This will be the fourth season for players from the 2014 NFL Draft. That means expiring rookie contracts for most, which often comes with a referendum on how that player has lived...
The world of the Dallas Cowboys is always spinning, even in June, and on Friday the spin spun out two members of the roster. As it is indeed June the roster moves (like the ones Staff Writer Sean Martin wrote about here) aren't ever that surprising to Cowboys Nation. For what it's worth the waiving of Brandon McGee, no offense to him, falls in that category. The release of Terrance Mitchell has a lot of people scratching their heads, though. Mitchell played fairly well in the final games of the 2015 season, and it was just recently that he was actually being worked out at the Safety position.
I can't think of any position group on any team that has received as much criticism and blame as the Dallas Cowboys secondary has over the past decade or so. Trust me, they've been easy to blame. The downfall of Terence Newman in 2011, the failed Alan Ball experiment in 2010, and even the (so far) disappointing career of Morris Claiborne are all examples which detractors will point to in order to prove the Cowboys secondary as inadequate. The thing is, the last couple of seasons, the Cowboys secondary hasn't been bad whatsoever. Last year, they ranked fifth in pass yards against in both per game and overall categories.
On the surface, Cowboys Nation has plenty of reasons to still be concerned about the team's secondary. However, a closer look at the depth available for Rod Marinelli and Dallas to work with warrants some optimism for a unit that has been holding the Cowboys back for years. Deji Olatoye and Terrance Mitchell stepped in at the end of the 2015 season to see some significant playing time, and certainly made the most of it. In the game the Cowboys were mercifully eliminated from playoff contention at AT&T Stadium against the Jets in week 15, Mitchell recorded the first interception by a Dallas corner since December of 2014 in a win at the Bears. Olatoye stepped in to start the very next week against the Bills, and recorded an interception of his own against Tyrod Taylor in the end zone.
Yesterday, the Dallas Cowboys brought in free agent running back Alfred Morris and defensive back Patrick Robinson for visits - now well into the free agency process. However, both players could contribute...
Mamma Mia, the Dallas Cowboys have been busy today!
In case you missed the news this week here's what's gone down:
Rolando McClain was re-signed.
Cedric Thornton was signed.
Kyle Wilber was re-signed.
You can now add...
There are just three more days left in 2015 and I think I speak for all of Cowboys Nation when I say... Thank God.
This year has been punch after punch in our...
The Dallas Cowboys put up a good fight through the first half of Kellen Moore's first career start in Buffalo, but ultimately came up short in another 2015 game - there second...
December 26th means different things for different people.
Some people are headed home after visiting family. Others lay in their pajamas and watch college bowl games or movies. Of course there are those that rush to their...
Well, the Dallas Cowboys were officially eliminated from the crazy NFC East playoff race in their most recent heartbreaker to the Jets. That's not to say the Cowboys did not give us...
The Dallas Cowboys have had a really, really good defense this year.
It's a damn shame.
This defensive unit has played very well this year with little to no help from the other side...
It would be easy to say that nothing good came from the Cowboys most recent one-score loss to the Jets, which officially eliminated them from playoff contention. However, a few players certainly...
