Should Cowboys Sign Rolando McClain? NFL Source Reveals Dallas Reaction
Man, I adored that locker room! Will the Cowboys Sign Rolando McClain After His Reinstatement? NFL Source Shares Dallas’ Response
FRICO – This week, the gifted but troubled Rolando McClain found out that, following a seven-year break, the NFL commissioner, Roger Goodell, was lifting the player’s punishment.
McClain expressed his intention to rejoin the NFL at the age of 34 in an exclusive interview with CowboysSI.com, saying, “I laugh (at the skepticism) and I’m still’me’ in every way.” “I’m now prepared for the NFL. similar like riding a bike! Life is like football. I adore this game.
McClain is an unrestricted free agent who can sign with any team. He hasn’t participated in an NFL game since January 3, 2016.
Are the Cowboys on that list?
An NFL source suggests to CowboysSI.com that Dallas – acutely aware of McClain’s challenges and now his newfound status – are not interested in a reunion with the linebacker who was a Dallas roster member in 2016 when he was again suspended by the NFL for violating the league’s Program and Policy for Substances of Abuse.
McClain played for the Cowboys in 2014 and 2015, but they relinquished his rights in 2019.
McClain, who has been on an intense five-year plan that has included not only physical work but also work with NFL-sanctioned doctors and psychiatrists, told CowboysSI.com that he remembers fondly his time with the Cowboys.
“I loved that locker room, man,” McClain said.
The Oakland Raiders selected McClain with the eighth overall pick in the 2010 NFL Draft. There, he had a great start before behavioral problems took him down. Between December 1, 2011, and April 21, 2013, McClain was arrested three times. Prior to the start of the 2013 season, McClain declared his retirement.
But McClain came back from a year-long retirement to play middle linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys, who won the NFC East in 2014 and went on to win their first postseason game since 2009 with the 6-4, 260-pound McClain at his disposal.
Is he able to repeat that? McClain anticipates hearing from NFL teams, presumably excluding the Dallas Cowboys.
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