Since the Jason Garrett era began in Dallas when he took over as head coach in November of 2010, the Dallas Cowboys have been a lot smarter handing out contracts and going through this process of his. That is exactly how they have handled linebacker Rolando McClain to this point, giving him a pay to play, a low risk/high reward sort of contract.
The Cowboys knew what they were getting when they signed McClain. And who was he? Rolando is a player who has already retired twice by the age of twenty five, played for three different franchises in four years (although he never took a snap for the Baltimore Ravens), and someone who has been arrested three times in less than a two year span.