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Jason Garrett, media battle over Lucky Whitehead; cuts presser off

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Jason Garrett knew the questions were going to come on how the Dallas Cowboys handled the release of wide receiver Lucky Whitehead.

Whitehead was released after a report surfaced he had a warrant out for his arrest for shoplifting in Virginia. Turns out, though, that Whitehead was misidentified and the police got it wrong.

Did Garrett regret how that decision was handled? Why are other players with similar, or even worse, off-field issues still on the roster? Garrett addressed and answered 11 questions in similar fashion over a three-minute news conference on Tuesday.

On any regret cutting Lucky Whitehead: “Yesterday we made a decision that we deemed to be in the best interest of the Dallas Cowboys.