Greg Ellis: Contract uncertainty hurt Cowboys last season
by Tim MacMahon
The subject of Greg Ellis' contract situation came up during his sitdown with WFAA Ch. 8's Ted Madden. Shocking, huh? Ellis, the resident Valley Ranch worrywart, said he's not sure whether he'll be back with the Cowboys this season, when he's scheduled to count $6.25 million against the salary cap. "Protocol calls for just me in this situation to either do something to lower my cap number, because it's a healthy cap number right now, or you say, 'Well, Greg, it's been a good run, man,' " Ellis says. "You know what it is and I won't be mad at Jerry." It's really not that cut and dry. There's a decent chance the Cowboys could let Ellis, who is expected to be used as a pass-rushing specialist while Anthony Spencer starts, play out the final season of his contract. But Ellis remains on his never-ending quest for satisfaction with his contract situation. Quite frankly, he comes across as a guy who is really reaching for straws when he tries to link the Cowboys' annual December fades to contract uncertainty. "We players love football [or] we wouldn't be playing, but you have a responsibility to your family, so those contract things come into concerns," Ellis said. "That's typically why owners or GMs don't let guys, or even coaches, they don't let you get to that last year because they want you to know you're either in or you're out. "They're making their business decisions, which sometimes in my opinion is a negative thing, and in my opinion last year it was a negative thing, when it came to our football season." It's really tough to make that case about the '08 Cowboys, considering the fact that Jerry Jones handed out five huge contracts in the spring, none of which seemed worth it last season.
The subject of Greg Ellis' contract situation came up during his sitdown with WFAA Ch. 8's Ted Madden. Shocking, huh? Ellis, the resident Valley Ranch worrywart, said he's not sure whether he'll be back with the Cowboys this season, when he's scheduled to count $6.25 million against the salary cap. "Protocol calls for just me in this situation to either do something to lower my cap number, because it's a healthy cap number right now, or you say, 'Well, Greg, it's been a good run, man,' " Ellis says. "You know what it is and I won't be mad at Jerry." It's really not that cut and dry. There's a decent chance the Cowboys could let Ellis, who is expected to be used as a pass-rushing specialist while Anthony Spencer starts, play out the final season of his contract. But Ellis remains on his never-ending quest for satisfaction with his contract situation. Quite frankly, he comes across as a guy who is really reaching for straws when he tries to link the Cowboys' annual December fades to contract uncertainty. "We players love football [or] we wouldn't be playing, but you have a responsibility to your family, so those contract things come into concerns," Ellis said. "That's typically why owners or GMs don't let guys, or even coaches, they don't let you get to that last year because they want you to know you're either in or you're out. "They're making their business decisions, which sometimes in my opinion is a negative thing, and in my opinion last year it was a negative thing, when it came to our football season." It's really tough to make that case about the '08 Cowboys, considering the fact that Jerry Jones handed out five huge contracts in the spring, none of which seemed worth it last season.
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