"When the Cowboys agreed to a five-year, $22.5 million contract extension with Gerald Sensabaugh in December, they made a longstanding commitment to a safety they had previously deemed worthy of a short-term investment.

The transaction invited skepticism, in part because there wasn't a marked spike in Sensabaugh's performance. In fact, by the time the Giants finished off the Cowboys on New Year's Day, Sensabuagh had fewer passes defended and interceptions than he had accumulated the year before.

He was also a featured member of a secondary that seemed as incapable of making consequential plays as it was prone to allowing them."