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• NFL Draft results 2024: Dallas Cowboys select DT Justin Rogers with the 244th pick

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports The Dallas Cowboys rounded out their draft class with Auburn’s Justin Rodgers! With the 244th pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, the Dallas Cowboys selected Auburn defensive tackle Justin Rogers. The Cowboys needed to beef up the middle of their defensive line after having issues stopping the run. Rogers is an attempt to fix that issue as he is large and specializes in ...2024
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• NFL Draft results 2024: Dallas Cowboys select WR Ryan Flournoy with the 216th pick

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images The Dallas Cowboys have a brand new wide receiver in Ryan Flournoy! With the 216th pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, the Dallas Cowboys selected Southeast Missouri State WR Ryan Flournoy. The Cowboys let Michael Gallup go in the offseason and don’t have any sure things behind CeeDee Lamb and Brandin Cooks. Flournoy represents another body in the competition for...2024
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• NFL Draft results 2024: Dallas Cowboys select OT Nathan Thomas with the 233rd pick

Photo by Zach Bolinger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Dallas Cowboys have a new offensive lineman in Louisiana-Lafayette’s Nathan Thomas! With the 233rd pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, the Dallas Cowboys selected Louisiana-Lafayette offensive tackle Nathan Thomas. The Cowboys are in the process of re-building their offensive line. Thomas is a huge tackle with a lot of traits to coach up,...2024
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• NFL Draft results 2024: Dallas Cowboys select CB Caelen Carson with the 174th pick

Photo by Zach Bolinger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Dallas Cowboys have a new cornerback in Caelen Carson. With the 174th pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, the Dallas Cowboys selected Wake Forest cornerback Caelen Carson. The Cowboys seemed to be going with BPA here as Carson is a value pick at this spot in the draft. Cornerbacks are always in demand and the Cowboys depth was questionabl...2024
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• NFL Draft 2024 Day 3 live thread II: Cowboys news, trades, needs, draft order

Photo by John Smolek/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Follow along with the 2024 NFL Draft and discuss all the moves. The 2024 NFL Draft rolls along. We continue to track all Dallas Cowboys’ moves. This is an open thread for draft chat. Cowboys 2024 draft picks: Round 1, pick 24 - OT Tyler Guyton (Oklahoma) Round 2, pick 56 - DE Marshawn Kneeland (Western Michigan) Round 3, pick 73 - ...2024
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• NFL Draft 2024 Day 3 live thread: Cowboys news, trades, needs, draft order

Mandi Wright / USA TODAY NETWORK Follow along with the 2024 NFL Draft and discuss all the moves. The 2024 NFL Draft rolls along. We continue to track all Dallas Cowboys’ moves. This is an open thread for draft chat. Cowboys 2024 draft picks: Round 1, pick 24 - OT Tyler Guyton (Oklahoma) Round 2, pick 56 - DE Marshawn Kneeland (Western Michigan) Round 3, pick 73 - G/C Cooper Beebe (Kan...2024
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• NFL Draft results 2024: Dallas Cowboys select OT Tyler Guyton with the 29th pick

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports The first selection of the 2024 NFL Draft for the Dallas Cowboys is Oklahoma OT Tyler Guyton. With the 29th pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, the Dallas Cowboys selected Oklahoma offensive tackle Tyler Guyton. This pick has been forecast for the Cowboys since Tyron Smith left in free agency. The Cowboys traded back to get an extra third-round pick, and got Guyton anywa...2024
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• 3 NFL Draft prospects who could have shocking fall on draft night

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK These players could slip in the first round, and maybe even to Day 2. No matter how many times they are burned by baseless rumors and pre-draft reports that are later proven beyond a shadow of a doubt to be untrue, NFL fans continue to believe everything they hear until they’re given the actual results during the draft. For example, in the days and hours befo...2024
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• 8 things I think about the 2024 NFL Draft

Photo by Kara Durrette/Getty Images What can we expect when the 2024 NFL Draft gets underway on Thursday night? The NFL Draft is mere days away after months of anticipation. While the first pick is all but a sure thing with USC’s Caleb Williams favored to be selected by the Chicago Bears, it’s all uncertain thereafter. Mock draft after mock draft had the Washington Commanders taking Jayde...2024
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• Rookie review: LB DeMarvion Overshown looks to be fresh face of new Mike Zimmer defense

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Cowboys have put a lot of pressure on DeMarvion Overshown this season. The words redshirt or wasted year has been used a lot when reviewing the Cowboys 2023 draft class, like we’ve done here with DT Mazi Smith and TE Luke Schoonmaker. In the truest sense of those terms though, only second-round pick DeMarvion Overshown was lost f...2024
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• Draft history suggests the Cowboys do well when targeting OL, LB, and RB early in the draft

Set Number: X164476 TK1 What the Cowboys need and what they are good at drafting might line up quite well for them. This is an important draft for the Dallas Cowboys. It’s no secret that the team lost several key players in free agency without doing much to replenish those losses. Additionally, last year’s draft class was one of the worst-producing groups since the infamous “special teams...2024
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• Recent NFL Draft history does not favor Rams with the #19 pick

Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images The Rams hold the 19th pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. Recent history has produced some fairly ugly results at that spot. For the first time since the 2016 NFL Draft, the Los Angeles Rams will have a first-round pick(!) Whether that will hold true come draft day remains an uncertainty. Until then, Les Snead and Sean McVay have plenty of draft capital to wo...2024
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• Cowboys news: Trade talk is all the rage with the draft approaching

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports All the latest Cowboys news 2024 NFL mock draft with all trades: Deals for 32 first-round picks - Bill Barnwell, ESPN An all-trade mock draft? Here is what the Cowboys do. 24. Dallas Cowboys Chiefs get: 1-24 Cowboys get: 1-32, 3-95, 5-159 The Cowboys are about to make a big financial splash, but it’s going to be on players they already have. CeeDee Lamb and Mica...2024
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• Ranking the Cowboys' last 10 first-round draft picks

Photo by Gregory Fisher/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images For the most part the Cowboys have had success in the first round of the draft. The Dallas Cowboys have typically done their best team-building work through the NFL draft. With the 2024 edition just next week, we’re going to look back on the last 10 years of Cowboys drafts and pull out some of the highlights and low points. Today, we...2024
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• NFL Draft 2024 needs for Commanders, Eagles, Giants, and Cowboys in NFC East, plus pick breakdown

Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images The 2024 NFL Draft is days away. What do the teams in the NFC East need? SB Nation’s division-by-division tour of the 2024 NFL Draft leaves the AFC behind, and moves onto the NFC. We start in the NFC East, a division with four teams each facing serious questions this offseason. In Washington, how are the Commanders going to address the quarterback po...2024
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• Rookie review: Fresh start for first-rounder Mazi Smith under new DC Zimmer

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images Will the Cowboys be able to depend more on Mazi Smith in 2024 in your opinion? It is no secret that the Dallas Cowboys will be relying on multiple players from their upcoming 2024 draft class to make an immediate impact if they hope to repeat as NFC East champions. That notion that has only added to the overall negativity towards the team this offseason ...2024
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"Leighton Vander Esch retires: Ex-Cowboys LB ends 6-year NFL career after persistent neck injuries, per report"

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"Cowboys, Leighton Vander Esch come to terms on two-year, $11 million deal"

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"Cowboys re-sign former Pro Bowl linebacker Leighton Vander Esch to a one-year deal, per report"

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"Jaylon Smith released by Cowboys: Leighton Vander Esch reacts to the news, displeased with public criticism"

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"Cowboys' Leighton Vander Esch fully recovered from neck injury, 'excited' to return and feeling 'wonderful'"

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• NFL Draft results 2024: Dallas Cowboys select DT Justin Rogers with the 244th pick
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• NFL Draft results 2024: Dallas Cowboys select WR Ryan Flournoy with the 216th pick
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• NFL Draft results 2024: Dallas Cowboys select CB Caelen Carson with the 174th pick
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• NFL Draft 2024 Day 3 live thread II: Cowboys news, trades, needs, draft order
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• 2024 NFL Draft grades: Cowboys almost nail Day 2

Photo by John Smolek/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images A quick review of Day 2 draft grades for the Cowboys. Here’s quick look at some of the media grades that have come in so far for the Cowboys picks yesterday. 56. Marshawn Kneeland, Edge, Western Michigan TouchdownWire A+ For me, Marshawn Kneeland was one of the most fun players to watch in this class. I have a weakness for violent def...2024
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• NFL Draft results 2024: Dallas Cowboys select LB Marist Liufau with the 87th pick

Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images The Dallas Cowboys have a new linebacker in Marist Liufau. With the 87th pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, the Dallas Cowboys selected Notre Dame linebacker Marist Liufau. The Cowboys entered the draft with a need at linebacker in Mike Zimmer’s new defense. The Cowboys now have knocked off some of their bigger needs in the drat. NFL.com Angular linebacker wi...2024
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• Instant analysis: Cowboys draft Notre Dame linebacker Marist Liufau at 87 overall

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Image Of Sport/Getty Images Here are our immediate thoughts on linebacker Marist Liufau. After addressing edge rusher and center with their first two picks on day two, the Dallas Cowboys had a chance to go in a multitude of different directions with their final selection of the night. With plenty of talented players still on the board, the Cowboys ultimately decided...2024
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• NFL Draft results 2024: Dallas Cowboys select DE Marshawn Kneeland with the 56th pick

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images The Dallas Cowboys have a new defensive end in Marshawn Kneeland. With the 56th pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, the Dallas Cowboys selected Western Michigan DE Marshawn Kneeland. This feels like a bit of a curveball as many expected the Cowboys to go back to the offensive line, or maybe a running back or linebacker. Dallas did lose a couple of key players on...2024
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• NFL Draft 2024 Day 2 live thread II: Cowboys news, trades, needs, draft order

Photo by John Smolek/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Follow along with the 2024 NFL Draft and discuss all the moves. The 2024 NFL Draft rolls along. We continue to track all Dallas Cowboys’ moves. This is an open thread for draft chat. Cowboys 2024 draft picks: Round 1, pick 24 - OT Tyler Guyton (Oklahoma) Round 2, pick 56 - DE Marshawn Kneeland (Western Michigan) Round 2, pick 73 Ro...2024
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• NFL Draft results 2024: Dallas Cowboys select DT Justin Rogers with the 244th pick
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• NFL Draft results 2024: Dallas Cowboys select WR Ryan Flournoy with the 216th pick
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• NFL Draft results 2024: Dallas Cowboys select OT Nathan Thomas with the 233rd pick
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• NFL Draft results 2024: Dallas Cowboys select CB Caelen Carson with the 174th pick
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• 2024 NFL Draft grades: Cowboys almost nail Day 2
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• NFL Draft results 2024: Dallas Cowboys select LB Marist Liufau with the 87th pick
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• NFL Draft results 2024: Dallas Cowboys select OL Cooper Beebe with the 73rd pick

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images The Dallas Cowboys did it! Cooper Beebe! With the 73rd pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, the Dallas Cowboys selected Kansas State interior lineman Cooper Beebe. The Cowboys go back to the offensive line and stock up with a guard from college. There are some who think he may push over to center for the Cowboys. NFL.com Wide-bodied guard who has been a model of...2024
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• NFL Draft results 2024: Dallas Cowboys select DE Marshawn Kneeland with the 56th pick
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• NFL Draft results 2024: Dallas Cowboys select OT Tyler Guyton with the 29th pick
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• 3 NFL Draft prospects who could have shocking fall on draft night
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• NFL Draft results 2024: Dallas Cowboys select CB Caelen Carson with the 174th pick
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• NFL Draft results 2024: Dallas Cowboys select OL Cooper Beebe with the 73rd pick
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• In their minds, the Cowboys may think they are set for the NFL draft

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports A stingy approach to free agency has left the Cowboys with a lot of holes ahead of the NFL Draft. For most of us, NFL free agency has been disappointing for the Dallas Cowboys. It really shouldn’t be. They have stuck to the same playbook as in previous years. They refuse to spend big, and this year they seem very focused on the cap implications of the com...2024
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• Leighton Vander Esch’s early retirement continues unfortunate pattern with Cowboys LBs

Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images All the best to Leighton Vander Esch in life after football. Leighton Vander Esch has retired from football at just 28 years old. This untimely end to his playing career can’t help but make Cowboys fans think of Sean Lee, Jaylon Smith, and other linebackers who saw their time cut short, or at least significantly hampered, by medical issues. It’s an u...2024
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• Jaguars News (3/19): Arik Armstead has ‘a good 5 or 6 more years’ in him

Your daily dose of Jacksonville Jaguars news for March 19, 2024. Good morning! Here is today’s roundup of the latest news, rumors, and analysis on your Jacksonville Jaguars. Jaguars News 2024 NFL free agency: Jaguars signings tracker (Big Cat Country) The team has announced they have signed [Trevis] Gipson. Jaguars fans may recognize this name, as many fans had an interest in either trading for t...2024
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• The Linc - Haason Reddick roster bonus pushed back as trade rumors continue

Photo by Ryan Kang/Getty Images Philadelphia Eagles news and links for 3/19/24. Let’s get to the Philadelphia Eagles links ... Eagles reportedly tweak Haason Reddick contract as trade efforts continue - NBCSPA curious turn of events in Haason Reddick’s offseason as Reddick has apparently agreed to allow the Eagles to delay his $1 million roster bonus for two weeks as they continue to attem...2024
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• Here’s why the Cowboys may essentially be done with free agency for now

They might be focused on a certain big contract negotiation. | Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images It is quite possible the Cowboys already consider themselves done with free agency. Fans of the Dallas Cowboys are enduring what has become an annual rite of the offseason. While virtually every other team in the league, most certainly including their three division rivals, are signing so...2024
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• Cowboys news: Leighton Vander Esch says goodbye; Rico Dowdle returns

Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports The latest Dallas Cowboys offseason news. LVE pens emotional retirement letter to Cowboys - Patrik Walker, DallasCowboys.com Leighton Vander Esch played all six of his NFL seasons with the Cowboys as their 2018 first-round pick. Vander Esch, lovingly dubbed “Wolf Hunter” by the Cowboys’ fandom who enjoyed letting out the occasional howl whenever the former ...2024
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• Leighton Vander Esch retiring from football after six seasons with Dallas Cowboys

Photo by Ryan Kang/Getty Images The Wolf Hunter is officially calling it a career. Former Dallas Cowboys linebacker Leighton Vander Esch is retiring from professional football. JUST IN: Former Cowboys LB Leighton Vander Esch has medically retired.“I love the game of football so much, and my body won’t cooperate any longer. I cherished every moment of my NFL career, and it has been such a...2024
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• Cowboys news: The upcoming draft will be a huge deal for Dallas

Aaron E. Martinez / USA TODAY NETWORK Your Sunday morning Cowboys news 3 ways the Cowboys can fix the roster in the 2024 NFL Draft - Mark Heaney, Inside the Star While the Dallas Cowboys will be passive in free agency, here’s how they can remedy their roster holes. Trade Up with 2025 Picks The one positive that comes from Dallas losing as much as they have is the compensatory picks they ...2024
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• Cowboys' Leighton Vander Esch fully recovered from neck injury, 'excited' to return and feeling 'wonderful'
The Pro Bowl linebacker is feeling better than he ever has...2020
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• Cowboys lose Blake Jarwin, Leighton Vander Esch to serious injuries in Week 1 loss to Rams
Jarwin is out for the season with a torn ACL, while Vander Esch requires surgery for his collarbone...2020
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• Cowboys' Leighton Vander Esch suffers collarbone injury in Sunday night matchup vs. Rams and won't return
The former first-round linebacker missed seven games in 2019 with a neck issue...2020
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• Cowboys re-sign former Pro Bowl linebacker Leighton Vander Esch to a one-year deal, per report
The former first-round pick is staying with the Cowboys...2022
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• Cowboys, Leighton Vander Esch come to terms on two-year, $11 million deal

The former Pro Bowler will remain in Dallas...2023
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• Leighton Vander Esch retires: Ex-Cowboys LB ends 6-year NFL career after persistent neck injuries, per report

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• Cowboys' Leighton Vander Esch expected to make 'full recovery', be available for offseason program
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• Cowboys' Leighton Vander Esch 'not worried anymore' about neck issue, confirms role change in 2020
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• 2024 NFL Draft grades: Cowboys almost nail Day 2
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• NFL Draft results 2024: Dallas Cowboys select OL Cooper Beebe with the 73rd pick
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• 8 things I think about the 2024 NFL Draft
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• Early, middle, and late: 3 draft options for the Cowboys at the linebacker position

Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Where should the Cowboys go after a linebacker in the upcoming draft in your opinion? The 2024 NFL Draft is an opportunity for the Dallas Cowboys to find a new linebacker, but at what point should they pull the trigger? Should they use one of their top draft resources and secure one of the better talents in the draft, or can they afford...2024
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• Rookie review: LB DeMarvion Overshown looks to be fresh face of new Mike Zimmer defense
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• The likely return to safety for Markquese Bell is the right move by the Cowboys

Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports The experiment at linebacker needed to come to an end. Under the guidance of former defensive coordinator Dan Quinn, the Dallas Cowboys tried an experiment in 2023. With rookie linebacker DeMarvion Overshown being lost for the season with a torn ACL, and veteran Leighton Vander Esch being lost early in the year, Markquese Bell, who came in as a safety, was ask...2024
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• Draft history suggests the Cowboys do well when targeting OL, LB, and RB early in the draft
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• Recent NFL Draft history does not favor Rams with the #19 pick
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• Cowboys news: Trade talk is all the rage with the draft approaching
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• 2024 NFL Draft grades: Cowboys almost nail Day 2
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• Pre-Snap Reads 3/19: How much has the Seahawks roster improved through early part of free agency?

Read! In Today’s Links: Seattle Seahawks position group analysis; Schneider talks new TEs; why are new LBs are better than last year’s LBs; what’s next for our squad; and a bit more! Things are still moving, and moving at a ‘Hawks pace. How much better is our favourite team? What does the roster look like, to you? Where do we need improvement? What part of the roster is deep enough to your li...2024
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• Cowboys free agency leaves a lot of holes, but it’s not as bad as it looks

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images There are a lot of people questioning how the Dallas Cowboys are approaching free agency. It’s business as usual for the Dallas Cowboys and that means it’s time to disappoint fans who are holding their breath for some new toys to admire as the team revamps their roster. Most are conditioned for this quiet period, but it’s still concerning because th...2024
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• Giants news, 3/16: Drew Lock, J.J. McCarthy, Malik Nabers, more headlines

New York Giants news for Saturday Good morning, New York Giants fans! Giants mock draft tracker: Wide receiver, quarterback both draw significant support In this week’s edition of our Giants mock draft tracker, 25 of 45 mocks (55.6%) have the Giants selecting a wide receiver. Thirteen of those mock drafts (28.9%) give the Giants Malik Nabers of LSU. Twelve (26.7%) give New York Rome Odunze of Wash...2024
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• The underrated part of Dan Quinn’s success that the Cowboys are primed to take advantage of
Raymond Carlin III-USA TODAY Sports The Cowboys are rightfully buying into being a defensive team with one of the best coordinators in the NFL leading the way. There’s no denying that the Dallas Cowboys are having a massively productive offseason. In some ways they’ve stuck to their usual tactics of prioritizing internal free agents and finding value players to fill roster needs in prepara...2023
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• Cowboys release Ezekiel Elliott, end of an era in Dallas football
Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images The former 4th overall pick of the Cowboys is cut from the roster. Speculation had been swirling since the end of the regular season over what the Cowboys would do with veteran running back Ezekiel Elliott, but that speculation came to an end on Wednesday as the Cowboys decided to release the former fourth overall pick of the 2016 NFL Draft. End of an...2023
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• Don Banks' NFL Mock Draft 4.0

ARLINGTON, Tex. - This most intriguing of NFL drafts is finally upon us, and the unknowns still abound. Here's my final attempt at mocking out what will unfold Thursday night at AT&T Stadium. Expect some trades, but I'm only predicting one for the purposes of this exercise, a swap between No. 10 Oakland and No. 12 Buffalo. Here we go. As always a reminder: Your results may vary. 1. Cleveland Brow...2018
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