"I can't make any assumptions based off what's happened in his career," said Durant, entering his eighth season, and second in Dallas, after stops in Jacksonville and Detroit. "I just know he has come in here, he has been in the classroom going hard and on the field going hard. That's all I can judge him on."
"He's big, he's fast, he's strong, he's physical, he's instinctive, he's a good tackler," Garrett said. "Having said that, he hasn't played football in a couple years. We're balancing those things and trying to create an environment for him to somehow, someway be his best and show us what he can do."
Justin Durant is the swingman as the Cowboys search, playing his more natural spot on the weak side when McClain is on the field and mostly filling the middle when McClain isn't.
"I just go out there and play," said Durant, who was the most logical replacement for Lee before McClain was added close to the start of training camp. "Wherever they tell me to go,
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A day earlier, Jones essentially sounded like the Cowboys had found their starting middle linebacker on the scrap heap in a trade that sent a sixth-round pick to Baltimore while the Cowboys also got a seventh-rounder.
Durant says McClain "has been working real hard to get back."
Dallas sees McClain as the best fix for all the issues, which is why there's no rush to judge his commitment.
Carter's outlook could dim further if rookie fourth-round pick Anthony Hitchens shows any playmaking ability in the middle. The Cowboys drafted him higher than his projections as insurance for Lee, and already find themselves exploring that option.
Carter underperformed last year when the Cowboys thought a switch to the 4-3 defense would turn him into a playmaking star. He thrived filling in for Lee before getting hurt late in 2012, but his name didn't come up when Jones seemed to be listing the probable starters on his radio show by mentioning McClain,
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