05-06-2016, 02:02 PM
(05-06-2016, 01:38 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Not a lie at all. Livings received an injury settlement when released by the cowboys. Teams don't do that if they don't have to.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000238630/article/nate-livings-cut-from-dallas-cowboys-injured-reserve
More bullshit. By releasing him from IR, if another team signed him it would offset what Dallas owed him. Meaning they could potentially save money if another team was stupid enough to repeat Jerry Jones' mistake. Unfortunately for Dallas, not another GM was that stupid.
Quote:The Nate Livings experiment is over in Dallas.
The Cowboys on Thursday announced the release of the 30-year-old guard from injured reserve, only one season after he signed a five-year, $18.7 million contract armed with $6.2 million in guarantees.
With Tuesday's [/url]signing of six-time Pro Bowl lineman Brian Waters, Livings and his fat contract weren't worth waiting around for.
Livings is eligible to return to the Cowboys for their Nov. 10 meeting with the New Orleans Saints if Dallas chooses to bring him back. He's also free to sign elsewhere, but teams aren't breaking down the door for a player who's coming off multiple right knee operations. If Livings stays unemployed, the [url=http://www.nfl.com/teams/dallascowboys/profile?team=DAL]Cowboys still are on the hook this season for his $1.7 million base salary, fulfilling another astonishing contract blunder by Jerry Jones and Co.
On the field, Ronald Leary is penciled in at left guard, with Waters set to take over on the right side.
The Waters signing comes extremely close to Sunday night's season opener against the New York Giants. It might take weeks for Waters to hit his stride, but if he's able to stay in the lineup, it's an upgrade for a Cowboys line that enters the season as a major weakness on an otherwise talented team.
http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/cowboys/post/_/id/4714250/cowboys-release-nate-livings-off-ir
Quote:IRVING, Texas -- On Saturday, the Dallas Cowboys placed guard Nate Livings on injured reserve. On Thursday, the Cowboys reached an injury settlement with the veteran guard and released him, but it doesn’t mean he will never be in a Cowboys uniform again.
Livings’ $1.7 million base salary was guaranteed as part of the five-year, $19 million deal he signed as a free agent in 2012.
The team reached a three-week injury settlement with Livings, but he will be allowed to return to the Cowboys after the Nov. 3 game against Minnesota if they need offensive line help. If he joins another team, the Cowboys would be on the hook only for the difference between the $1.7 million and his new base salary.
Livings started every game last year at left guard but had right knee surgery following the season and a similar procedure during training camp. The time off will allow Livings to rehab on his own and get healthy. He will count $2.1 million against the salary cap in 2014.
Claiming he is out of the league because of injury is a lie.
