Zack Martin has been named to a whole lot of lists this offseason. A few weeks ago, I wrote about how he landed on the Pro Football Focus All Decade top 100 list. Now, Pro Football Focus is “honoring” him once again, slotting him 46th on their top … Read more
Written by: Kevin Brady
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It felt weird writing this title. “Former” Cowboys center Travis Frederick earned what may be his final football accolade, being named 34th on Pro Football Focus’ All Decade Top 101 list. Frederick is the highest rated Cowboy of the entire decade, in front of fellow linemen Tyron Smith … Read more
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The Dallas Cowboys have had some of the best top-end offensive line talent in football for years now. And while Zack Martin’s addition in 2014 took the run game to the next level, left tackle Tyron Smith has been a stalwart on the Dallas offensive line for nearly … Read more
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Six Pro Bowls in six seasons. Four First Team All Pro selections in six seasons. Yeah, Cowboys guard Zack Martin is on a Hall of Fame trajectory. Martin earned yet another accolade this week, being named 51st on the Pro Football Focus All Decade list. Martin has been … Read more
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The 2019 season came to a close on Sunday night as the world watched the Kansas City Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers 31-20 to win their first Super Bowl in 50 years. While most of the NFL world has already moved onto the business of retooling, rebuilding, … Read more
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Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott is the subject of constant debate around the football world. Now that it’s getting time to pay him, those debates are even hotter. As I discussed last week, Prescott has been much better than he’s often given credit for, though the narrative continues to … Read more
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The Cowboys duo of young linebackers took the NFL by storm in 2018. Rookie Leighton Vander Esch and former second round pick Jaylon Smith played well above expectations, as for the first time in years Dallas did not face a significant drop off in defensive production when Sean … Read more
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According to Pro Football Focus (PFF), Dallas Cowboys Running Back Ezekiel Elliott will be one of nine RBs who will rush for more than 900 yards in 2019. Shocker, I know! I don’t know about you, but I don’t put a lot of stock into much of anything … Read more
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Pro Football Focus (PFF) recently released their 2019 preseason offensive line rankings for all 32 teams in the NFL. Despite the hype and league wide recognition the Dallas Cowboys OL typically receives, they failed to claim the top spot once again. That honor went to the Philadelphia Eagles … Read more
Written by: Brian Martin
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The Cowboys offensive line has been highly praised in recent years, often called the best single unit in all of football. The last two seasons, however, have seen injuries and illness take away some of the best players from this top-tier unit. And as players like Tyron Smith … Read more
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On Tuesday, Pro Football Focus published it’s Top 25 Players Under 25, with Dallas Cowboys Linebacker Leighton Vander Esch one of only three linebackers on the list. Oddly, one of the best players on the team was absent from this same list; Running Back Ezekiel Elliott. The running … Read more
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It’s been quite a year for Dallas Cowboys Linebacker Leighton Vander Esch. Heading into the 2018 NFL Draft, Vander Esch was seen as a late first and early second round pick by most draft analysts and many believed that he was most likely a second rounder. Primarily because … Read more
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Yesterday, Pro Football Focus, a site that watches the film and hands out grades on each individual player in the NFL, released it’s top five overall grades at linebacker for the 2018 season. Not that we should be surprised, but Leighton Vander Esch and Jaylon Smith both appeared … Read more
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The Dallas Cowboys made an unsurprising — if you were following all the pre-draft rumors — move when they drafted Boise State University Linebacker Leighton Vander Esch with the 19th overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft. It was one of those picks where many analysts — including me — … Read more
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The Dallas Cowboys’ receiving group has gotten a lot of ink over the offseason, with the prevailing perception being that there’s still a need at the top of the depth chart for an “alpha” type of receiver. That may or may not be the case, and thankfully with … Read more
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Pro Football Focus (PFF) just released their secondary rankings for all 32 NFL teams, and to be honest, I don’t know whether or not I agree with where they have the Dallas Cowboys in the pecking order. We all know that most rankings are loosely based on personal … Read more
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On a national level, it may be a while until the Dallas Cowboys young secondary gets the credit it deserves. This relatively unknown unit was a consistent bright spot through a rough 2017 season, seeing rookie Cornerbacks Chidobe Awuzie and Jourdan Lewis contribute right away. Now, with Awuzie … Read more
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It’s a huge year for Dallas Cowboys’ Defensive Tackle David Irving. After two good seasons in which he showed the world what he was capable of, Irving will play the 2018 NFL season under a second-round tender given to him by the Cowboys’ front office. A decision that … Read more
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In an otherwise disappointing 2017 season, one star shined through consistently for the Dallas Cowboys. Defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence finally reached the potential many people believed he could, racking up 14.5 sacks and dictating protection schemes week in and week out. Lawrence was so good in 2017 that … Read more
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