Richard Paolinelli
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 …
2024 Roster Review: Backup Defensive Line – Part 12 of 17. Click here to view all articles in this series. There is no debate when it comes to the Dallas Cowboys’ defensive line in 2023. It was clearly the weakest unit on the team. Especially in stopping the run up the middle as teams continually gashed …
2024 Roster Review: Starting Defensive Line – Part 11 of 17. Click here to view all articles in this series. The Dallas Cowboys’ pass rush was one of – if not the most – feared in the NFL in 2023. Unfortunately for Dallas, opposing offenses found the defensive line’s Achillies heel. They couldn’t stop the run. …
2024 Roster Review: Backup Offensive Line – Part 10 of 17. Click here to view all articles in this series. Perhaps the biggest news connected to the Dallas Cowboys out of last weekend’s combine didn’t involve any prospects. With the Cowboys letting left tackle Tyron Smith explore free agency, the door is wide open for at …
2024 Roster Review: Starting Offensive Line – Part 9 of 17. Click here to view all articles in this series. The Dallas Cowboys’ offensive line had its moments during the 2023 season. Unfortunately, not all of them were good. The starting five did not start every game together. Injuries have taken their toll at both ends …
In a few hours the NFL’s annual scouting combine will open the doors at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. At 2 p.m. this afternoon, the drills will begin for the defensive lineman and linebackers. Friday will see the defensive backs and tight ends hit the field at 2 p.m. The offense takes over on Saturday …
2024 Roster Review: Backup Tight Ends – Part 8 of 17. Click here to view all articles in this series. Tight end Jake Ferguson was targeted 102 times in the 2023 season. The other three tight ends on the Cowboys’ roster were thrown at just 24 times all year. Among Dallas’ tight ends, Ferguson drew 81 …
2024 Roster Review: Starting Tight End – Part 7 of 17. Click here to view all articles in this series. Last year when the Dallas Cowboys parted ways with tight end Dalton Schultz, panic set it everywhere. The fan base was sure the Cowboys would regret Schultz’s absence in 2023. The front office panicked and reach …
Over the weekend news broke of the passing of former Cowboys receiver Golden Richards at the age of 73. The cause of his death — at his home in Murray, Utah – was given as congestive heart failure. Richards’ nephew, Lance Richards, broke the news in a Facebook post on Friday. Richards had been 10 years …
2024 Roster Review: Back-up wide receivers – Part 6 of 17. Click here to view all articles in this series. It has long been a known strategy in fantasy football to keep an eye on a wide receiver entering his third year. For whatever reason, a switch is thrown and they ignite. Dallas’ Jalen Tolbert will …
Former Cowboys’ quarterback Danny White was in Fort Worth on Monday night as part of the presentation of the annual Davey O’Brien Award. The award is presented to the best quarterback in college football. This year it went to Heisman Trophy winner Jayden Daniels of LSU. White was on hand to receive the Davey O’Brien Legends …
2024 Roster Review: Starting wide receivers – Part 5 of 17. Click here to view all articles in this series. CeeDee Lamb is the clear WR1 in Dallas. His contract extension should be the top priority at The Star. Which begs the question: Who will be WR2 for the Cowboys going into 2024? It certainly isn’t …
2024 Roster Review: Backup running backs – Part 4 of 17. Click here to view all articles in this series. No matter how it plays out – the Cowboys manage to resign Tony Pollard or he leaves in free agency – Dallas is somewhat thin at backup running back. Rico Dowdle, Hunter Luepke, and Deuce Vaughn …
2024 Roster Review: Starting running backs – Part 3 of 17. Click here to view all articles in this series. Last year the Dallas Cowboys bade farewell to Ezekiel Elliott, handing the starting job to Tony Pollard. Elliott had been the team’s first round pick in 2016. But Elliott had clearly lost a step and he …