Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said in January that cornerback Morris Claiborne had done enough to justify picking up his fifth-year option.
But the Cowboys apparently did enough in the draft to make Jones change his mind.
According to Todd Archer of ESPNDallas.com, the Cowboys declined to pick up the fifth-year option on the injured cornerback.
It makes sense, since Claiborne hasn’t played to a level to justify an $11.08 million deal for 2016. He’s also coming off a torn patellar tendon that limited him to four games last year, and he missed six games in 2013 because of hamstring problems.
They also invested their first-round pick in cornerback Byron Jones, another solid indicator of the direction they’re going.
