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A lot on line for Cowboys, Sean Lee
May, 27, 2014
By Todd Archer | ESPNDallas.com
IRVING, Texas -- The Dallas Cowboys knew they were taking a chance when they signed Sean Lee to a six-year extension last August because their middle linebacker had yet to play a full season.
SEAN LEE'S INJURY HISTORY
Sean Lee injured his left knee during the Cowboys' first organized team activity workout Tuesday, the latest injury for the middle linebacker.
2013 (Cowboys): Missed five games. Suffered hamstring injury Nov. 10 at New Orleans, missed two games; Suffered neck injury Dec. 9 at Chicago, missed three games.
2012 (Cowboys): Missed 10 games. Suffered toe injury Oct. 21 at Carolina.
2011 (Cowboys): Missed one game. Suffered a partially dislocated wrist Oct. 30 at Philadelphia, missed one game but returned and played most of the season with a cast/club for protection.
2010 (Cowboys): Missed two games. Hamstring injury.
2009 (Penn State): Missed three games with sprained knee.
2008 (Penn State): Missed his senior season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament suffered in non-contact drills in spring practice.
The Cowboys gave Lee a $10 million signing bonus and guaranteed him $16 million, but they bought themselves some protection in the contract, which covered Lee’s injury history. And Lee realized he needed to prove he could stay healthy to cash in fully.
For the contract to go from great to excellent, Lee had to play in 80 percent of the snaps in 2013 or ’14 to gain an extra $1.5 million on his 2015 base salary of $2.5 million. Having missed five games and parts of seven last year with hamstring and neck injuries, Lee did not reach the 80 percent threshold.
If he plays in 80 percent of the snaps in 2015-18, his base salaries in the following seasons would increase by $2 million. He is currently set to earn base salaries of $3 million in 2016 and $7 million from 2017-19.
That would put the maximum value of Lee’s deal at $51 million.
The base value of the deal is $42 million.
The Cowboys would very much be willing to pay the max value of Lee’s contract because of how important he is to their defense and hope Tuesday’s knee injury is nothing more than a minor scare.
Until they get the test results on his knee, they’ll just have to wait.
May, 27, 2014
By Todd Archer | ESPNDallas.com
IRVING, Texas -- The Dallas Cowboys knew they were taking a chance when they signed Sean Lee to a six-year extension last August because their middle linebacker had yet to play a full season.
SEAN LEE'S INJURY HISTORY
Sean Lee injured his left knee during the Cowboys' first organized team activity workout Tuesday, the latest injury for the middle linebacker.
2013 (Cowboys): Missed five games. Suffered hamstring injury Nov. 10 at New Orleans, missed two games; Suffered neck injury Dec. 9 at Chicago, missed three games.
2012 (Cowboys): Missed 10 games. Suffered toe injury Oct. 21 at Carolina.
2011 (Cowboys): Missed one game. Suffered a partially dislocated wrist Oct. 30 at Philadelphia, missed one game but returned and played most of the season with a cast/club for protection.
2010 (Cowboys): Missed two games. Hamstring injury.
2009 (Penn State): Missed three games with sprained knee.
2008 (Penn State): Missed his senior season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament suffered in non-contact drills in spring practice.
The Cowboys gave Lee a $10 million signing bonus and guaranteed him $16 million, but they bought themselves some protection in the contract, which covered Lee’s injury history. And Lee realized he needed to prove he could stay healthy to cash in fully.
For the contract to go from great to excellent, Lee had to play in 80 percent of the snaps in 2013 or ’14 to gain an extra $1.5 million on his 2015 base salary of $2.5 million. Having missed five games and parts of seven last year with hamstring and neck injuries, Lee did not reach the 80 percent threshold.
If he plays in 80 percent of the snaps in 2015-18, his base salaries in the following seasons would increase by $2 million. He is currently set to earn base salaries of $3 million in 2016 and $7 million from 2017-19.
That would put the maximum value of Lee’s deal at $51 million.
The base value of the deal is $42 million.
The Cowboys would very much be willing to pay the max value of Lee’s contract because of how important he is to their defense and hope Tuesday’s knee injury is nothing more than a minor scare.
Until they get the test results on his knee, they’ll just have to wait.
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Dagnabbit, gosh durn that durn luck!
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Welcome back, Garrett.
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They better not do this. It would be like that retarded roster spot we held open for Terry Glenn a whole year only to have him suck out loud.
It was just as bad when we carried Darren Woodson around his whole final year just hoping he came back.
Hope is not a strategy.
The last thing I want this team doing is that kind of crap anymore. Move on, deal with the fact you have shit depth. Cope.
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If Garrett is real giddy when he announces Lee is done for the year, you will know.
He was positively orgasmic announcing Romo was done last year.
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Whatever, at this point I hope he's out for the year since it's basically inevitable that the guy will injure himself again. At least this way we have months to prepare the guys on the roster or bring in someone else.
Counting on a guy who is constantly injured is bad enough if he's just a role player or bit player, let alone a guy who you are hoping will spearhead your defense.
Counting on a guy who is constantly injured is bad enough if he's just a role player or bit player, let alone a guy who you are hoping will spearhead your defense.
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That is the worst part. They cannot continue with this. It will not change.
Just chalk it up as another bad contract. The only saving grace is they did build in some playing time clauses which is a little helpful.
MLB will be a need area next year for certain.
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There are some on Twitter that are blowing the contact way out of proportion. It was very obvious from the video that Lee's knee buckled before Martin even touched him.
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Yeah, they are. A bunch of ninnies. Martin didn't pancake, body-slam or anally-violate Sean Lee despite all the cackling.
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Jerry's thinking this very thing, and that's all that matters. Guarantee at one of the cut days Lee will be IR'd with the team's lone "designated for return" label.
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Broadus tweeted that it was a clean block and that Lee was "slipping" beforehand so that "slip" must have been his knee giving out. Screw it, I'm over him. I've seen people say elsewhere that this injury is a fluke, that injury was a fluke, blah, blah, blah. Being injured seven years in a row isn't a fluke, it's a pattern.
Maybe it's a good thing that it happened early on so there's time to find some kind of replacement or depth. Shoot, if anyone else is going down I hope it happens now so the staff isn't posting ads at the Dallas Craigslist site in September just to find some warm bodies that played football at some point in their life.
Maybe it's a good thing that it happened early on so there's time to find some kind of replacement or depth. Shoot, if anyone else is going down I hope it happens now so the staff isn't posting ads at the Dallas Craigslist site in September just to find some warm bodies that played football at some point in their life.
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Pretty much my feelings. Might as well get it done now when you can either get a replacement off the street worth a crap or train a young kid how to function as a MLB.
It was pretty much inevitable anyways.