It has been a rough couple of weeks for newly unemployed wide receiver Lucky Whitehead.
The 25-year-old Virginia native was dragged through the trauma of having Dallas rapper Boogotti Casino kidnap his beloved dog Blitz for ransom, then had a warrant put out for his arrest in connection with the petty robbery of a convenience store in his hometown of Manassas. It was later announced that he had been cut by the Cowboys hours after coach Jason Garrett revealed that the organization was "gathering information" on the theft charge. However, Whitehead's fortunes began to turn when it was learned early Tuesday, July 25, that Prince William County police had established that he, in fact, was not the suspect they had been seeking in relation to the incident. By that time, he had already been cut by the team. And by nightfall Tuesday, coach Garrett had informed the media that the Cowboys' decision to release Whitehead would stand.
"Yesterday we made a decision that was deemed to be in the best interest of the Dallas Cowboys. We're standing by that decision. We're going to move on," Garrett told reporters during a press conference outside of the team's training facility in Oxnard, CA. He'd then respond to nearly a dozen follow-up questions in a nearly identical manner, repeating that the office had decided it was in the best interest of the team to move on with out Whitehead, adding: "We know lot a lot of things about our players that you guys don't know."
Garrett added that he believes it is best for Whitehead to start with a clean slate and is confident that the third-year player will get another chance elsewhere.
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