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As mentioned on Thursday, most mock drafts have the Dallas Cowboys going after an offensive lineman with their first pick in the NFL draft in two weeks. A few have them taking lineman in the first two rounds. And I stand by the statement that they do not need to do so. The Cowboys more urgent …
Heading into the 2024 NFL Draft, the Dallas Cowboys defense is reeling. They have, so far, lost six defensive players to free agency, or, in Leighton Vander Esch’s case, medical retirement. This is a unit that cost Dallas badly once the lights got bright in 2023. In nine games against opponents in the top 15 for …
Most of the mock drafts for next month’s NFL Draft have the Dallas Cowboys laser-focused on taking an offensive lineman. A few have them spending both their 1st and 2nd round picks on the line for that matter. All of them are dead wrong. Should the season start today, the Cowboys have the players on the …
I’d like to think I have a knack for getting great imaginary value from using Pro Football Focus’ mock draft simulator to whip up the best draft for the Dallas Cowboys. Nobody really cares what my thoughts are when I tweet them out into cyberspace, but let it be an expert and everyone is all ears. …
As we prepare for the 2024 NFL Draft, the Dallas Cowboys have several holes to fill, and drafting a wide receiver will happen at some point. I would be the happiest man alive if Jerry Jones shut all of us up, traded up ahead of the Arizona Cardinals, and took Marvin Harrison Jr., but I will …
We are less than three weeks away from the 2024 NFL Draft and fans are brimming with anticipation at the next big offseason milestone. The Chicago Bears are officially on the clock and if you know anything about football, it’s clear that it’s QB Caleb Williams or bust. After the first pick in the draft, it’s …
There could be as many as six quarterbacks drafted in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft – with the first three picks expected to come from this position. The current record for most quarterbacks taken in the first round overall is six, set in 1983. Both the 1949 and 2018 drafts saw four quarterbacks …
The 2024 NFL Draft is now 18 days away and the air is thick with anticipation throughout Cowboys Nation and the rest of the NFL. Will McClay & Co. have been working tirelessly because the draft is the main pipeline to improve the Cowboys’ roster. Jerry and Stephen Jones have emphasized the draft and developing their …
As the 2024 NFL Draft approaches, pro days and 30 visits are in abundance while teams and draft prospects prepare for the big day. The Dallas Cowboys are the team that perhaps relies more on the NFL Draft than any other team for the development of their roster. Jerry Jones and the rest of the front …
When the Dallas Cowboys drafted former Texas Longhorn, DeMarvion Overshown in last year’s draft, it was their first in-state draftee since 2019. Straying from Texas colleges is a new trend for the Dallas front office. They previously used picks on in-state prospects in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, and 2019. Is there a reason the Cowboys have …
Is the time of the tax-payer-funded sports mega-palaces nearing an end? Voters in Kansas City this week may have been the first to draw a line in the sand. They rejected a measure that would replace an already existing tax to help fund a new stadium. The current tax helps pay for the upkeep of the …
Any experienced football fan knows that once April rolls around, the NFL Draft is happening in the blink of an eye. For the Dallas Cowboys, that means the most important moment of their offseason is barreling toward them in a hurry. An uneventful free agency period has left the roster weakened. Dallas knows they have to …
The 2024 NFL Draft is 21 days away and the Dallas Cowboys front office is diligently preparing for the big day. Dallas doesn’t draft until the bottom fourth of the first round but few expect them to stay put with the 24th pick. Free agency has left the Cowboys roster without 13 key contributors on the …
The 2024 NFL Draft is 22 days away and all NFL teams are preparing for the next influx of young talent. At The Star, the Cowboys are hyper-focusing on the draft as their only real option to improve the team. If you ask Stephen Jones, he will tell you the salary cap situation is tight. It …
It really galls me to say it – and there’s still a lot of things that can happen to change this – but when it comes to the NFC East in 2024 this appears to be true: The Philadelphia Eagles – if the season were to start today – will win the NFC East in 2024. …
The 2024 NFL Draft is now 25 days away and the direction several teams plan to take is starting to take form. There is no inside information or some clairvoyance. The proof is in the pro-day visits and 30 visits. As far as the Dallas Cowboys go, the draft will have to be the team’s savior. …
The Dallas Cowboys fanbase has spoken with vitriol on social media so far this offseason. Many outside of the Cowboys circles feel our ire is warranted. After all, what has the front office done to instill confidence in next year’s team? The losses have outweighed the gains in a manner as disproportionate as Micah Parsons’ holding …
ESPN’s NFL Draft Analyst, Matt Miller, released his full seven-round mock draft this week. You have to be a member of ESPN+ to read it. So I can’t post the full seven rounds with every player listed. But we can take a look at the picks he has Dallas making, comment on them, and offer our …
The 2024 NFL Draft is under a month away. That means we can finally start to accurately speculate on who the Dallas Cowboys draft picks will be. At this point, the Senior Bowl, the NFL Scouting Combine, and the rush of free agency are in the rearview mirror. The positional needs of teams are all but …
He gamed the college football transfer portal last year. Now, former Cowboys’ cornerback Deion Sanders is eyeing a bigger target. The 2025 NFL Draft. The Colorado Buffaloes head coach brought in a nearly 100% brand new roster at Boulder for the 2023 season. Other coaches quickly followed his lead. Despite a 4-8 record in his first …
NFL fans can rejoice now that we are within a calendar month of the next big event on the offseason calendar: the 2024 NFL Draft. We are exactly 31 days away from the Chicago Bears deciding which college prospect will be the newest number one pick. Members of the Dallas Cowboys’ front office have to be …
