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Cowboys looking to ground Jets, losing streak in second week

Cowboys looking to ground Jets, losing streak in second week

As we continue to look at the Dallas Cowboys all-time record against their 14 opponents in the 2023 season we bring on the J-E-T-S. Dallas closes out their back-to-back New York series in Week 2 when they host the Jets in their season home opener on September 17th. It will be the 13th meeting between the …

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 Cowboys own huge advantage in all-time record against Giants

Cowboys own huge advantage in all-time record against Giants

Over the next two weeks we’ll take a look at the Dallas Cowboys all-time record against the 14 teams they will face during the 2023 season. Up first, their season-opening opponent, and long-time NFC East rival, the New York Giants. When the Cowboys open the season on the night of September 10th, they will do so …

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Ezekiel Elliott is as “Back” as he is Going to Get

Ezekiel Elliott’s return hinges on accepting huge pay cut

Its been roughly two months since the Cowboys parted ways with Ezekiel Elliott. At the time it seemed like a permanent divorce. Surely one of the other 31 NFL teams would sign him, right? Wrong. Elliott remains a free agent and even the teams he said he wanted to play for have all but shot down …

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Dak Prescott versus Josh Allen debate heats up on social media

Dak Prescott vs Josh Allen debate heats up on social media

Cowboys Twitter has recently been stewing over a topic of vital interest to the upcoming 2023 season. The debate is raging about who is the better quarterback between Dallas’ Dak Prescott and Buffalo’s Josh Allen. Why this is so eludes me, but it’s the offseason so what the heck, let’s dive in. At the heart of …

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Cowboys great Deion Sanders making his mark, and his point, in Colorado

The Coach Prime experiment in Boulder, Colorado has been nothing short of entertaining. Deion Sanders, the former Cowboys’ defensive star, was named the University of Colorado’s new head coach last year. He rolled into the Buffaloes’ football program and immediately laid down the law. He told his new players that a lot of them weren’t going …

Cowboys made DeMarvion Overshown’s dream come true

Cowboys made DeMarvion Overshown’s dream come true

When the Cowboys announced the 90th overall pick in the third round of last week’s draft very few people knew they’d made a prophet out of a third grader in Arp, Texas. DeMarvion Overshown had predicted all the way back then that he’d someday play football for Dallas. Dallas made it happen last Friday evening. Overshown, …

Undrafted Hunter Luepke Has Huge Potential In Dallas

Hunter Luepke’s huge potential in Dallas

Most Cowboys’ fans can be forgiven if the undrafted free agent signing of Hunter Luepke didn’t catch their attention. Playing in the FCS for North Dakota State doesn’t draw the same headlines as Jahmyr Gibbs and Bijan Robinson, despite the Bisons’ recent championship runs. At 6-foot, 1-inch and 236 pounds, Luepke is a little taller and …

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NFL General Managers took Jerry Jones to school during draft

Prior to last weekend’s NFL Draft the Cowboys’ front office held a press conference. The Cowboys didn’t really go into any details on their draft plans of course. But leave it to Jerry Jones to make news anyway. Toward the end he was asked about Vice President of Player Personnel Will McClay, a man who would …

Cowboys Draft Michigan DT Mazi Smith w/ 2023 1st-Round Pick

Monday morning general manager: Looking back at the Cowboys draft

Well, that was probably one of the more exciting NFL Draft weekends I’ve ever seen. A record number of trades were finalized. A goodly amount of quarterbacks were drafted. And a nice feel-good story late on Saturday to top it off. But now that enough time has passed since the Rams selected good old “What’s-His-Name?” with …

2023 NFL Draft - Who might be there for the Dallas Cowboys?

Day 2 draft recap; nothing short of entertaining

The second day of the 2023 NFL Draft was nearly as entertaining as the first day was. It started early in the morning in the form of a flow of salt from part of the Cowboys’ fanbase. They were still out of sorts over the Mazi Smith pick after Buffalo jumped ahead in the draft and …

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Cowboys vs Eagles to Showcase Biggest NFL Mismatches of Week 6

NFC East third round grade: A solid round for the division

After what could, at best and very charitably, be called a dismal second round overall, the NFC East rebounded nicely in the third round. The Eagles, which led the way in Thursday’s opening round, got the round started off on the right food. The Giants took advantage of a potential Top 50 player falling to them …

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Grading the NFC East's second round: Boom to bust

Grading the NFC East’s second round: Boom to bust

It would be hard to argue against the NFC East having had the best first round of any of the eight divisions on Thursday. What a difference a day makes. After all four teams made solid picks, and the Eagles all but stole the round with two defensive linemen from a championship team, Friday’s effort was …

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Dallas dips back into the Wolverines' pool to take Schoonmaker 1

Dallas dips back into the Wolverines’ pool to take Luke Schoonmaker

The Dallas Cowboys either resisted temptation, or pivoted very quickly, in the first round last night. They might have bluffed the entire world into thinking they would draft a tight end, or Buffalo saved them from themselves. Dallas followed up the pick of Mighican’s Mazi Smith last night by landing their tight end. With the 58th …

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2023 NFL draft first round: Grading the NFC East

Plenty of fireworks and some heartbreak in draft’s 1st round

Well, that was quite the first round of the 2023 NFL Draft last night now, wasn’t it? It started off with a bang with the Arizona Cardinals and Houston Texans wheeling and dealing. It ended with the Philadelphia Eagles pretty much winning the first round. Like it or not Cowboys faithful, the Eagles committed grand theft …

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Will the NFC East go Beast, or Least next season?

2023 NFL draft first round: Grading the NFC East

(UPDATED THROUGH THE 30th PICK) The Eagles entered tonight as the early favorites to have the best first round of the 2023 NFL Draft among NFC East teams. It must be nice to have a GM that can build a team to make the Super Bowl and have a Top 10 pick in the next draft …

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Dallas has 3 options in tonight’s first round

The 2023 NFL Draft is only a few hours away. For the most part, we have a pretty good idea how the first 10 picks will play out. What remains to be seen is how the night will play out for Dallas. They only have three options: Move up, stay put at #26, or move back …

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The Cowboys shouldn’t burn a pick on a quarterback

Whispers about The Star have the Cowboys targeting a quarterback in the later rounds of this year’s draft. The top players at the position are going to be gone by the middle of the first round. So what does that leave for Dallas? The possibilities are TCU’s Max Duggan, UCLA’s Dorian Thompson-Robinson or even Houston’s Clayton …

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Cowboys drafting a tight end in round 1 would be insanity

As the draft nears a small wave of support for the Cowboys taking a tight end in the first round has grown. The top targets of interest at the position are Michael Mayer, Darnell Washington, and Dalton Kincaid. But does spending a first-round pick — and the money that goes with it — on a tight …

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