It might only be one game into the season, but the Dallas Cowboys’ 2024 rookie class is already off to a much better start than the 2023 class had. Mazi Smith was handcuffed by an inexplicable decision to have him … Read more
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The race for the NFC East division champion has officially begun. Buckle up, it looks like it’s going to be a wild ride. It also looks like it’s going to be a two-horse race. The Cowboys trounced the Cleveland Browns – mostly due to their defense showing up, … Read more
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The Dallas Cowboys kicked off their 65th NFL season with an impressive 33-17 victory over the Cleveland Browns. The Cowboys’ offense took care of the ball and only put points on the board for Dallas. The defense throttled the Browns’ offense until the game was well in hand. … Read more
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Okay, Dak Defenders, you finally got your way. Just hours before the Dallas Cowboys took the field to open the 2024 season, quarterback Dak Prescott got his extension. Prescott is now under contract through the end of the 2028 season. He’ll reportedly average $60 million a year – … Read more
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The 65th season of Dallas Cowboys football begins today. Nearly eight months after the Cowboys’ 2023 season imploded at AT&T Stadium against the Packers, Dallas starts its quest for a sixth Lombardi Trophy. The journey begins in Cleveland. Surprisingly, that’s a good omen. The Cowboys have opened an … Read more
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In this third and final part of the Cowboys’ Scoragami series, we’ll take a look at the 431 games the Cowboys have played where the winning team scored 30 points or more. Over those 431 games, Dallas is 260-169-2. In the 617 games that neither team scored at … Read more
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In the first post on Scoragami in the NFL – and the Cowboys’ own Scoragami history – we noted that the Cowboys have played a combined 1,048 regular season and playoff games. Dallas’ overall record stands at 598-444-6 in 64 seasons. They’ve produced 416 unique final scores in … Read more
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The NFC East’s season kicks off tonight when the Eagles host the Packers at 7:15 p.m. Fortunately for me, since I don’t have a Peacock subscription, I don’t have to watch it. But it does mean it’s time for my final prediction post for the upcoming NFC East … Read more
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If you’re a regular viewer of NFL Redzone, you’ve probably heard the term “Scoragami” from the show’s host, Scott Hanson. Here’s the concept. Out of the 17,665 professional football games played in the United States – excluding spring football but including regular season and playoff games — there … Read more
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Last year, former Dallas Cowboys’ cornerback Deion Sanders was the media darling. “Coach Prime” had risen up to head coach of the Colorado Buffaloes in the Pac-12 Conference of Division I college football. Just when you weren’t seeing enough of him on the sidelines of a game, he … Read more
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For the second-straight year the Dallas Cowboys ended the preseason with a 1-2 record. The last time they posted a winning record in preseason play was a 2-1 mark in 2022. It also marked the fifth-straight year that quarterback Dak Prescott failed to take a single preseason snap. … Read more
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The Dallas Cowboys could see five rookies among their 22 starters when the season opens in Cleveland on Sept. 8th. In most cases, that would have a general manager laying in for a few cases of Tums in preparation for a chaotic year. But with Jerry Jones as … Read more
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The NFC East nearly went 0-4 in the final week of the 2024 preseason on Sunday. Ironically, it was a former Cowboys player who did it. And he was playing for one of the Cowboys’ division rivals. Martavis Bryant’s four-yard touchdown reception with three minutes left capped the … Read more
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Well, that was ugly. If Trey Lance was hoping to use Saturday’s preseason finale as his closing argument to be the Cowboys’ QB2 – and potential replacement for Dak Prescott – he failed. Miserably at that. So much so that not only is his best hope likely QB3 … Read more
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The Dallas Cowboys will play at home for the first – and only – time this preseason this afternoon at 3 p.m. They play host to the winless Los Angeles Chargers at AT&T Stadium, looking to have a winning preseason record for the first time since 2022. That … Read more
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The Dallas Cowboys’ 2024 rookie class continues to fight for their roster spots as we near the end of training camp. Saturday night’s 27-12 win over the Raiders in Las Vegas helped many of the young players make their case. A few took a step backward, unfortunately. Here’s … Read more
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There are two caveats to begin this post with before we answer the question at hand: First, we’re just two preseason games into Mike Zimmer’s defense in Dallas. That’s not a terribly large sample to work with. Second, this isn’t the same unit that Dan Quinn had the … Read more
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After the first half of the Cowboys-Raiders preseason game on Saturday, it looked like the word of the week was going to be: Anemic. Because the NFC East was looking pretty anemic when it came to the scoreboard in the second week of preseason play. Philadelphia managed only … Read more
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Stop the presses! The Dallas Cowboys’ offense scored a touchdown in the preseason. They liked it so much, they even did it twice in Saturday night’s 27-12 win over the Raiders in Las Vegas. The touchdown outbreak even reached across the line to the defense, which scored its … Read more
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The Dallas Cowboys will look to rebound from Sunday’s heartbreaking, last-second loss at the Las Vegas Raiders today. The Cowboys’ offense will try to finally put the ball in the endzone after settling for four field goals in the loss to the Rams. The Raiders are also coming … Read more
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Trey Lance’s first live-game action as a quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys left something to be desired. While he failed to lead a touchdown drive despite seeing action for most of the game, he didn’t turn the ball over. He ended up as the team’s leading rusher in … Read more
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