Tag: Training Camp

The Dallas Cowboys want to emulate their 2014 season. To do so, they will need to boast a dominant ground game. Make no mistake, this team wants to run the ball thirty times a game. If their backfield was short on depth, Ezekiel Elliott may have been looking at the ninety plus...

Here's a quick Friday update on some new health issues that have come up for two Cowboys players. The biggest news involves linebacker Andrew Gachkar, who was in the mix to compete for a starting role this year. https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/761645782328115200 "A few weeks" would get Gachkar back, hopefully, for at least the Cowboys'...

The Dallas Cowboys are barely one week into training camp and if you have been paying any kind of attention, you probably would've noticed that there certainly hasn't been any shortage of news. Unfortunately, the majority of it has been of the negative nature. Backup quarterback Kellen Moore broke his...

The Dallas Cowboys have several players entering their contract year with the organization and the 2016 season will go a long way in determining their future with America's Team. Gavin Escobar in particular is an intriguing player entering last year of his rookie deal, but for some reason the Cowboys...

The Dallas Cowboys officially had their first training camp practice Sunday and the way they decided to start things off made a statement about unity to not only the NFL, but the nation. As a team, they walked arm in arm onto the field with a few special guest...

We've reached the end of our six-part 2016 Camp Preview series. If you'd like to see previous installments, there are links provided at the end of this article. The Cowboys' first practice in Oxnard is today. Some positions have already experienced change at the top of the depth chart. Others...

Click Here for Part One: Offense Yesterday we projected the Week One offense, using up 25 of the 53 available roster spots. Use the above link to check out who made the cut. We know that three of the remaining 28 spots will go to a kicker, punter, and long snapper....

Every year, most of us who follow Cowboys training camps and preseasons latch on to some lesser-known, little-expected-from prospect and hope they will make the team. It may be that they played for our favorite college team, or we just liked something we saw or heard from their past. For a...

The Dallas Cowboys officially take the field for training camp practices on Saturday, July 30th, which so happens to be tomorrow. Can you believe it's just one day away? Finally, the practices will be fully padded and we can all get a better idea of not only the new additions to...

Yesterday, in Part Three of our Camp Preview Series, we talked about which position on the 2016 Cowboys roster was going to be the strongest. Naturally, it's now time to ask... What Will be the Weakest Position on the Team? Jess Haynie ( @CowboysAddicts ) - Even without the suspensions,...

In Part Three of our 2016 Camp Preview series, our writers answered what may seem like a fairly obvious question. You may be surprised, however, at some of their responses. What is the Strongest Position on the Team? Ian Koplowitz ( @BleedingTheStar ) - I'd be hard pressed to say...

With training camp just a few days away, the Dallas Cowboys are expected to make a roster move and sign veteran offensive tackle Cameron Bradfield. Bradfield signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2011 after going undrafted and started 27 of 41 career games at both left and right tackle during...

Click here for Part One: Best Position Battle Our six-part Camp Preview Series rolls on! While the majority of those who fail to make the final 53-man roster are unknown players, there are always a few who have real cache in the NFL. Some fall especially hard; starters from the previous...

The Dallas Cowboys 2016 Training Camp begins the end of this week! We're as excited as you are! To whet our appetites even more for the return of football, our Inside The Star team worked together to compose a six-part Camp Preview Series. To kick things off, we each shared what...

The Dallas Cowboys are now just a few days away from starting training camp and every time these practices kickoff I start to get the feeling that the season is almost here. The practice is finally fully padded, the tempers are flaring, and the trash talk is running rampant. Football...

When you think about training camp battles, which ones are your favorites? The first one that comes to my mind is Dez Bryant vs. Orlando Scandrick. Both guys are competitors on every snap and think the ball is theirs when it comes out of Tony Romo's golden right hand. It's going...

Several fierce battles are ahead for the 2016 Dallas Cowboys training camp. Typically, a team's most anticipated position battles center around spotlight roster spots, but this Cowboys team is either already set or has their bed made in all the most high profile positions. The quarterback position is set in stone. Tony Romo is the starter. However, if someone comes along and breaks that stone, much like Tony Romo's clavicle in 2015, then Cowboys fans could be looking at yet another dismal rotation of sub-par signal callers.

The Cowboys are currently engaged in voluntary Organized Team Activities and will have mandatory mini-camps in the coming weeks. Even though the real battles don't start until the official Training Camp in Oxnard, CA, plenty of things can happen during these practices that help or hurt players' positioning for roster spots and playing time. Here is an overview of some of the clear competitions that exist on the Cowboys roster right now. This year just about every position has some intrigue: Quarterback How much will Dallas consider rookie Dak Prescott for the number-two spot?

Click here for Part One, which covered the offense and special teams. . We have 26 spots left for the defense after projecting the offensive and special teams positions, which you can see using the link above. As a reminder, we're not including suspended players (DeMarcus Lawrence, Randy Gregory) or players expected to start the year on the PUP list (rookie Jaylon Smith). DE:

The best place to follow the 2015 Cowboys was right here inside the star. However, in 2016, the Dallas Cowboys will literally be coming inside The Star! That's right, the Cowboys will be leaving their long-time Valley Ranch home for 2016 to relocate to a state of the art facility...