Richard Paolinelli
You would think, less than three years removed from Henry Ruggs III killing a woman and her dog, NFL players would get the message. Yes, you are in your early 20s. No, you are not invincible. But here we are once again. Over the past weekend, two vehicles were clearly racing each other on the North …
Dallas Cowboys linebacker, DeMarvion Overshown, took to Twitter/X recently to defend his team’s quarterback, Dak Prescott. Dak Prescott is the guy we want leading us into battle on GameDay!Stop with all the fake narratives.— DeMarvion Overshown (@AGENT0__) March 30, 2024 Overshown missed his entire rookie season last year thanks to a knee injury suffered in a …
ESPN’s NFL Draft Analyst, Matt Miller, released his full seven-round mock draft this week. You have to be a member of ESPN+ to read it. So I can’t post the full seven rounds with every player listed. But we can take a look at the picks he has Dallas making, comment on them, and offer our …
In the last few days we’ve considered the possibility of a stealth rebuild in Dallas. And we’ve acknowledged that Jerry Jones’ statements cannot be taken at face value. Today, he could say no contract extensions, no trades, and no big free agent signings are pending. Tomorrow, he could do all three. As a Cowboys fan, all …
Well, that didn’t take long now did it? Back at the Senior Bowl – less than eight weeks ago – Jerry Jones said the Cowboys were “all-in” for the upcoming season. That was taken by many – pundits and fans alike – to mean the Cowboys were going all out in 2024. The only focus was …
He gamed the college football transfer portal last year. Now, former Cowboys’ cornerback Deion Sanders is eyeing a bigger target. The 2025 NFL Draft. The Colorado Buffaloes head coach brought in a nearly 100% brand new roster at Boulder for the 2023 season. Other coaches quickly followed his lead. Despite a 4-8 record in his first …
We’re now two weeks into the 2024 free agency season and the scoreboard for Dallas looks frighteningly like the halftime score of the Cowboys’ last game of 2023. Cowboys Free Agents Resigned DB Jourdan Lewis RB Rico Dowdle LS Trent Sieg DB C.J. Goodwin Free Agents Signed From Other Teams LB Eric Kendricks (Chargers) Players Released …
A decade ago the Cowboys went into the 2014 Draft with a poor draft history over the previous 20 years and managed to walk out with two potential Hall of Fame players. With the 16th pick of the first round, the Cowboys took guard Zack Martin out of Notre Dame. In 10 years, Martin has started …
If Jerry Jones had hoped to be known as a great judge of football talent he forever killed that hope on April 24, 2004, in New York City. The Cowboys held the 22nd pick in the opening round of the 2004 NFL Draft held at Madison Square Garden. Apparently dissatisfied with what he saw, Jones traded …
With one month to go before the 1994 NFL Draft got underway a mega-quake shook the league. Jerry Jones and Jimmy Johnson – despite winning back-to-back championships – had decided to part company. The Cowboys would have a new coach in 1994. More importantly, they’d have a new man running the draft. Jones – who was …
With the 1984 season approaching the Cowboys were at the end of an era. They had made the playoffs in the previous nine seasons. But the 1983 season has ended with a wild card round loss to the Rams. Adding to the misery, Dallas had advanced to three straight NFC Championship games in the early 1980s …
In 1974 the Dallas Cowboys were preparing for that year’s NFL Draft as one of the league’s top teams. Two seasons before they had finally captured their first NFL championship. A few months earlier they had lost to the Vikings in the NFC title game. But despite the recent run of success, the Cowboys were looking …
Starting today – and for the next five days – we’ll be taking a look back at six of the past NFL Drafts by the Dallas Cowboys. Starting with the 1964 draft – with the 1974, 1984, 1994, 2004, and 2014 drafts to follow – we’ll look at how the Cowboys drafted that year. Turning back …
We’re a week into free agency season and its looking a little grim around The Star. So far the Cowboys have lost eight players – roughly 15% of the roster – to other teams. The defense, with five departures, has been hardest hit. Dallas has retained three of its free agents so far – two of …
It’s the morning of August 7, 1983. The place is Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. Thunderstorms are passing through the area – including one that lingers over the airport at 9 a.m. Less than 12 hours earlier, the Dallas Cowboys had rallied to beat the Miami Dolphins in a preseason game at Texas Stadium. A last-second touchdown …
The Dallas Cowboys and their fans have the same problem. And it isn’t a good one to have. Both the front office and the fanbase loves to keep players past their shelf life. That includes overpaying said players based on past performance as opposed to future output. Honestly, I get it. You want to believe a …
2024 Roster Review: Special Teams – Part 17 of 17. Click here to view all articles in this series. If there was one area on the Dallas Cowboys roster in 2023 that was absolutely worry-free it was the special teams. Beginning with the surprising season put in by Brandon Aubrey. All he managed to do was …
2024 Roster Review: Backup Defensive Backs – Part 16 of 17. Click here to view all articles in this series. The Dallas Cowboys ended the 2023 season with a total of 14 defensive backs in the roster. Not all of them played defensive back in 2023, as departed defensive coordinator Dan Quinn played safeties as undersized …
2024 Roster Review: Starting Defensive Backs – Part 15 of 17. Click here to view all articles in this series. The Dallas Cowboys began the 2023 season by starting five defensive backs and held to that philosophy throughout the year. But they did not end the season with the same starting five. The surprise of the …
2024 Roster Review: Backup Linebackers – Part 14 of 17. Click here to view all articles in this series. The Dallas Cowboys did not have a good year regarding their linebackers in 2023. They lost their middle linebacker, and anchor, Leighton Vander Esch five games into the season. Rookie third round pick, DeMarvion Overshown, got hurt …
2024 Roster Review: Starting Linebackers – Part 13 of 17. Click here to view all articles in this series. For the first four games of the 2023 season, the linebacker room was as rock solid as any in the NFL. Then came Trent Williams’ dirty play in a Week 5 loss to the 49ers. The offensive …