19 times the Dallas Cowboys took risks on troubled players

The Dallas Cowboys signed Aldon Smith on April 1, another chapter in the book of risky signings by the franchise.

Clint Longley

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Clint  Longley was a hero on Thanksgiving when he came off the bench in 1974 to replace an injured Roger Staubach to lead the Cowboys to a wild comeback over Washington. On Aug. 30, 1976, after a training room incident in which he sucker-punched Staubach during the 1976 preseason, the team suspended and eventually traded him to the San Diego Chargers 

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