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NFL Football Players Draft Injuries Rookies Season SuperbowlPublished: June 3, 2009
The 11-year veteran Greg Ellis was released by the Cowboys this week. Ellis is the apparent victim of either a very rapid aging process, an on-going health concern that made his contract too much to bear, or Cowboys owner and General Manager Jerry Jones simply being sick of him.
It's an interesting move considering how dominant the Cowboys were rushing the passer last year.
While Ellis slipped noticeable from his 2007 form—when he racked up 12.5 sacks in just 10 starts (13 games total) coming off an Achilles tendon tear—he still managed eight sacks in 16 games alongside teammate DeMarcus Ware's blistering mark of 20.
Jones stated last week that Ellis would be cut if the Cowboys didn't receive a trade offer, which isn't exactly the best negotiating tactic when you're trying to get fair value (or really, any value) from a trading partner.
It seemed to indicate that, for one reason or another, Jones didn't wa...
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