Tight end James Hanna went to San Diego to visit with the Chargers on Friday, which might have been just the impetus that he and the Cowboys needed to extend their working relationship.
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They also have Geoff Swaim, a seventh-round pick a year ago, at the position, but the University of Texas ex played in only four games as a rookie.
It’s just a one-year, $3 million deal for Claiborne, reports Todd Archer.
Claiborne’s signing doesn’t necessarily preclude Dallas from continuing talks regarding Carroll and others.
The Cowboys surprised many by moving up to the sixth overall pick in the 2012 draft to select Claiborne, who won the Jim Thorpe Award as the nation’s best defensive back out of LSU. He had one interception in each of his previous three seasons. While he started 15 games as a rookie, Claiborne, a former Fair Park High School star, struggled to have the expected impact before injuries caused him to miss 18 games the next two seasons.
He had his best professional season past year before battling hamstring injuries down the stretch.
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The Cowboys must have agreed with Davison due to their decision not to pick up the option, and it’s possible he didn’t have a ton of options on the free-agent market. Last May, the Dallas Cowboys declined to exercise Morris Claiborne’s 2016 fifth-year team option that would have required the franchise to pay him more than $11 million. “I think sometimes it takes time for younger players to really figure it out in terms of what it takes to be a pro in this league”.
