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Originally Posted by Ruhskins
@AdamSchefter
In-season surprise: Cowboys released LB Jaylon Smith, per source.
And given this:
@spotrac
Wow. Jaylon Smith had 5 years, $50.75M left on his contract.
His release leaves behind $16.6M of dead cap to the #Cowboys
2021: $9.8M ($7.2M cash)
2022: $6.8M
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You have to wonder what has he done to get released by the Cowpukes.
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Smiths contract extension was poorly written by Dallas. Fact of this is, starting in 2022 he had an 'injury clause" in his contract that guarantees his $9.8m dollar salary if injured. Dallas asked him to restructure simply by waiving that injury clause. Smith declined. Dallas released him in a cap saving move.