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The Dallas Cowboys have been looking for a way to improve their safety position for several years now. Though their interest in Earl Thomas and Jamal Adams never materialized past conversations because of the price, the team’s consistent pursuit of an All-Pro safety shows some dissatisfaction with the position. In the offseason, the Cowboys moved to …
We’re a little more than a week into Dallas Cowboys training camp and several players are making noise this Summer. Now we’re not talking about one or two practices, we’re talking about players who are consistently showing up as stand outs in the practice reports. As we generally do in this space during the season; let’s …
The Dallas Cowboys have been looking for playmaking defensive backs for years with little success. When a cornerback or safety has led the team in interceptions, it’s been with a paltry two for the entire season. With the makeover of the defensive coaching staff and the addition of a handful of new players for the secondary, …
The moment Mike McCarthy was hired to be the Dallas Cowboys head coach back in January, the attention quickly turned to the makeup of his staff. In particular, would he retain any of the coaches from the previous regime? Of specific concern were the coaches on the offensive side of the football; Marc Colombo, Jon Kitna, …
The Dallas Cowboys have a rich history of unearthing gems that weren’t selected in the annual NFL Draft. Tony Romo, Miles Austin, and Cole Beasley all went undrafted and made significant impacts for the Cowboys during their tenures. With a shortened offseason and really solid depth up and down the roster, it was looking unlikely that …
Last fall amidst the breakout we were witnessing from Michael Gallup, Amari Cooper let it be known that the Dallas Cowboys didn’t have a wide receiver one and a wide receiver 2. Instead, Cooper shared last season that they had a wide receiver 1a and wide receiver 1b. And that’s pretty much how the season played …
After the 2020 NFL Draft concluded the word around the NFL is that the Dallas Cowboys had a great draft. Arguably the best in the NFL. Not only were they able to find value in their selections, often selecting players that were graded higher than where they were selected, but they found players that could have …
For years now, the talk around the Dallas Cowboys was the need to invest in a tight end. Dating back to the 2018 season when Jason Witten retired just before the second round of the NFL Draft, many pegged the Cowboys to take his replacement as early as that day. Well, two seasons later and the …
When the Dallas Cowboys decided to go in a new direction at head coach, it led to a massive overhaul of the coaching staff as well. The other thing that changed was the philosophy of the defense. All offseason, the Dallas Cowboys have worked to improve the talent on a defense that was good in 2019, …
At the franchise deadline a few weeks ago, Stephen Jones mentioned that the Dallas Cowboys were still interested in adding a free agent or two this summer. Well, they’ve made good on that promise by signing former Minnesota Vikings Defensive End Everson Griffen. As the NFL lifted the ban on outside players visiting their facilities, the …
There are few positions in the NFL that inspire as much debate as the quarterback position does. Begin talking about the quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys and everyone from local to national fans and media will have an opinion on the signal-caller for America’s Team. That’s the enviable (no seriously) position that Dak Prescott finds himself …
Last week when speaking to the media, Leighton Vander Esch confirmed that he’d be making the move to the middle linebacker role in the defense while Jaylon Smith would transition to weakside linebacker. Those two positions are generally pretty similar, especially as defenses play an overwhelming majority of their snaps in nickel personnel groupings. However, freeing …
The Dallas Cowboys are pretty set at the top of their running back group with Ezekiel Elliott and Tony Pollard. That 1-2 punch proved to be dynamic in 2019 and should have similar results in 2020. However, when you look at the running back depth chart, the Cowboys don’t have much else going for them. Jamize …
Looking back on the 2019 season, one of the more frustrating trends was the conservative nature in which the Dallas Cowboys approached road games played in tough environments or games against contending teams. What had become a trend over the years of the Jason Garrett era was on full display as the Cowboys played not to …
The Dallas Cowboys wide receiver group is among the best in the NFL, and, yes, that’s before CeeDee Lamb has even taken a snap. Their top trio of Amari Cooper, Michael Gallup, and CeeDee Lamb is arguably the best in the NFL heading into the 2020 season. The talent they bring to the top of the …
Speaking to the media the other day, Amari Cooper discussed expectations for the Dallas Cowboys and, in particular, the wide receiver group. Among other things, Cooper let it be known that the hope for the three-headed monster of Cooper, Gallup, and rookie CeeDee Lamb is for all three to have a 1,000-yard receiving season. When Mike …
The Dallas Cowboys have only had one player opt-out of the 2020 NFL season thus far; Fullback Jamize Olawale. Though he’s a starter for the team and on the few occasions the Cowboys used him, his experience will be missed. But do the Cowboys need to worry about finding a fullback to replace him? I’d argue …
It’s not often a team finds themselves in the fifth round of the NFL Draft with an opportunity to draft a player who had 27 sacks over the final three seasons of his collegiate career with 13 of those coming in his senior season. However, that’s where the Dallas Cowboys found themselves when they selected Defensive …
As the Dallas Cowboys report to training camp, they do so with new roster limits related to COVID-19. In an attempt to limit the number of players at training camp, the NFL has reduced the number allowed on the roster to 80 players, 10 fewer than in previous seasons. The first casualty of training camp came down …
After the first five years of Travis Frederick’s career, I don’t think many considered the center position an area that would need to be addressed. When the Dallas Cowboys traded up from the fifth round to the end of the fourth to select Wisconsin center Tyler Biadasz, the comparisons to Frederick came quickly. Frederick was also …
The cornerback depth room was looking crowded heading into training camp. Before the announcement that Cornerback Maurice Canady will opt-out of the 2020 season, the Dallas Cowboys had far more cornerbacks than they might have roster spots for 2020. After re-signing Anthony Brown and C.J. Goodwin, drafting Trevon Diggs and Reggie Robinson, and signing Daryl Worley, …