Richard Paolinelli
The 2024 season was a tale of two Jalens for the Dallas Cowboys. Jalen Tolbert, a third-round pick in 2022, had a good season. He started 15 of the 17 games he played in and had 610 yards and seven touchdowns on 49 catches. He more than doubled his combined output in catches and yardage over …
Brandin Cooks had his worst year as a pro at arguably the worst possible time. In 2024, Cooks missed seven games and only started in nine. He wound up with just 26 catches for 259 yards and three touchdowns in 2024. Which made voiding his contract and its $4 million almost a dead certainty. The Dallas …
Since the Dallas Cowboys’ last Super Bowl win 29 seasons ago, many careers have ended without a title in Dallas. The more prominent names are well known. Tony Romo, Jason Witten, Dez Bryant, Marion Barber III, Roy Williams, Terrence Newman and the list goes on. At least DeMarcus Ware managed to roll the dice and land …
The starting running back for the Dallas Cowboys in 2024 may depart in free agency next month. Many pundits, including this one, have called for Dallas to draft Rico Dowdle’s replacement. But is that player already on the roster? In 2022, the Cowboys signed free agent running back Malik Davis out of Florida. The former Gator …
As recently as four seasons ago, Ezekiel Elliott and Dalvin Cook were among the NFL’s Top 10 running backs in yards rushing. 2019: Elliott (4th) 1,357 / Cook (10th) 1,135 2020: Cook (2nd) 1,557 / Elliott (11th) 979 2021: Cook (5th) 1,159 / Elliott (7th) 1,002 Last year, they were both on the Dallas Cowboys’ active …
In the sixth round of the 2023 NFL Draft, the Dallas Cowboys made a pick that had everyone reaching for a tissue. Deuce Vaughn, a running back out of Kansas State, is the son of the Cowboys’ college scout, Chris Vaughn, who got to make the call to tell his son they’d be commuting to work …
The one player that is probably the most impacted by the Dallas Cowboys change at head coach is fullback Hunter Luepke. Signed as an undrafted free agent from North Dakota State after the 2023 Draft, Luepke was meant to be Mike McCarthy’s next John Kuhn. Luepke has suited up for 33 of the 34 games Dallas …
The Dallas Cowboys have a dilemma regarding Rico Dowdle. No matter what they decide to do, it will probably be the wrong move. Dowdle will become a free agent next month. In five years, he has earned a total of just under $4.3 million and 1.255 million of that arrived last year. In 2024, he inherited …
Super Bowl LIX kicks off this evening at 5:30 p.m. (FOX) with the Kansas City Chiefs looking to make history. Let’s face it, pretty much all of Cowboys Nation is hoping the Chiefs make the Eagles history. While we’re being totally honest, most of the nation, outside of Kansas City and Philadelphia, is rooting for the …
Acquiring Trey Lance back in 2023 cost the Dallas Cowboys a fourth-round pick in the 2024 Draft and that pick became Malik Mustapha. In his rookie season, Mustapha started in 12 games and played in 16 overall. He had 77 tackles with two for a loss, an interception, and defended five passes for the 49ers. In …
Just three seasons ago, Cooper Rush was being hailed as the savior of the Dallas Cowboys. Now, just over a month removed from the last game of the 2024 season, Rush’s days in Dallas may be over. Roster Review 2025: Cooper Rush. This is Part 2 of a series. Click here for a list of all …
Roster Review 2025: Dak Prescott. This is Part 1 of a series. Dak Prescott entered the 2024 season with high expectations. Those were raised all the more after signing a massive contract extension just hours before the season began. Prescott was coming off a statistically strong 2023 campaign that saw him finish as the runner-up for …
If you are a Dallas sports fan, 2025 hasn’t exactly been your cup of tea, has it? The Dallas Cowboys are in disarray, more on this later, and now probably the best player on the Dallas Mavericks just got traded to the Lakers. As an FYI, I was a long-time Lakers fan up until they signed …
Free agency doesn’t officially begin until March 12th, but that doesn’t mean the Dallas Cowboys aren’t already eyeing who will get a franchise tag this year. Given just how many free agents the Cowboys will see hit the market once the 2024 league year ends, it seems likely the tag will be used. Not every position …
As the 2025 NFL Draft plays out in Green Bay in late April, the Dallas Cowboys will hopefully have their eyes on their quarterback of the future. He could still be on the board in the fifth round too. I realize I’m still writing this just seconds after watching him lose the ball in a bad …
As the fallout continues this month over the chaos at The Star, disgruntled fans are talking boycott. In some cases, they’ve already fired the first shots. Several have indicated they will not be renewing their seats for the 2025 season. Others are forswearing attending even a single game. Calls to stop buying Cowboys merchandise have gone …
If, like I did, you woke up yesterday hoping that Jerry Jones had changed his mind about Brian Schottenheimer, well, he didn’t. Yesterday’s Jerry Jones self-lovefest press conference confirmed Schottenheimer will be the team’s 10th head coach. Personally, I’m not optimistic. I think in four years both Schottenheimer and Dak Prescott will be gone and a …
In just a few hours, Brian Schottenheimer will be officially introduced as the 10th head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. He has been an assistant coach for 28 years. One year, 2015, in college at Georgia with the rest in the NFL. Including that solo year with the Bulldogs, 15 of those years were spent as …
The final four are set. And never before has an entire nation been more united in who they are rooting for to make the Super Bowl than today. The Buffalo Bills and the Washington Commanders. Sorry Chiefs and Eagles fans, it’s not us, it’s you. And we are never, ever, ever, getting back together. (And there …
The Dallas Cowboys brought in Brian Schottenheimer for a second interview yesterday which begs the question: Does Jerry Jones want a head coach or a puppet? Because it sure seems like the latter to many outside of The Star. It also seems like Jones wants to name himself the head coach but can’t figure out how …
Yesterday, Cody Warren wrote that the Dallas Cowboys should not draft a running back in the first round. Don’t get me wrong. I like Cody. He’s a good guy, a great writer, and a welcome addition to the staff here. But on this issue, he’s all hat and no cattle. Don’t worry, he’s still in better …