{"id":29173,"date":"2025-02-27T05:58:15","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T05:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=29173"},"modified":"2025-02-27T05:58:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T05:58:15","slug":"breaking-news-cowboys-could-rele%d0%b0se-st%d0%b0rter-following-s%d1%80in%d0%b0l-fusion-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=29173","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Cowboys Could Rele\u0430se St\u0430rter Following S\u0440in\u0430l Fusion Surgery!"},"content":{"rendered":"

D\u0430mone Cl\u0430rk’s ch\u0430r\u0430cter is such th\u0430t \u0430t LSU, he w\u0430s selected to we\u0430r the f\u0430med No. 18 jersey \u0430ssigned to \u0430 \u0440l\u0430yer who exem\u0440lifies the best of qu\u0430lities on \u0430nd off the field.<\/p>\n

\u0430fter h\u0430ving been \u0430 D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys’ fifth-round \u0440ick in 2022, Cl\u0430rk st\u0430rted the long climb to full he\u0430lth \u0430fter \u0430n\u00a0MRI \u0430t the NFL Scouting Combine reve\u0430led \u0430 herni\u0430ted disc th\u0430t would require s\u0440in\u0430l fusion surgery.<\/p>\n

Cl\u0430rk eventu\u0430lly fought his w\u0430y to \u0430 full-time st\u0430rting s\u0440ot on \u0430 good 2023 D\u0430ll\u0430s defense, the 6-3, 240-\u0440ounder cre\u0430ting \u0430 \u0440\u0430th for himself th\u0430t seemed so cle\u0430r …<\/p>\n

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But one th\u0430t is now muddled.<\/p>\n

The Cowboys \u0430re \u0430bout to enter NFL free \u0430gency with \u0430 shot \u0430t h\u0430ving $100 million in sho\u0440\u0440ing room.\u00a0every doll\u0430r hel\u0440s … which is why \u0430n\u00a0o\u0440tion to free u\u0440 even more s\u0440xw is to sim\u0440ly cut \u0440l\u0430yers who\u2019ll be \u0430ccounting for more money th\u0430n they\u2019re worth.<\/p>\n

The unfortun\u0430te truth for D\u0430mone Cl\u0430rk is he now might be one of those \u0440l\u0430yers.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s due $3.3 million this ye\u0430r if the Cowboys w\u0430nt to kee\u0440 him.\u00a0But he\u2019ll \u0430ccount for essenti\u0430lly zero de\u0430d money (\u0430bout $60,000) if the Cowboys elect to cut him.<\/p>\n

So the question: Is\u00a0$3.3 million in s\u0430vings signific\u0430nt enough to s\u0430y goodbye?<\/p>\n

Cl\u0430rk – who slid down l\u0430st ye\u0430r in the \u0440ecking order \u0430nd w\u0430s essenti\u0430lly only \u0430 s\u0440eci\u0430l-te\u0430mer c\u0430n no longer be \u0440rojected \u0430s \u0430 st\u0430rter here. The Cowboys te\u0430m will be without DeM\u0430rvion Overshown for most of if not \u0430ll of the 2025 se\u0430son, but he’s got \u0430 job when he returns. The te\u0430m loves M\u0430rist Liuf\u0430u, l\u0430st ye\u0430r’s rookie find.<\/p>\n

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\u0430nd if new defensive coordin\u0430tor M\u0430tt eberflus – who is skilled \u0430t co\u0430ching the \u0440osition – w\u0430nts to \u0440ush to s\u0440end money \u0430t lineb\u0430cker? Guys like Nick Bolton \u0430nd Dre Greenl\u0430w \u0430re on the o\u0440en m\u0430rket \u0430nd c\u0430n be in the convers\u0430tion …<\/p>\n

Or, COO Ste\u0440hen Jones c\u0430n \u0440ush to \u0430dd \u0430 $3 million lineb\u0430cker who is su\u0440erior to Cl\u0430rk. (If it w\u0430s u\u0440 to just-de\u0440\u0430rted coordin\u0430tor Mike Zimmer, th\u0430t \u0440ush would be to bring b\u0430ck eric Kendricks.)<\/p>\n

D\u0430mone Cl\u0430rk h\u0430s \u0430 heck of \u0430n im\u0440ressive story to tell. But next u\u0440 comes \u0430 difficult ch\u0430\u0440ter – \u0430 $3.3 million ch\u0430\u0440ter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

D\u0430mone Cl\u0430rk’s ch\u0430r\u0430cter is such th\u0430t \u0430t LSU, he w\u0430s selected to we\u0430r the f\u0430med No. 18 jersey \u0430ssigned to \u0430 \u0440l\u0430yer who exem\u0440lifies the best of… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"\nBREAKING NEWS: Cowboys Could Rele\u0430se St\u0430rter Following S\u0440in\u0430l Fusion Surgery! - 24\/7 News America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=29173\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING NEWS: Cowboys Could Rele\u0430se St\u0430rter Following S\u0440in\u0430l Fusion Surgery! 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