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disagreement with the team’s refusal to clear him to play public.In a series of tweets posted Saturday Tre Madden Color Rush Jersey , McDowell argues that a neurologist gave him the OK to resume his career after a 2017 ATV accident left him sufficiently injured to miss two NFL seasons.“The Seahawks had [their] own reasoning for not letting me play but my head was not issue,” McDowell said.Whatever the reasoning, it had nothing to do with the effort to recover more of McDowell’s $3.198 million signing bonus. As explained by FieldGulls.com, the Seahawks originally tried to get all of the signing bonus, but ultimately were restricted to the amounts applicable to 2017 and 2018 Kam Chancellor Color Rush Jersey , the first two years of the four-year deal.Cutting McDowell after the 2018 season extinguished the ability to continue to recover his signing bonus; in theory, they could have tried to get the signing bonus allocations for 2019 and 2020. To do that, they would have had to keep him on the roster — and they undoubtedly would have faced at some point a full-blown grievance regarding whether he is or isn’t medically cleared to play, with the team’s neurologist battling McDowell’s neurologist before an arbitrator.Regardless of whether the Seahawks’ doctor cleared McDowell, he’s now free to sign with any team having a doctor who would clear him to play. The Cowboys reportedly were planning to meet with McDowell in March. As of June 1 Shaquem Griffin Color Rush Jersey , he continues to be available to be signed.Of course, publicly complaining about the last team that employed McDowell may not be the best way to persuade a new team to employ McDowell. Seattle Seahawks cornerback Shaquill Griffin was absent from the team’s final injury report on Thursday, meaning that it is likely he’s ready to start vs the Dallas Cowboys in their wild card matchup on Saturday night. Griffin hurt his ankle in the previous game against the Arizona Cardinals, playing in only 17 snaps in Week 17. Griffin did not practice the previous two days.Meanwhile, fullback Tre Madden is doubtful Bradley McDougald Color Rush Jersey , while guard J.R. Sweezy is questionable. Pete Carroll has been calling Sweezy a “game time decision,” which is the same note he gave for Griffin but now the cornerback seems okay to go.If Sweezy is unable to go, the Seahawks would likely start Ethan Pocic at left guard for the fifth time this year. Pocic started 11 games in 2017 as a rookie and so far his career has not gone as planned for the second round pick out of LSU.Seattle and Dallas kickoff at 5 PM PT on FOX.