JJT: Josh Brent's talent is trump card

[Jon88]

It's a 6 game suspension if you kill a practice squad player. They're like crash test dummies.

 

[UVAwahoos]

how many more points if they run over Ginger at a crosswalk?

Assuming that some other Garrett brother isn't named heir in Jason's will, I'd put it at infinity

 

[ZeroClub]

Is that really all he could get?

Really?

I find that hard to believe.

I mean, he drunk drove killed a guy then failed to weed tests.

How the hell would he only get a 6 game suspension????

It is pretty strange isn't it.

How long did Wade Wilson get for taking medicine?

 

[Midswat]

If we could get Brent back after, then I'm all for keeping him.

Hell, we need the youth on the DL, and he was good at holding his ground. I much prefer him next to Ratliff than Hatcher on early downs.

 

[bkeavs]

Cowboys' Josh Brent retires
Updated: July 18, 2013, 2:28 PM ET
ESPN.com news services

Defensive tackle Josh Brent, facing an intoxication manslaughter charge, retired Thursday, the Dallas Cowboys announced.

Brent was involved in a car wreck in December in which practice squad linebacker Jerry Brown was killed. Brent's blood alcohol level was 0.18, more than twice the legal limit in Texas.

“
I am at a point where my main focus is all about getting the priorities in my life in order. Those priorities are more important than football. Doing the right things in life are more important than football.
”
-- Josh Brent
"This is the right decision for me, and something that I have given a lot of thought to. I am at a point where my main focus is all about getting the priorities in my life in order," Brent said in a statement.

"Those priorities are more important than football. Doing the right things in life are more important than football. I love the game very much. I love my teammates, but this is the right thing for me to do."

Brent, 25, has a Sept. 23 court date, and his attorneys have spoken with the district attorney's office about a plea agreement.

The Cowboys placed Brent on the non-injury reserve list after the accident but didn't release him because of a promise the franchise made to Brown's mother, Stacey Jackson.

"I've forgiven him," Jackson told WFAA-TV in Dallas. "Because he has enough on his plate with just reliving the whole thing over and over, and that's going to be for the rest of his life."

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In the offseason, Brent failed two court-ordered drug tests for marijuana and spent a week in jail after his bond was rescinded by a Dallas County judge.

Brent also went to court when his alcohol-monitoring device went off several times. A judge didn't revoke his bond but instead added another device that monitored what Brent did.

In the 2012 season, he finished with 22 total tackles, 1.5 sacks and one forced fumble. Taken by the Cowboys in the seventh round of the 2010 supplemental draft, Brent played three seasons for the Cowboys, recording 65 tackles, 1.5 sacks and one forced fumble in 39 games with five starts.

The Cowboys report to training camp this weeke

 

[Bonecrusher#31]

Well looks like Jerry's off the hook again(for not cutting him)....Hell he might have suggested the retirement angle..:jerry

 

[cmd34(work)]

He still should have cut him. Mishandled, as usual.

 

[bkeavs]

He will be wearing a cowboy uniform in a year or two

Too much money to pass up

 

[Iamtdg]

Well looks like Jerry's off the hook again(for not cutting him)....Hell he might have suggested the retirement angle..:jerry

It actually looks like Jerry was blindsided by this from everything I have read.

Too bad we don't have a Plan B.

 

[bbgun]

Brent got tired waiting for Jerry to do the right thing.

 

[peplaw06]

WUT?

 

[VTA]

Is that really all he could get?

Really?

I find that hard to believe.

I mean, he drunk drove killed a guy then failed to weed tests.

How the hell would he only get a 6 game suspension????

Suspension? How the hell do you remain a free person?
He should be in a cell.

 

[ZeroClub]

It is at least even money that the Cowboys suggested this path to Brent.

Would it surprise anyone if Brent ended up playing for the Cowboys again in the future?

 

[peplaw06]

I haven't heard enough about this... When someone returns from retirement, do they just pick up where the contract left off when they retired? Say if Brent has 2 years left on his deal, and he returns in 2 years, does he still have 2 years left?

 

[dbair1967]

I haven't heard enough about this... When someone returns from retirement, do they just pick up where the contract left off when they retired? Say if Brent has 2 years left on his deal, and he returns in 2 years, does he still have 2 years left?

Yes

 

[dbair1967]

He still should have cut him. Mishandled, as usual.

I would agree, releasing him made the most sense. But read article.

The Cowboys placed Brent on the non-injury reserve list after the accident but didn't release him because of a promise the franchise made to Brown's mother, Stacey Jackson.

"I've forgiven him," Jackson told WFAA-TV in Dallas. "Because he has enough on his plate with just reliving the whole thing over and over, and that's going to be for the rest of his life."

 

[cmd34(work)]

we make football decisions based on the feelings of grieving mothers?

 

[cmd34(work)]

Yes

No.

 

[Iamtdg]

No.

The Cowboys do maintain rights on him. I don't know about how the contract thing works.

 

[cmd34(work)]

The Cowboys do maintain rights on him. I don't know about how the contract thing works.

Yes.