Richard Paolinelli
Consider it an unwritten rule: Never trade one of your players to a division rival. Section (b) reads: And do whatever it takes to keep him from signing with them as well. The New York Giants found this out the hard way on Sunday. The Philadelphia Eagles cruised to a 28-3 win over the Giants thanks …
Normally, a 3-3 start to the season doesn’t have alarm bells sounding for an NFL team. Plenty could happen over the next 11 weeks. The Dallas Cowboys are off to a 3-3 start and if an alarm sounding general quarters hasn’t been sounding since last week’s loss to Detroit, then it should be. The biggest concern …
A few short days after the Dallas Cowboys were trounced in a 38-point loss at home, Jerry Jones pulled out his magician’s hat. In the span of a minute or two on a Dallas-area radio station, Jones made everyone forget all about the worst home loss in team history. He did it by doing what he …
Near the end of the 2023 season, the secret of how to beat the Dallas Cowboys was out. Run the ball right down the defense’s throat. The Buffalo Bills piled up 266 rushing yards against Dallas in a 31-10 rout. A few weeks later, the Green Bay Packers put up 143 rushing yards in the 48-32 …
Last year, rookie fullback Hunter Luepke was involved in a goal line fumble on a bad exchange between him and Dak Prescott in Miami. Luepke never touched the football again over the last two games of the 2024 regular season. He was a non-factor in the playoff game loss to Green Bay. There was some doubt …
The biggest question after Sunday’s games? Do any of the four NFC East teams actually want to win the division? Because none of them are playing like it. The Washington Commanders were poised to really take control of the NFC East division on Sunday. But they couldn’t close the deal, falling by a touchdown to the …
The Dallas Cowboys head into their bye week at 3-3, but no one in or out of the organization should be feeling good about it. So, what’s the one thing the Cowboys can do coming out of the bye to put the team back on track? Clearly, the answer is to play all of their remaining …
The Dallas Cowboys will take the field at AT&T Stadium against the Detroit Lions this afternoon riding a two-game winning streak – on the road at that. Unfortunately, they will also bring a two-game home losing streak on the field too. All three of Dallas’ wins have been on the road. They are 0-2 at home …
A little over 10 months ago, Hunter Luepke’s football world was dark. His future, at least in Dallas, was looking grim. The Cowboys were playing the Dolphins in Miami. The opening series was proving to be the high point of Luepke’s rookie season. The undrafted free agent from North Dakota State had two carries on third …
The Dallas Cowboys flew out of Pittsburgh on Monday morning with a thrilling 20-17 win. They returned to Dallas with their two top rookies on the injury report too. Second round pick Marshawn Kneeland was knocked out of the game four plays into the Steelers’ first possession. The Cowboys’ top pick, Tyler Guyton, made it 23 …
For a few minutes on Monday morning, it looked like the Washington Commanders would expand their lead in the NFC East to 1.5 games. But an amazing final drive by Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys put that on hold. Dallas’ 20-17 win on Sunday Night Football, which became Monday morning football, kept the Cowboys just …
For the second straight week, the Dallas Cowboys found a way to win a game they probably shouldn’t have. Dallas improved to 3-2 and stayed one game back of Washington in the NFC East. They also moved a half-game ahead of the idle Eagles, who had a bye this week. Dak Prescott engineered a great final …
The first time the Dallas Cowboys battled the Pittsburgh Steelers, both teams were in the NFL. The NFC and AFC did not exist back then. In fact, for six years, between 1961 and 1966, they played home-and-home series. They’ve only met 17 times since the NFL-AFL merger sent the Steelers into the AFC. Three of those …
If only the Dallas Cowboys front office had access to a phone. A simple landline even, if not a cell phone. Or an e-mail account. Or an account with Zoom or Skype for that matter. Even a smoke signal might have helped. Some way that they could have communicated with the outside world this past spring. …
For the most part, as was the case with the rest of the team, the 2024 rookie class had a solid night on Thursday in New York. One rookie, however, didn’t much enjoy his night against the Giants. Tyler Guyton was on the receiving end of a lot of yellow laundry. He found none of it …
Prior to the start of this season, if you had the Washington Commanders in sole possession of first place in the NFC East after four weeks, there would have been one universal reaction. You’re out of your mind. Yet here we are after four weeks of NFL football and look who stands alone atop of the …
The Dallas Cowboys got back to .500 on Thursday night with a less than stellar road win over the Giants. The victory snapped a two-game losing streak. Dallas even got a little help to move into a tie for second in the NFC East when the Eagles were routed in Tampa Bay on Sunday. But for …
The Dallas Cowboys are nearing the quarter pole of the 2024 season. Technically, it will be exactly one-fourth of the way after the end of the first quarter of next Sunday’s game. They have navigated the first four games with a 2-2 record. A two-game losing streak, to New Orleans and Baltimore, sandwiched between wins over …
At the beginning of the season, everyone, including myself, circled the fourth-week matchup at New York as an automatic win. As Lee Corso would say: Not so fast, my friend. The Dallas Cowboys are not playing the kind of football that inspires the kind of confidence to talk about “automatic wins” right now. The Giants, also …
Given a second-straight loss was recorded on Sunday, in a game that the Cowboys mostly slept-walked through for the first three quarters, the 2024 rookie class didn’t shine that well. But there were some bright spots. The two rookies starting on the offensive line acquitted themselves well. One rookie managed to play peacemaker between Dallas’ two …
Somewhere in the general area of Washington D.C., Dan Quinn is probably still smiling. Somehow, with a rebuilt offense and defense, a new coaching staff, and a rookie starting quarterback Quinn has the Washington Commanders at 2-1. They are also tied for first place in the NFC East. The cherry on top of the parfait is …