The Dallas Cowboys managed to retain veteran linebacker Sean Lee despite recently adding in a major way to the team's linebacker group. With both Jaylon Smith and Leighton Vander Esch quickly turning out to be legitimate players at the NFL level, it once appeared as though the oft-injured Lee's time in Dallas would soon be coming to an end.
However, Clarence Hill of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram is reporting that upon returning to Dallas at a reduced salary, Lee received a promise from the heralded NFC East franchise that he would remain a starter going forward. Even so, it seems as though the Cowboys did not specify at which position Lee would continue to serve as a starter at.
Now, Lee will apparently be moving to the strongside linebacker position with the aforementioned Smith starting at middle linebacker and Vander Esch being penciled in at weakside linebacker.
Although no doubt an effective player in the middle for Dallas, Lee is only helpful to the Cowboys when he manages to stay on the field. Injured more often than not, so it seems at times, the 32-year-old linebacker has appeared in more than 14 regular season games just twice since originally joining the NFL ranks back in 2010-11. Spending his entire NFL career as a member of the Cowboys, Lee has never appeared in 16 regular season games since coming off the board in the second round of the 2010 NFL Draft out of Penn State.
Last season, Lee appeared in a mere seven regular season games for the playoff-bound Cowboys.
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