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As kids, didn’t you love looking at the back of baseball or football cards? I spent more time reading the box scores in the newspaper than I did reading the funny pages. Numbers and statistics are pervasive in sports and though every number requires some context and doesn’t completely work as a stand-alone stat, some numbers …
Every year it seems one team decides pretty quickly to take on the mantel of “NFL Dumpster Fire.” In 2019, the Miami Dolphins are so obviously in tank mode that it’s become almost sad. Of course, the Dallas Cowboys have been the beneficiary of their sell-off as they were able to acquire Robert Quinn for the …
The Dallas Cowboys entered the regular season fairly healthy. The only one of their projected starters or primary role players that was out of action in week one was Robert Quinn who will serve the second of a two games suspension on Sunday for violating the NFL’s policy on performance-enhancing drugs. Probably, the most significant absence …
Have you ever seen that show Storage Wars on A&E? That’s the show where people go to storage facilities and bid on abandoned or seized storage units in the hopes of turning their purchase into profit. They don’t get a chance to go inside the locker and dig through the stuff they see until after they …
The Dallas Cowboys defense wasn’t asked to do a lot on Sunday because the offense took the NFL world by storm putting up 35 points in a beatdown of the New York Giants. The Cowboys may have allowed a lot of yards, but they did what they had to to keep the Giants from scoring points, …
What a way to open the 2019 NFL Season for the Dallas Cowboys. In their victory over the New York Giants 35-17, the Cowboys showed off an offense that was explosive and leaned heavily on Dak Prescott and the passing game. There were several standout performances from the week one blowout and they were pretty much …
The Dallas Cowboys kick off their 2019 regular a little more than an hour from now and with that come the first group inactive players for their matchup with the New York Giants. Inactive for the Dallas Cowboys in week 1 are: Darian Thompson, Safety Donovan Wilson, Safety Luke Gifford, Linebacker Adam Redmond, Guard Brandon Knight, …
When the Dallas Cowboys kickoff today against the New York Giants they’ll look to continue their recent dominance over their NFC East rival. The Cowboys have won four games in a row over the last two years and this is arguably the best team they’ve brought into the matchup. The New York Giants are a much …
Week one of the regular season is finally upon us as the Dallas Cowboys host the New York Giants in the first of two meetings with their division rival in 2019. When we last left this matchup in 2018, the Cowboys and Giants played a 36-35 shootout that saw Dak Prescott hit Cole Beasley deep in …
Ahead of their first game of the season on Sunday afternoon against the New York Giants, the Dallas Cowboys released their newly elected captains for the 2019 season. It’s a veteran group, evenly dispersed between the offense, defense, and special teams. While there are a couple of carryovers from the 2018 group of captains, there are …
Over the course of the past eight months of discussion surrounding Ezekiel Elliott’s contract sides several point of views were taken in the debate. For those of the analytical world, the idea of paying Ezekiel Elliott a top of market contract seemed like a bad idea. For others, the idea of the Dallas Cowboys playing football …
Heading into the 2019 NFL Draft, one of the position groups the Dallas Cowboys needed to address was the offensive line. A lot of the focus was at tackle, where it was a fairly deep group because the Cowboys were likely to lose their starting right tackle in 2020 with La’el Collins hitting free agency. As …
Heading into 2019, the Dallas Cowboys are about as healthy as they’ve been going into any week one. With the Cowboys facing their division rival, the New York Giants, the one player there should be a bit o injury concern about is Amari Cooper. Amari Cooper has been sitting out a month with plantar fasciitis and …
The biggest story surrounding the Dallas Cowboys remains the contract negotiation the team is in the middle of with star Running Back Ezekiel Elliott. Per a report from Charles Robinson of Yahoo Sports, the team is close to reaching an agreement on a contract extension with yet another player not named Elliott. The #Cowboys are close …
In seven days the Dallas Cowboys will take on the New York Giants in their 2019 season opener. Not only does that game mark the beginning of the regular season, but it also marks the end of the talk and speculation about how the 2019 season will go for the Dallas Cowboys. Largely because of the …
Now that the Dallas Cowboys and the rest of the NFL have made the necessary cuts to trim their roster from 90 players to 53, the roster the team will take into week one is beginning to take shape. It’s likely the Dallas Cowboys still have some moves to make to get the roster ready for …
Today by 4 pm, the Dallas Cowboys and the rest of the NFL will have to trim their rosters down to 53 players. It’s unlikely that we’ll see any surprise cuts made today, but as week one approaches, one of the biggest names on the team is unlikely to be with the Dallas Cowboys when they …
The Dallas Cowboys will be trimming their roster, making trades, signing players, and anxiously awaiting players clearing waivers to be placed on the practice squad. As they formulate their 53-man roster and practice squad, there will be a lot of movement over the weekend. Make sure to come by Inside The Star for all the latest …
The Dallas Cowboys wrapped up their preseason schedule on Thursday night in a 17-15 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Most of the players who participated in the preseason affair will not make the 53-man roster, but a lot of the guys on the bubble had an opportunity to make one final push for the active …
In just a few days the Dallas Cowboys will be taking hedge trimmers to the 90-man roster in hopes of forming it into a beautifully constructed 53-man roster that they’ll put on display for the rest of the NFL. With the 2019 squad looking like the deepest team of the Jason Garrett-era, the front office decision-makers …
Every offseason there’s a ton of hype surrounding the Dallas Cowboys and their potential to reach the postseason and make a deep run to the Super Bowl. This offseason’s been no different as this team is possibly the most talented team that Jason Garrett’s ever coached. Up and down the lineup the Cowboys have star power, …