John Williams
Injuries to the offensive line have been an issue in 2020 for the Dallas Cowboys and that’s putting it mildly. La’el Collins never played a snap in 2020 and Tyron Smith was lost for the season early in the year. Zack Martin’s missed time and so has week one starter Joe Looney, who will be back …
When the Dallas Cowboys selected Bradlee Anae in the fifth round of the 2020 NFL Draft, it was met with excitement. Many were clamoring for the Cowboys to take the Utah pass rusher a couple of rounds earlier, but values with Neville Gallimore and Reggie Robinson proved too good to pass up. By the time the …
The first extended opportunity Andy Dalton received to see the field went fairly well. Coming in for the injured Dak Prescott, Dalton was able to lead the Cowboys to a fourth quarter comeback and game winning drive against the New York Giants. Unfortunately, that’s the only positive thing that’s happened for the veteran quarterback in 2020. …
The Dallas Cowboys defensive line is playing its best football right now. Which is great timing considering they’re about to face one of the best running games in the NFL when they travel to Minnesota to take on Dalvin Cook and the Vikings. The Cowboys issues stopping the run have been documented at length over the …
The Dallas Cowboys secondary has struggled for most of this season but, like the rest of the defense, have been a bit better the last couple of games against the Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers. Though they’ve shown some improvement, they’ve been hit by the injury bug, losing rookie cornerback Trevon Diggs for 4-6 weeks. That …
Over the course of the 2020 offseason, we didn’t hear much in the way of news or reports about Antwaun Woods and a contract. He was an exclusive rights free agent and so the Cowboys could just sit and wait for him to show up to camp, which he did. After the Cowboys spent money and …
It’s been an up and down year for many on the Dallas Cowboys defense. Without much of a training camp and no preseason, the Cowboys defense has had to install a new defensive scheme and philosophy on the fly. Though the first seven games of the year was some of the worst defensive football to ever …
The first seven games of the 2020 season were not kind to the Dallas Cowboy and their defensive coordinator, Mike Nolan. Nolan who was hired away from the New Orleans Saints where he served as a linebacker coach had fallen under incredible scrutiny after his defense had allowed 34 or more in six straight games after …
The Dallas Cowboys have had their struggles along the interior of their defensive line for several years now. Dating back to 2018, when the Indianapolis Colts and Los Angeles Rams exposed a flaw in the system, the Cowboys have failed to shore up the middle of their defense despite making investments at the position. Dontari Poe, …
The Dallas Cowboys were a play or two away from knocking off the NFL’s last remaining undefeated team, the Pittsburgh Steelers. Yes, they lost by five, and moral victories don’t show up in the standings, but the Cowboys were delivered a standout performance from Quarterback Garrett Gilbert in his first NFL start. Facing a Steelers team …
I fully admit it feels incredibly strange to be writing a draft piece in November of the NFL season. But that’s the kind of season and year that we’ve lived in in 2020. Strange. As the Dallas Cowboys enter the second half of their schedule at 2-6 and with a home contest against the undefeated Pittsburgh …
There isn’t much more to gain from the 2020 season. At 2-6 and with the struggles their facing at the quarterback position, the Cowboys are very unlikely to see the playoffs in 2020, so the question begins turning to 2021. It isn’t quite draft season, but it certainly is evaluation season. Though the season didn’t go …
The Dallas Cowboys have had quite a bit of success finding defensive backs in the later rounds of the NFL Draft to help fill out their depth chart and even get significant snaps from. Kavon Frazier, Anthony Brown, and Xavier Woods all played significant snaps for the Cowboys either on special teams or as a part …
The architect of the Dallas Cowboys dynasty of the 1990s has constructed the crew that will help induct him into the Pro Football Hall of Fame class in 2021. Jimmy Johnson, the head coach of two of the three Dallas Cowboys’ Super Bowl wins in the 90’s and a big reason why they went on to …
The Dallas Cowboys have been waiting all season for a defensive performance like the one they produced on Sunday Night Football against the Philadelphia Eagles. The defense got pressure on Eagles Quarterback Carson Wentz, forced fumbles, and intercepted two passes in the end zone, and yet it wasn’t near enough for the Cowboys to come away …
The Dallas Cowboys interior defensive line play has come under a lot of scrutiny this season for their inability to slow the run game of their opponents and the inconsistent pressure. The Cowboys made a move this week by releasing Dontari Poe, which will open up snaps for others along the defensive line, in particular, the …
As much as the 2020 season feels like a lost cause for the Dallas Cowboys after a horrific 2-5 start, you’ll be hard-pressed to find a player in that locker room who is going to “tank” for draft position. That coaching staff isn’t going to stop doing everything they can to get the best effort out …
As things took a slow turn into a lost season, the Dallas Cowboys find themselves in a weird position. They’re only a half a game out of first place in the NFC East, but with all of the injuries to their offensive line, a historically bad defense, and likely down their second quarterback this season, there’s …
Things haven’t gone according to plan for the Dallas Cowboys in 2020. If you hadn’t embraced the harsh reality that this team isn’t very good, the last two weeks are plenty of evidence to prove it. It’s a team that’s going nowhere unless that somewhere in the bottom of the standings and potentially a top-five pick …
As the 2020 season heads down the drain for the Dallas Cowboys, it’s only natural for speculation to arise as to which players could be on the trade block for a team that is more likely to finish 2020 in position for a top five pick in the NFL draft than a playoff berth. Well, yesterday …
It’s going to be an uphill battle for the Dallas Cowboys offense from here on out. With injuries to their quarterback and an offensive line that’s been decimated as well, offensive production is going to be a struggle over the final 10 games. In particular, on Sunday, the Dallas Cowboys offensive line is in for a …