Ken Hamlin and Flozell Adams cut
Posted on Friday April 02, 2010 - 11:24 AM
by Mike Roach

No official report out of Valley Ranch yet but Ken Hamlin confirmed via his twitter he is done in Dallas.

@Kenhamlin26 - "I would like to say to all of my fans that I appreciate all the love you have showed me in Dallas.  It was a good run...Thanks"

This obviously makes Safety the top need in the draft and the Cowboys have visited with several late first early second round types.  Keep an eye on Morgan Burnett out of Georgia Tech and Chad Jones of LSU.

***EDIT*** Per the Ticket in Dallas Flozell Adams has been cut as well. 

Here's the DMN's release on Hamlin.

By TODD ARCHER / The Dallas Morning News

If Twitter is to be believed, Ken Hamlin is no longer a Cowboy.

Hamlin made the announcement via his Twitter account:

"I would like to say to all of my fans that I appreciate all the love that you have showed me in Dallas. It was a good run..... Thanks"

A source indicated that a move would happen but nothing official has come from the team. After missing the first day of the off-season conditioning program on Monday, Hamlin had been working out at Valley Ranch every day since.

Hamlin was scheduled to make $5.596 million this year with $1.09 million guaranteed remaining on the contract he signed in 2008. Hamlin joined the Cowboys in 2007 on a one-year deal and made the Pro Bowl after picking off a career-high five passes and making 102 tackles.

Since signing the six-year, $39 million deal, Hamlin had just one interception. His value was more as a quarterback presence in the secondary than a playmaker the last two seasons.

With Hamlin released, the Cowboys have Alan Ball, who started three games in Hamlin's absence last season because of an ankle sprain, and Mike Hamlin as in-house candidates at free safety. It's possible they could look in the first round at safety. They visited this week with Georgia Tech's Morgan Burnett and South Florida's Nate Allen and like Texas' Earl Thomas. LSU's Chad Jones also visited this week.

Hamlin and veteran tackle Flozell Adams have been viewed as possible candidates to be cut this off-season. Without an extended collective bargaining agreement, the Cowboys can cut a player and not worry about salary-cap ramifications. Adams is scheduled to make a $5 million base salary with a $2.5 million roster bonus due in June.