{"id":79175,"date":"2025-08-17T12:08:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T12:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=79175"},"modified":"2025-08-17T12:08:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T12:08:06","slug":"update-cowboys-encouraged-to-cut-4th-year-run-game-liability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=79175","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Cowboys Encouraged To Cut 4th Year Run Game \u2018Liability\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Dallas Cowboys\u00a0defense has a\u00a0Micah Parsons-sized problem, but there are different decisions to be made at the linebacker position.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, who makes the roster and who gets left behind. And one player who Bleacher Report\u2019s Gary Davenport is clearly not super high on is Cowboys linebacker,\u00a0Damone Clark\u00a0who he suggests the team should cut ahead of the start of the regular season \u2013 for one clear reason.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDamone Clark isn\u2019t a bad\u00a0NFL\u00a0linebacker.\u201d\u00a0Davenport wrote\u00a0on Thursday, \u201cTwo years ago, after recovering from spinal fusion surgery, he started all 17 games for the Cowboys and posted over 100 total tackles.<\/p>\n<div id=\"id\/article\/slide\/5235969\/element\/2\" class=\"MuiBox-root css-6emr8c\">\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">But the converted safety is a liability against the run, and with the Cowboys retooling their linebacker corps in the offseason, he finds himself well down the depth chart.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Dallas Looking At Major Shift From 2024 Linebackers<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p>The team\u2019s two starters from last season,\u00a0Eric Kendricks\u00a0and\u00a0DeMarvion Overshown, will likely not play a large part in the upcoming season.<\/p>\n<p>Kendricks was not re-signed by the team, whilst Overshown suffered a devastating knee injury in December, tearing his ACL, MCL and PCL. Although his initial prognosis implied he could well miss the entirety of the 2025 season, reports from back in the spring suggest he could return as\u00a0early as mid-season.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, Davenport notes, it will be\u00a0Jack Sanborn\u00a0\u2013 not Clarke who will be taking Overshown\u2019s role at the center of the defense, with new offseason trade acquisition,\u00a0Kenneth Murray, and former third round pick,\u00a0Marist Liufau, taking the other starting spots \u2013 so saving money on Clarke\u2019s contract could end up being a clear-cut cap-saving move.<\/p>\n<h2>Cowboys Could Be Motivated By Financial Reasons In Cut Decision<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cFrom all indications in training camp, newcomer Jack Sanborn will be Dallas\u2019 \u201cgreen dot\u201d defensive signal-caller until DeMarvion Overshown returns from injury.\u201d Davenport continued. \u201cHe will likely be flanked by fellow free-agent signee Kenneth Murray Jr., with Marist Liufau taking over as the No. 3 linebacker.<\/p>\n<div id=\"id\/article\/slide\/5235969\/element\/4\" class=\"MuiBox-root css-6emr8c\">\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Clark did play 284 special teams snaps last season, but for a perennially cap-strapped team like Dallas, $3.5 million is a lot to play a so-so special teamer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"id\/article\/slide\/5235969\/element\/5\" class=\"MuiBox-root css-6emr8c\">\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Dallas would save nearly that whole amount by letting Clark go, cash that will pay for at least like 15 snaps from edge-rusher Micah Parsons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clark has a decent track record over the past few seasons in the NFL, starting 24 games over the past three years for the Cowboys. And his play last season was more than capable, attaining a 68.2 grade from\u00a0Pro Football Focus.<\/p>\n<p>But if Sanborn, formerly of the\u00a0Chicago Bears, has broken away from Clark, it may make sense to move off him ahead of the new season.<\/p>\n<p>The Cowboys also drafted fifth round pick, Shemar James, this past April, and may look to him to fill the last of the four LB spots \u2013 at least until Overshown returns.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Dallas Cowboys\u00a0defense has a\u00a0Micah Parsons-sized problem, but there are different decisions to be made at the linebacker position. 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