APCowboys rookie cornerback Morris Claiborne has had a hard time staying healthy so far and the Cowboys have taken notice.
Executive vice president Stephen Jones recently said that Claiborne’s “got to get out there” and cited veteran tight end Jason Witten as an example of a player who keeps playing despite injuries. Jones’ comments could have been seen as a critical suggestion that Claiborne isn’t fighting hard enough to get on the field, but Claiborne isn’t taking offense. He has no quarrel with what Jones said and seems to agree with the overall assessment.
“I understand where he’s coming from,” Claiborne said, via Calvin Watkins of ESPNDallas.com. “Anytime you put that much money in somebody to go out and play, you want them out on the field playing. I understand exactly where he’s coming from. I understand. I felt that way myself.”
Claiborne said that the swelling from his sprained MCL has gone down, although he says he’s still proceeding cautiously because he doesn’t want the injury to return. He won’t play on Monday night and appears to be on track to make his preseason debut against the Chargers on Saturday night.
If he’s able to do that and avoid further medical setbacks, Claiborne should still be on track to start the season in the starting lineup across from Brandon Carr.
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DIVA!
When a multi-million dollar investment hurts a knee, you definitely wanna rush him back in there. Idiot.
Pierre Garcon’s favorite brand of toast is called Claiborne ala Mo’ brother.
How can anyone think that he is going to be a bust? He has a great attitude and is obviously extremely talented. Haters are going to hate I guess.
There is a reason when teams fail…………….and it’s not always because of the players!
There is also a reason they call it a TEAM!
A good team understands when you fail, it isn’t because of just one player, or just what happens on the filed.
Diva lol what a stupid comment from someone who prob doesn’t do anything active in life but make stupid comments. He has an injury if he rushed back and caused further damage it would be a disaster so he is getting healthy good for him. Isn’t that what the nfl is about now keeping players safe and healthy this is exactly why the nfl is being sued because the players feel that no matter the injury get back out there. So to the fool with the diva quote you prob if you have a job call out over the sniffles so get over it fool
And oh my lord if I see another stupid garçon comment from fans who have been irrelevant since mark rypien was qb I’m gonna throw up. Garçon how many 1000 yard seasons has he had how many pro bowls how many double digit td season has he produced. If he were that great those colts would have kept him around. I can’t wait for the yearly ten or more loss season from the skins so you retards can stf up
Are we sure he is really able to understand where Stephen Jones is coming from?
Mo displays a very good attitude as usual but Stephen Jones looks like a jerk here. Perhaps getting nervous for giving away a 2nd round pick to get Mo and knowing if he doesn’t play, it makes him look bad.
Imagine how good the cowboys would be if they actually had real football people running the team. Kinda scary..