Michael Bennett toes the line for the anthem

ESPN: Michael Bennett is Jerry Jones' slave

Bennett can probably read between the lines and realize that if Dallas cuts him, he is done.

Getting flipped from Philly to New England to Dallas in short order over being a malcontent is a career limiting deal.

He's on his last leg of his career so if he were to frick this up, he'd be out of a job more than likely.

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he won't put up with crap that he knows will tarnish the star.

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frick him...

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Once he convinced the owners to forego taking less money from the TV networks and reopen bidding (that's when Fox got into the business), he made them filthy rich beyond filthy rich. So they may not like him personally but they're thankful (in their own way).

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I can be fairly critical of him. I was a "You don't fire Tom Landry" guy, and it only got worse after he "fired" Jimmy Johnson. Once I read some accounts about how Jimmy really was 50% of the problem, I cut him some slack. Once I watched Jerry's episode of "A Football Life" (admittedly, a fluff piece), I got an appreciation for how much he put everything he had on the line to buy the Cowboys before sports franchises were such a big thing.

As far as the "group kneel", I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt that this was a "get it over with and move on" thing. Show that he was not oblivious or indifferent to the issue, but was not willing to let it drag on ad infinitum.

I still wish he'd hire a real GM that would fire Garrett.

Good frick Michael Bennett