season and leaving Chris Jones to punt against the Giants. As one might guess, this wasn’t, and isn’t, a good sign for McBriar’s health. The abilities of the two-time Pro Bowl punter are generally unquestioned--but he struggled with a case of drop foot, the result of some nerve damage, in his plant foot for most of the year. That he has yet to recover presents an interesting question not just to McBriar, but the Cowboys as well--because as of last Sunday night, McBriar is a free agent. "I mean, look to be honest I felt like I didn’t feel myself out there," McBriar said this week, per ESPN Dallas. "I didn’t feel like I was givin...