Posted on 10/27/2017 7:49:16 PM PDT by 11th_VA
Damontre Moore was in his first season with the Cowboys
Cowboys place-kicker Dan Bailey injured his groin Sunday, and to make room for a temporary replacement, Dallas needed to release a player. Their decision to cut Damontre Moore, Coach Jason Garrett said Wednesday, had nothing to do with the defensive end’s protests during the national anthem.
Moore and defensive tackle David Irving have been the only Dallas players to protest. Neither knelt or sat, but both had staged brief demonstrations while standing as pregame renditions of “The Star-Spangled Banner” ended. The timing appeared to be an effort to skirt an edict from Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, who said earlier this month that any players of his seen “disrespecting the flag” would be benched.
“We cannot in the NFL, in any way, give the implication that we tolerate disrespecting the flag,” Jones said. “We cannot do that.”
Moore had been raising his fist as the anthem concluded, but he changed that to a salute before Sunday’s game against the 49ers. After promising to “do something,” Irving held a fist over his heart during the anthem, then quickly raised it afterward...
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Asked whether the player’s protests or an altercation in which he reportedly was involved last week at a nightclub had anything to do with the move, Garrett replied, “No.”
A native of Dallas County and a product of Texas A&M, Moore was in his fifth NFL season and first with the Cowboys. He missed the first two games of the season because of a league-mandated suspension following a DWI arrest in December, but he was a member of the Seahawks at the time and Dallas signed him as a free agent with the awareness that a punishment might be coming.
Jerry Jones took a knee in respect of those Sons of Bitches and destroyed the Cowboy fan base. He put his 4 billion dollar scam in the crapper that day.
Pure co-ink-a-dink.
Damontre will be ok for a few weeks I think the NFL minimum for being on the active roster is about $30,000 a week or something ridiculous like that. Even then it will go quick, with a dumb cluck.
What sport is this?
Garrett continued: "During the anthem, we simply asked for a volunteer to be cut and Damonte was the only one who raised his arm."
When all of the anti-culture thugs are gone I will...if I am not busy, watch football. Maybe.
A Very insightful quote...
Absolutely correct. Anything now is too little, too late. That first event was simply trying to do a work around and it failed.
Coach Jason Garrett
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Guess I haven’t been paying attention.
I thought Tom Landry was the coach....
Oh well
J Jones is still there.....
Dindunuffinball...
Well played sir!
Speaking of taking a knee, where is the outrage about those young women pictured taking a knee with Jerra. Jerra is a skater.
Damontre. Is that French?
Do you want fries with that?
If they let me sit with the cheerleaders I might give it a try.
No its Ghettolish it means unemployed dumass
Thank you for your service Mr. Moore and we wish you well in all your future endeavors.
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