The Cowboys employ scouts.
Maybe they should start hiring porters. In addition to paying scouts to find the players, the Cowboys need porters to carry all their baggage into that sparkling new practice facility in Frisco.
That’s been one of the shortcomings of Jerry Jones in his capacity as general manager and personnel guru of the Cowboys. He’s always been a sucker for a bargain. His personnel decisions are based exclusively on on-the-field ability rather than any potential off-the-field headaches. If you have talent, Jones will ignore your baggage.
Another headache hit Valley Ranch on Thursday with word that linebacker Rolando McClain would be suspended for the first 10 games of the 2016 season for violation of the NFL’s substance abuse policy.