REPORT: “This is the second time in as many seasons that a Cowboys player has left Valley Ranch after a demotion. In September 2014, cornerback Morris Claiborne skipped a practice.”
What type of thin-skinned people leave practice because they can’t handle being demoted? Hint: It’s not the Patriots way.
At a time the Cowboys are growing increasingly concerned about Joseph Randle, the Dallas running back is facing discipline for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy, according to multiple league sources.
Randle met with NFL investigators this summer and within the past week, the NFL determined he violated the league’s personal conduct policy, which now will carry consequences. In a best-case scenario, Randle only will be fined. But more likely he will be suspended, quite possibly for multiple games, for a February incident in Wichita, Kansas, where Randle was arrested for unlawful possession of marijuana after police received a call for domestic violence with a weapon after an incident with Randle and the mother of his son…
It was the second time in four months Randle had been arrested.
Last October, he was arrested at a Frisco, Texas, mall for shoplifting. He was attempting to steal underwear and a tester bottle of cologne. The Cowboys fined Randle an undisclosed amount, and he later apologized. In July, he was given six months’ probation for the incident.
One of the first calls Chicago made after releasing Jeremiah Ratliff was to the Cowboys to alert the club that he may be returning to his home near Valley Ranch.
Sources stressed that Ratliff made no specific threat against the Cowboys or anyone in the organization. Still, given the tumultuous circumstances under which Ratliff left the Cowboys, the Bears wanted to be sure the club was notified as a security precaution.
One week ago Ratliff engaged in what has been characterized as erratic and hostile behavior at the Bears practice facility. After several arguments and confrontations, including one with Chicago general manager Ryan Pace, the nose tackle was released. Lake Forest police were called to the team’s practice facility as a precaution and there’s a report that a heightened state of security was in place on Oct. 22 when the release became official.
Sources said Ratliff has not attempted to come by the Cowboys facility in the past week.
The split between Ratliff and the Cowboys was also acrimonious.
Greg Hardy didn’t talk to the media Wednesday.
But he did talk to Charles Haley…
Haley and Hardy have spoken before. The two have also worked together on the field with Haley sharing some of his techniques. But it’s no coincidence that Haley, who was also known as a volatile player, dropped by for a conversation three days after Hardy stormed the special teams huddle in the loss to the New York Giants.
