A few wild card surprises this week
It was a tale of two conferences in the wild card round this past weekend. Especially when it came to my picks. In the AFC the three division-winning home teams cruised to relatively easy wins. The …
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Pigskin prognostication: Picking the wild card winners
Well, since the Dallas Cowboys aren’t around in the postseason this year, let’s take a crack at picking this weekend’s wild card round winners, shall we? While the Cowboys will be watching at home on the couch, like the rest of us, there are some related interests in play. First, there are a few former Dallas …
Week 16 Rooting Guide: How the Cowboys keep their 0.1% chance at the playoffs alive
We are now in week 16 of the 2024 NFL season, and there have been some developments that nobody expected when the season kicked off in September. Aaron Rodgers and the New York Jets are terrible, despite adding Rodgers’ BFF WR Davante Adams in a mid-season trade. Kirk Cousins has been benched in favor of rookie …
Mistake-filled 3rd quarter dooms Cowboys; McCarthy to blame
As I sit down to write this article, I think about all the topics that I’ve mulled over during and after the Cowboys’ 30-24 loss in Santa Clara, CA to the San Francisco 49ers. I could write about the good things they did. Whether you can see past your negative blinders or not, the Cowboys did …
Week 8, DAL vs SF Post-Game Post
The Dallas Cowboys and San Francisco 49ers clashed in a thrilling game tonight, showcasing the Cowboys determination and grit only in the fourth quarter. The Cowboys and 49ers entered the game missing several key players due to injuries. The 49ers were without Brandon Aiyuk, Christian McCaffery, and Deebo Samuel, who had recently been sick with pneumonia. …
3 Key Matchups: Cowboys must exorcise old demons in Santa Clara
We are finally just a few hours away from the Dallas Cowboys taking the field on Sunday Night Football versus the San Francisco 49ers. Even though it’s been lopsided lately, this is still a rivalry matchup, stirring up nostalgia for those of us who witnessed the playoff battles of the 1990s. The season hasn’t gone quite …
Why today’s game in San Francisco is about more than revenge
Many viewers of this afternoon’s game in San Francisco will think the Dallas Cowboys will be playing for revenge against the 49ers. After all, the 49ers derailed the Cowboys season last year with a 42-10 beat down. Linebacker Leighton Vander Esch’s career ended in this game on a dirty play by Trent Williams. Of note, Williams …
Week 8 Injury Report: 1 Cowboy expected to play despite missed practices
The Dallas Cowboys return from the bye week with a trip to Santa Clara to take on the 49ers. This Sunday Night game is going to be between two teams who are a combined 6-and-7, probably not what most thought. They are also the two teams whose IR and injury reports are probably better than the …
3 Bold Predictions: Can the Cowboys get the monkey off their back?
The Dallas Cowboys are fresh off of their bye week and preparing to travel to Santa Clara for a big NFC matchup against the San Francisco 49ers. This rivalry is not what it used to be. San Francisco has dominated the recent matchups. Before the 42-10 beat down last year on Sunday Night Football, the 49ers …
The Cowboys should still have a healthy fear of the 49ers
The Dallas Cowboys versus San Francisco 49ers rivalry is one of the best in the history of the NFL, and it is also a deep source of nostalgia for many types of Cowboys fans. Playoff battles in the 1980s and 1990s shaped the rivalry. From Dwight Clark’s catch in the 1981 NFC Championship Game to Alvin …
Dallas Cowboys have no excuse to lose to the 49ers on SNF
The bye week for the Dallas Cowboys is over, but it was nothing short of eventful. By now I am sure you heard all about the drama Jerry created with his comments while on his weekly radio appearance. Now it is time for this team to get back to football. They are on the road for …
Brutal 5-game stretch will define the Cowboys’ season
It has been a roller-coaster type of season thus far for the Dallas Cowboys and their fans. What we thought was a signature road win to start the season in Cleveland turned out to be the Cowboys just beating up on a bad team. The Browns have been terrible this season, and are currently on a …
Cowboys make list of early NFL season surprises
As former NFL Super Bowl winning scout, Bryan Broaddus says, the NFL is a strange lady. What he means by this is that most times the season doesn’t go the way everyone expects it to. If it was that easy, the majority Super Bowl pick would win the championship every season, and we can all stop …
Upcoming pass rushers pose significant challenge for Cowboys’ O-line
The Dallas Cowboys are sitting with a 2-2 record after taking care of the New York Giants on the road at MetLife Stadium. It was a closer game than many in Cowboys Nation were comfortable with, but a win is a win in today’s NFL. There is a level of parity in the NFL that we …
Cowboys get a mulligan for week 2 loss; keep pace with NFC contenders
Week 2 of the 2024 NFL season has now come and gone after QB Kirk Cousins and the Atlanta Falcons spoiled the Philadelphia Eagles homecoming with an improbable touchdown drive with less than two minutes left in regulation. It was just one example of several surprising outcomes in week 2, and it is also another example …
Cowboys will surge in the win column after a shaky start
We are one day away from the start of the 2024 NFL season in Kansas City. The defending Super Bowl champion Chiefs will host the Baltimore Ravens on a special edition of Thursday Night Football. It’s the season of predictions, and today my predictions of how the Dallas Cowboys regular season will play out continues. If …
Cowboys found some answers, but still have questions following loss to Rams
It finally felt like a regular NFL football Sunday yesterday. Waking up in the morning knowing there would be Dallas Cowboys football on television later in the afternoon was like waking up to Christmas in August. The Dallas Cowboys visited SoFi Stadium to take on the Los Angeles Rams in preseason action. As expected, several of …
Cowboys in regular season form in preseason-opening loss
Well, if that wasn’t the Cowboys Way when it comes to losing a football game. Dumb penalties that snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. In Sunday’s preseason opener, the Cowboys defense picked off Rams quarterback Stetson Bennett four times. Somehow, Dallas still lost 13-12 at SoFi Stadium. A fifth interception – which would have likely …
Cowboys and Rams to hold joint practice: What to watch for
The Dallas Cowboys have been in full pads at training camp in Oxnard, California for about a week now. The pads have been popping, and have even resulted in a few friendly scuffles between teammates. Well, now the Cowboys can put their sibling rivalries to rest and band together to take on players with different colored …
Which cornerback unit will pose the biggest threat to the Cowboys offense?
This is the final weekend before the NFL season starts to roll around, and we can leave the non-football portion of our summer behind us. We can all look forward to seeing the Cowboys take the field for 2024 after yet another disappointing playoff exit. This time, it was an embarrassing 48-32 beat down at the …
Top 3 offensive lines on Cowboys’ 2024 schedule should come as no surprise
This point in the NFL offseason is the season of lists and rankings. Every Tom, Dick, and Harry in the sports universe is using the absence of football for the impossible task of ranking players. ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler is currently in the middle of a series where several NFL executives, coaches, and scouts are voting for …