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Thursday, June 8, 2000
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| Randall
Cunningham’s signing with the Cowboys
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Randall Cunningham, who was cut by the Vikings last week, has agreed to a three-year deal
with the Cowboys, where he will back up Troy Aikman. Cunningham’s deal calls for
him to get a $500,000 signing bonus and make $500,000 in base salary this season. The
Buccaneers and Lions had also shown interest in Cunningham.
Minnesota released Cunningham in a salary-cap cost-cutting move after he refused to
take a pay cut in the offseason.
ProFootballWeekly.com asked contributing editor Joel Buchsbaum what he thought of the
move.
Q: Why do you think Cunningham chose the Cowboys?
Buchsbaum: It’s hard to figure what Randall Cunningham thinks sometimes.
Basically, he could have stayed with the Vikings and probably made well more than $1
million and started one more year, throwing to great receivers with a top offensive line
in front of him. Instead, he in effect forced the Vikings to cut him. Now, he’s
signed with Cowboys, where he will just be a backup to Troy Aikman for half a million
dollars a year. Either Cunningham does not want the pressure of being a starting
quarterback in the NFL, or there’s something wrong with the logic here. |
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