On Tuesday, the Dallas Cowboys released DE Damontre Moore to open up a roster spot for substitute place kicker Mike Nugent. Some headlines out there spoke of Nugent “replacing” Dan Bailey, but that is hardly the case. He will be gone as soon as Bailey is healthy again.
Moore was arguably the third-biggest free agent acquisition for the Cowboys in 2017, behind CB Nolan Carroll and DT Stephen Paea. Now all three of them are gone. Carroll was released on October 11 as the team realized that rookie Jourdan Lewis gave them a better option. Paea was a victim of a lingering injury and elected to retire when his knee did not allow him to play at the level he wanted to.
Cowboys hot topic: A closer look at this year’s free agent failures – and one forgotten success
