Richard Paolinelli, Cowboys News Writer at Inside The Star

Monday Morning Quarterback: Cowboys jet past New York again

Aug 18, 2025

Dallas should escape New York with another win

The Dallas Cowboys will likely be sitting at 2-2 when they play the first of two games in New York in 2025. This game will put the Cowboys a quarter of the…

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Analysis & Rumors

Aug 17, 2025

Cowboys showed few signs of improvement in loss to Ravens

We’re now two-thirds of the way through the Dallas Cowboys preseason schedule. With 18 days to go until Dallas opens the season in Philadelphia, there are still far too many unanswered questions…

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Cowboys search for answers after another embarrassing home loss 1

Analysis & Rumors

Aug 16, 2025

The Cowboys need a change in approach tonight

Needless to say, the Dallas Cowboys’ first preseason game of the 2025 campaign was a disappointment. On both sides of the ball at that. The lone saving grace was that most of…

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Are the Cowboys primed for a special playoff run in 2024?

Analysis & Rumors

Aug 15, 2025

The Cowboys must crack the code against Green Bay

In the 1960s, the Green Bay Packers were the team that kept getting in the way of the Cowboys bringing a championship home to Dallas. In the last 16 seasons, the Packers…

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Analysis & Rumors

Aug 14, 2025

Dallas can expect a warmer reception this time in Chicago

The last three times the Dallas Cowboys played the Bears in Chicago, both games were played in December. Two were on a Thursday night, the other was a Monday night game. If…

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A dark horse to win the WR3 job for the Cowboys is being overlooked

Analysis & Rumors

Aug 13, 2025

Cowboys hoping that home is sweet home in Week 2

For the second straight year, the Dallas Cowboys home opener will wait until the second week of the season. The Cowboys will certainly be hoping this contest goes far better than their…

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In Week 10, two football players clashed on the field—one in white and blue, representing the Cowboys, and the other in green and white for the Eagles.

Analysis & Rumors

Aug 12, 2025

Cowboys will look for third-straight, season-opening win

When the Dallas Cowboys open the 2025 season in a little over three weeks, they’ll be looking to extend their streak of season-opening wins to three. Unlike the previous two seasons, when…

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NFL & NFC East

Aug 11, 2025

Brutal injuries highlight 1st week of 2025 preseason

All 32 NFL teams have finally gotten in a preseason game for the 2025 campaign. It wasn’t all that pretty. Some bad football was to be expected given it was the first…

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Game Coverage

Aug 10, 2025

Cowboys have work to do after preseason opener

It’s an old axiom in the NFL not to put too much stock in preseason games, good or bad. Especially when it comes to the first preseason game of the season. That…

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Cowboys found some answers, but still have questions following loss to Rams 2

Game Coverage

Aug 9, 2025

Cowboys hit the field for the 1st time tonight

Seven months removed from a disappointing end to the 2024 season, the Dallas Cowboys are finally getting back onto the football field again. Granted, it’s a preseason game and likely not to…

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Is Jerry Jones eyeing Jon Gruden as the next Cowboys Head Coach? 1

Training Camp

Aug 8, 2025

Only Jerry Jones puts out fires with buckets of gas

If the Dallas Cowboys front office wasn’t one hundred percent filled with “Yes Men” things would be so much better at the Star. But because this isn’t the case, we get a…

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Analysis & Rumors

Aug 7, 2025

Was Cowherd’s criticism of Brian Schottenheimer wrong?

In the grand scheme of things, how Brian Schottenheimer wears his hat when he’s at work as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys isn’t a big deal. But that didn’t stop sports…

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Can Jalen Tolbert catch the third-year receiver lightning in 2024?

Training Camp

Aug 6, 2025

A starter in 2024, Jalen Tolbert is in jeopardy in 2025

As recently as last season, Jalen Tolbert was the WR2 in Dallas, starting 15 of the Cowboys’ 17 regular-season games. Fast-forward seven months, and Tolbert’s days on the roster in Dallas may…

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Training Camp

Aug 5, 2025

Is Phil Mafah about to steal the RB1 position in Dallas?

Over the next three weeks, the Dallas Cowboys will make a decision that could dramatically impact how the 2025 campaign plays out. Rookie Phil Mafah is doing his best to make that…

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Cowboys en Español: La Preocupación Detrás de la Situación de Dez Bryant

Analysis & Rumors

Aug 4, 2025

Jerry Jones aims at Jay-Z, Catches Dez Bryant instead

For the past couple of years, a certain subset of Jerry Jones-loving Cowboys fans have doggedly claimed that “Jerry knows what he’s doing” in response to any criticism. Yeah, about that claim,…

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The cowboys are practicing on the field.

Training Camp

Aug 3, 2025

Code word for Cowboys’ second week of camp: Survival

Dallas Cowboys Head Coach Brian Schottenheimer is definitely establishing a new tone and culture in Dallas. You have to look no further than the 2025 training camp for proof of that. This…

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Mazi Smith flashes his potential in preseason finale

Training Camp

Aug 2, 2025

Are the Cowboys setting up this player to fail in 2025?

Lost in the joy of seeing the Dallas Cowboys’ offense committing to the run again is the seemingly unchecked decline of one player. Defensive tackle Mazi Smith, the Cowboys’ first pick in…

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Training Camp

Aug 1, 2025

Cowboys’ 3rd-round gamble on Shavon Revel looking grim

Back in the 2025 NFL Draft, the Dallas Cowboys decided to grab defensive back Shavon Revel Jr. out of East Carolina in the third round. This, despite clearly being in need of…

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Game Coverage

Jul 31, 2025

Wake up NFL fans, it’s game day again

Exactly 172 days ago, we all went into hibernation after the final NFL game of the 2024 season. NFL football hibernation, that is. Oh, sure, we cracked open an eye for the…

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Brian Schottenheimer was the safe hire for the Dallas Cowboys

Training Camp

Jul 30, 2025

Brian Schottenheimer is already ahead of Garrett, McCarthy

One of the biggest complaints of the Jason Garrett era was that the Dallas Cowboys’ offense was laughably easy to predict. Even Mike McCarthy’s offense lacked originality. Although it’s still early, Brian…

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The Cowboys Will Have Some Tough Decisios this Offseason 4

Analysis & Rumors

Jul 29, 2025

Jones Inc. keeps hurting Cowboys by shooting their 2 mouths

If there was any hope that the Dallas Cowboys would be better off on the future day when Jerry Jones handed control of the team to his son, that hope is dead.…

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Dallas should escape New York with another win

Cowboys showed few signs of improvement in loss to Ravens

The Cowboys need a change in approach tonight

The Cowboys must crack the code against Green Bay

Dallas can expect a warmer reception this time in Chicago

Cowboys hoping that home is sweet home in Week 2

Cowboys will look for third-straight, season-opening win

Brutal injuries highlight 1st week of 2025 preseason

Cowboys have work to do after preseason opener

Cowboys hit the field for the 1st time tonight

Only Jerry Jones puts out fires with buckets of gas

Was Cowherd’s criticism of Brian Schottenheimer wrong?

A starter in 2024, Jalen Tolbert is in jeopardy in 2025

Is Phil Mafah about to steal the RB1 position in Dallas?

Jerry Jones aims at Jay-Z, Catches Dez Bryant instead

Code word for Cowboys’ second week of camp: Survival

Are the Cowboys setting up this player to fail in 2025?

Cowboys’ 3rd-round gamble on Shavon Revel looking grim

Wake up NFL fans, it’s game day again

Brian Schottenheimer is already ahead of Garrett, McCarthy

Jones Inc. keeps hurting Cowboys by shooting their 2 mouths

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