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Cowboys and LB Sean Lee agree to cut his 2019 salary from $7 million to $3.5 million

The Dallas Cowboys and linebacker Sean Lee have agreed on a salary cut to keep him on the team in 2019, per a source.

Lee has agreed to reduce his base salary from $7 million to $3.5 million. He can make up $3.5 million in incentives.

But the new number in more in line with his age, injury history and new role as a backup to the rising young linebackers in Leighton Vander Esch and Jaylon Smith.

Lee, 33 has never played a full season since joining the Cowboys as a second-round pick in 2010. And he has not played five consecutive games since 2016.