2023-12-28 00:46:52
Los Dallas Cowboys from NFL linebacker Rashaan Evans was fired this Wednesday after being arrested last Tuesday for marijuana possession.
“It is a circle that cannot be allowed. We are a healthy football team and we hope it continues like this. When you reach this stage of the year you begin to project yourself, especially with young players, that is why you have to make difficult decisions like this”
Evans was arrested by the police department in Frisco, Texas, the city where the Cowboys They have their daily practices.
This Wednesday Mike McCarthy acknowledged that it was not easy to make this decision, but it was necessary to maintain order in his team.
Who is Rashaan Evans?
The 27-year-old linebacker reached dallas The 2023 season has already started to reinforce the defense.
The player from Auburn, Alabama, arrived at the NFL selected in the first round of the 2018 Draft by the Tennessee Titans, a team in which he remained until the 2021 season.
In 2022 he signed with the Atlanta Falcons with whom he appeared in 17 games during which he recorded 159 tackles, two quarterback sacks, forced a fumble, recovered two balls and defended four passes.
For the start of this campaign he agreed with the Philadelphia Eagles, a team he left in mid-October, and went on to defend the Cowboys starting in Week 8. In a six-year career, the former Alabama Crimson Tide football star collegiate accumulates 482 tackles, five sacks, two forced fumbles, four recoveries and one touchdown; he also boasts one interception and 12 passes defensed.
The Dallas Cowboys, with a record of 10-5, have already secured their place in the Playoffs.
They are fighting to catch up with the Philadelphia Eagles, 11-4, at the top of the NFC East Division.
Next Thursday they will host the Detroit Lions in a game of Week 17 of the 2023 NFL season.
They will close the campaign a week later against the Washington Commanders.
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