Richard Paolinelli
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 …
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 …
In a little less than 90 hours from when this post goes live, the Dallas Cowboys will likely make their first pick of the 2023 NFL Draft. Barring an ill-advised trade out of the round the Cowboys will send up the card and we’ll know who the newest player is. What that player’s name will be …
By the time five rounds of the NFL Draft are in the books, teams are looking for diamonds in the rough. The Cowboys have managed to do so as well as any other team. In the sixth round they’ve selected four players of note. In 1962 they selected defensive end George Andrie and 11 years later, …
The Cowboys seem to be allergic when it comes to 5th-round picks in the NFL Draft. In 19 of their 62 drafts, they have traded away their pick in the fifth round. But when they have picked a player in the fifth, they’ve made it count. Nowhere is that more apparent than in 1985. The Cowboys …
Former Cowboys running back Don McIlhenny passed away this week at the age of 88. The former SMU standout’s cause of death was not reported but he was known to have been battling Alzheimer’s disease for the last decade. Originally drafted in the third round by the Lions in 1956, McIlhenny spent the 1957-59 season in …
The deeper into the draft, especially after the NFL expanded to 32 teams, the harder it is to find players who will impact the team. As was the case in the third round, the Cowboys only made six picks in the fourth round during all of the 1960s. And just like the previous round, the Cowboys …
When most of the top players should be long gone, Dallas has surprisingly managed to turn the third round of the NFL Draft into a gold mine. Over the six-plus decades the Cowboys have landed 16 players via the draft’s third round. All of them made significant contributions to the team. After a lackluster decade in …
The second round of the NFL Draft has been historically unkind to the Cowboys. From 1961-2019 only nine of their 64 picks in the second round have made any significant impact during their time in Dallas. That’s a trend the team needs to reverse. The picks in this round from the last three years are still …
As the Cowboys prepare for their 63rd NFL Draft next week – the franchise wasn’t officially recognized until after the 1960 NFL Draft had been held. The burning question of course is: Who will they pick with the 26th pick? Will they trade up or will they trade down? Will they take a running back, a …
Will Brinson over at CBSSports.com has come up with the perfect first-round mock draft. I’ve decided to close out this week of mocking the mock drafts with it. His picks were made to irritate that team’s fan base the most. It’s delightfully evil, which of course means, I love it! I’ll include his picks, then add …
We take up the second half of this mock draft courtesy of the Fox Sports football staff. A team of eight NFL writers and one college football analyst came together for this one. They made no allowances for draft day trades and picks 1-15 were pretty solid for the most part. Can they continue the trend …
Our next mock draft to be mocked is up and this one comes courtesy of the Fox Sports football staff. A team of eight NFL writers and one college football analyst came together for this one. They made no allowances for draft-day trades. For the most part, I think they’ve got it right. But there are …
Yesterday we took a look at the first 15 picks of a mock draft courtesy of Fox Sports’ Jason McIntrye. Jason is a co-host of The Herd and a Fox Sports betting analyst. Today, we check out the remaining 16 picks of Jason’s mock draft. Yes, I said 16. You’ll be reminded why there’s only 31 …
With a little over two weeks to go until the draft, and with free agency somewhat quiet, what’s a blogger to do? Go track down some mock drafts on the Internet and mock the heck out of them, that’s what. For the next few days we’ll go over a few of the mock drafts we’ve encountered. …
If you have a moment or two this Tuesday, around 7:07 a.m. (CDT), you might want to pause for a second. Lift your mug of coffee — or Dr. Pepper if you’re so inclined — in tribute to Texas Stadium. The former home of the Dallas Cowboys was imploded at 7:07 a.m. on April 11, 2010. …
According to ESPN’s Todd Archer, Dallas’ backup quarterback, Cooper Rush, was caught in a weather delay at Dallas-Ft. Worth International Airport last month. Rush was on his way to Las Vegas to visit the Raiders. Word had it that the Cincinnati Bengals were also thinking of speaking with him. But Mother Nature had other ideas. While …
Georgia Defensive Tackle Jalen Carter is projected to be a Top-10 pick in this month’s draft. Specifically, he’ll likely go to the Chicago Bears with the ninth pick. At worst, he’ll likely go to the Eagles at the 10th pick. His agent, Drew Rosenhaus, is so sure that Carter will be picked somewhere in the first …
With the moves the Cowboys have made this offseason it’s clear that Dallas is in a “win this year” mode. Which means Mike McCarthy’s seat as head coach seat will be red hot before camp even opens. He’ll be calling the offensive plays this year. He’s no longer shackled to the ghost of Jason Garrett’s offense. …
Yes, we’re only three weeks into free agency. And yes, we’re still over three weeks away from the 2023 NFL Draft. So yes, it might be way too early to start predicting how the NFC East will shake out this upcoming season. Doesn’t mean we’re not going to do it anyway. As easy as it will …
At long last, the national nightmare has come to an end in a courtroom. We can all breathe easier and move on with our lives. A jury has ordered a retired eye doctor to pay Iron Man’s widow a dollar and her legal fees, after suing her after he ran her over while skiing. I don’t …