NFL Dalas Cowboys: Quincy Carter cut
Carter cut by Cowboys in same way he got QB job- OXNARD, Calif. (AP) _ Quincy Carter became the Dallas Cowboys' starting quarterback three years ago after veteran Tony Banks was unexpectedly cut during training camp. His time in Dallas stunningly ended in a similar way.
In a virtually unexplained move Wednesday, Dallas cut the player who began camp just four days earlier as the No. 1 quarterback. Carter started every game last season, when the Cowboys won 10 games and made the playoffs in coach Bill Parcells' first year.
``Sometimes things happen and you have to alter what you're going to do,'' Parcells said. ``We've put our bets down and the wheel's spinning, so we're not looking back.''
Carter was a rookie in 2001 when he became Troy Aikman's successor after Banks was cut. This time, 40-year-old Vinny Testaverde takes over as the starter.
Parcells and owner Jerry Jones were vague about why they released Carter, the team's opening-game starter each of his three seasons and the player Parcells said this week had ``a leg up'' in the quarterback competition.
Jones wouldn't specifically answer questions about reports Carter failed a drug test or say if the move was based on non-football issues.
``We've made a decision to move in a different direction,'' Jones said. ``We're not going to get in a lot of detail on the process.
``I think that we should leave it at it just was not a difficult decision, and not get into a definition of what it was about.''
The NFL had no comment.
ESPN.com and CBSSportsLine.com, all citing unidentified league sources, reported Carter failed a drug test. FoxSports.com identified the drug as cocaine.
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