The Dallas Cowboys have waived defensive end Michael Sam from their practice squad and signed linebacker Troy Davis. Sam, the first openly gay player to be drafted by an NFL team, signed with the Cowboys on Sept. 3 after he was among the final cuts of the St. Louis Rams.

He took to Twitter on Tuesday to express his gratitude for the opportunity.

I want to thank the Jones family and the entire Cowboys organization for this opportunity, as well as my friends, family, teammates, and fans for their support. While this is disappointing, I will take the lessons I learned here in Dallas and continue to fight for an opportunity to prove that I can play every Sunday.

Coach Jason Garrett and defensive coordinator Rod Marinelli praised Sam's work in practice.

"Comes to work every day and practices hard," Garrett said last week. "One of 10 practice roster guys that we have, so he's working on his skills, trying to develop, but also doing a lot of other things. Playing offense, defense, playing the kicking game, that's what a lot of those guys do."

http://espn.go.com/dallas/nfl/story/...practice-squad

If you're not up to standard, you don't make the cut. Simple.

im sure he tired of being referred as the gay football player..

I heard he is trash.

WWE needs to hire him.

I mean, from what I've seen/heard, he isn't that good. He was good enough to get in the NFL, perhaps not enough to stay.

Exactly. If you're gay or straight shouldn't matter, your skills should.

He is not trash. Cutting him wasn't unreasonable but he was by no means "terrible" or "trash".

hmmm. at least they gave him a chance !

This thread title...

Kinda getting tired of hearing about this dude.

Have you seen the Cowboys' record? If youre not good enough to start on the Cowboys, you need to reevaluate your life decisions

Well I doubt he'll get picked up a third time....

I'm too classy for football.

Is he even a good football player?

Poor ha. Hopefully a really good gay football player comes out in the near future. Michael Sam probably won't be lucky enough to get drafted again considering he botched his first two chances.

Either way, this is not a good look for gay athletes. I know he gave it his all, but...

We all know who Michael Sam is. There's no need to say "gay football player" for a hit thread.

ok but how long is he going to be referred to as the gay football player. Like we know he's gay, he came out and did all that and it was nice, but now it's time to treat him like anybody else and that means not mentioning his sexuality every time you bring him up.