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• Why drafting well is key for Cowboys to pay and keep Prescott, Lamb, and Parsons

Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images The Cowboys are clearly looking to be efficient from a cost-saving perspective. At some point over the next 12 months, the Cowboys will hand out top-of-the-market contracts to Dak Prescott, CeeDee Lamb, and Micah Parsons. Prescott will likely get something upward of the $55 million Average Annual Value (AAV) Joe Burrow got last year, Lamb will look to bet...2024
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• Cowboys draft 2024: DE Marshawn Kneeland scouting report

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images Here is our scouting report on Marshawn Kneeland from Western Michigan We continue our 2024 NFL Draft scouting reports, now reviewing players the Dallas Cowboys drafted last week. This report is on second-round selection Marshawn Kneeland from Western Michigan. Marshawn KneelandDEWestern Michigan BroncosSenior6’3”267 lbsHand size- 9 1/8” (17%)Arm Length...2024
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• Impact of new analytics department felt in Cowboys’ 2024 draft haul

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports The Cowboys appear to have drafted for serious value. The Cowboys have rounded out yet another draft class with the 2024 NFL Draft over and done now. However, unlike most years where there is a level of consensus around how the team did, this year’s class has proven to be rather divisive. Even the national sites that published grades for the Cowboys’ haul were pr...2024
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• Cowboys news: Will McClay addresses what went into signing Ezekiel Elliott

Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports The latest news surrounding the Dallas Cowboys. McClay details reasons for Zeke return to Cowboys - Patrik Walker, DallasCowboys.com Will McClay points to Zeke’s 2023 Patriots film that proves he still has it. Loving what they saw from the former two-time NFL rushing champ in his lone season with the New England Patriots, the Cowboys’ front office points at 2...2024
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• Cowboys VP of player personnel on Ezekiel Elliott's return: 'Zeke is a winning, starting running back'

Cowboys VP of player personnel Will McClay clarified Dallas' view on the running back position's value and role in 2024...2024
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• 4 draft picks the Cowboys passed that will be worth watching in the years to come

Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images Which draftees that Dallas passed on will you be watching closely to accurately grade the Cowboys’ 2024 Draft? The 2024 NFL Draft is now in the books. The Cowboys have added eight new rookies to the team and there is a wide range of opinions out there on if they selected the right players or not. Grades range from A- to D and everywhere in between de...2024
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• 2024 NFL Draft Day 3 grades for the Dallas Cowboys

Photo by David Jensen/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images How would you grade the Dallas Cowboys Day 3 draft haul? Day 3 of the 2024 NFL Draft was a long one for those of us watching and waiting to see who the Dallas Cowboys would select with each of their four picks. Waiting for their fifth-round pick to finally arrive and get things going was excruciating. They stood pat with each one of th...2024
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• The Cowboys shouldn’t be afraid to draft Michigan players

Photo by Kevin Abele/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Cowboys shouldn’t avoid this class of Michigan players despite recent history. Albert Einstein defined insanity as ‘doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.’ The Dallas Cowboys have repeatedly pulled from a pool of Michigan players, from Taco Charlton to Mazi Smith. Even though the results haven’t va...2024
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• Cowboys final mock draft: C, RB the choices in the first two rounds

Photo by David Jensen/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Mock draft season is ending, so here is one more before we hit the real thing. This is it. The 2024 NFL Draft is this week. With only a couple of days left before the mocks stop and the real thing commences, we take a look at the Dallas Cowboys situation to try and figure out what the team may try and do when they are finally on the cl...2024
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• Cowboys news: A deeper look at Dallas' draft process

Max Faulkner/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Tribune News Service via Getty Images The latest news surrounding the Dallas Cowboys. Pulling back the curtain on how Cowboys scout the NFL draft - Todd Archer, ESPN Taking a look into how Dallas goes about choosing the players they draft. FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys’ offseason has been unpopular, filled with free agent losses such as Tyron Smi...2024
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• Cowboys news: Potential Dallas draft target, T’Vondre Sweat, arrested on DWI charge

Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images Notable headlines surrounding America’s team. Top Texas Prospect Arrested on DWI Charge Right Before Draft- Isaiah De Los Santos, Sport DFW What this means for the Longhorn DT is yet to be seen. The Texas Longhorns boast several of the nation’s top prospects ahead of the NFL draft, including defense tackle T’Vondre Sweat. Following a standout 2023 season...2024
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• Cowboys news: Brock Hoffman ready to seize his chance at the center position

Photo by Rich Barnes/Getty Images The latest news surrounding the Dallas Cowboys. Brock Hoffman ready to ‘be that guy’ at center in 2024 - Nick Harris, DallasCowboys.com The Cowboys’ backup lineman has the “next man up” mentality. While the Dallas Cowboys offseason has been chaotic for some, for others it’s been rather consistent since the abrupt end to the 2023 season in January. Of thos...2024
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• Cowboys news: Dallas loses free agent Johnathan Hankins to Seattle

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images The latest in Cowboys news. Johnathan Hankins signs with Seattle Seahawks - DallasCowboys.com The Cowboys lose another free agent. The Dallas Cowboys have seen another free agent head in a different direction this offseason as veteran defensive tackle Johnathan Hankins has signed with the Seattle Seahawks – ending his two-year run in Dallas. Hankins...2024
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• Cowboys news: Jourdan Lewis signs new deal, remains with Cowboys

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images Friday morning headlines surrounding America’s team. Lewis signs new deal, remains with Cowboys - Patrik Walker, DallasCowboys.com DB Jourdan Lewis will be joining the Cowboys for another season in 2024. The former Ed Block Courage Award winner has agreed to terms to remain in Dallas on a one-year deal through the 2024 season, officially signing the ne...2024
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• Cowboys news: Dallas reunites with RB Elliott, LB Wilson to fill out post-draft roster

Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports All the Dallas Cowboys news that’s fit to print. It’s happening: Dallas Cowboys are bringing back Ezekiel Elliott. Why? And for how much? - Clarence Hill Jr., Fort Worth Star Telegram It’s reunion week in Dallas. Elliott, who played last season with the New England Patriots, has agreed to a one-year deal worth $3 million, including $2 million guaranteed, per a...2024
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"Dallas Cowboys vice president of player personnel Will McClay and various members of the coaching staff, scouting department and front office are entrenched in downtown Indianapolis this week to meet with players at the NFL Combine and see draft prospects test in a rigorous scouting environment in front of the 32 teams."

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"Here's how Cowboys VP Will McClay sold team brass on making Mazi Smith the team's first-round pick"

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"Will McClay, the vice president of player personnel who is in his 20th season with the Cowboys, has reached a new contract to stay with the franchise, sources told ESPN."

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"John Wooten and Will McClay are trying to start a scouting service to provide all 32 NFL teams more information and data about prospects from HBCUs."

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"Cowboys’ Will McClay says “it’s going to be a tough deal” to pay everyone"

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"Will McClay says cutting Bryant was strictly a football decision."

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"— According to sources close to quarterback Paxton Lynch, the Memphis star worked out for the Dallas Cowboys this week and met with team owner Jerry Jones, his son Stephen and director of player personnel Will McClay."

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"Mayor of Glendale, Arizona Expects City to Lose Money by Hosting Super Bowl "

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• Why drafting well is key for Cowboys to pay and keep Prescott, Lamb, and Parsons
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• Cowboys news: Will McClay addresses what went into signing Ezekiel Elliott
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• Cowboys news: Dallas reunites with RB Elliott, LB Wilson to fill out post-draft roster
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• Cowboys news: Dallas adds DE Marshawn Kneeland, C/G Cooper Beebe on Day 2 of the NFL Draft

Michael C. Johnson-USA TODAY Sports The latest Cowboys news is here. Marshawn Kneeland to Cowboys as 2nd-Round Pick - Patrik Walker, DallasCowboys.com Dallas addresses sneaky edge rusher need with Kneeland. Kneeland is a flat-out athlete. With a run on positions that all but wiped out some top names the Cowboys had their eyes on, they opted to go to a less-heralded need on the roster by ...2024
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• 2024 Dallas Cowboys draft grades: ‘This was excellent drafting.’

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports A quick look at the grades for the Cowboys’ first-round pick. Grading a draft a mere hours after after the last pick is generally frowned on by the more hardcore football fan who knows that drafts can’t really be graded until three to four years after the fact. Regardless, what the grades do - to some extent - is capture the national media reaction about a draft...2024
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• X (formerly Twitter) reacts to the Cowboys trading down to pick 29 to select Tyler Guyton

Photo by James Black/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Twitter was all over the place during Thursday night’s Dallas Cowboys activity. Day 1 of the 2024 NFL draft has now concluded, and it turned out to be quite the ride for Dallas Cowboys fans anxiously waiting to find out who the next member of the team would be. The Cowboys started the day with seven picks in this year’s draft, but that ...2024
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• Cowboys news: Will McClay addresses what went into signing Ezekiel Elliott
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• Trading down may be the Cowboys’ best option in the first round

Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Trading down makes so much sense for the Cowboys. We are just a week away from the 2024 NFL Draft kicking off, and the Cowboys have held true to their plans to not make any sweeping moves in free agency. The closest they’ve come to filling a hole on the roster is the singing of Eric Kendricks at linebacker Jerry Jones has vaguely impl...2024
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• Cowboys’ disappointing start to free agency is exactly on brand

The architect of this mess. | Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images Everything about this free agency period for the Cowboys was, unfortunately, predictable. If you wanted a pithy quote to sum up how the start of free agency has gone for the Dallas Cowboys, let us suggest these words from David Byrne and the Talking Heads: “Same as it ever was.” Fans are reacting with disappointment, fru...2024
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• 10 potential Cowboys draft targets whose stock rose at the NFL combine

Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images Several players improved their draft stock throughout the NFL Combine. This past weekend featured a hallmark event of the NFL draft season, the annual combine held in Indianapolis. Hundreds of players from all around the nation got together to test their athleticism and meet, both formally and informally, with interested teams. Mike McCarthy and Mike Zim...2024
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• How the Cowboys might be taking a page out of the Vikings playbook

Photo by Adam Bettcher/Getty Images 2025 might usher in a new era for the Dallas Cowboys Following the conclusion of the 2021 season, the Minnesota Vikings underwent a thorough regime change. Out were longtime general manager Rick Spielman and head coach Mike Zimmer. Taking control of the ship was Kwesi Adofo-Mensah, an analytics wunderkind who had helped guide successful roster-building s...2024
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• Cowboys news: Potential Dallas draft target, T’Vondre Sweat, arrested on DWI charge
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• If they could find a partner, the Cowboys should trade back from pick 24

They need more ammo | Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Trading down seems like a great idea for the Cowboys. For quite a while, the Dallas Cowboys have leaned almost entirely on the NFL draft to find new talent. This year is no different. They have been typically inactive in free agency and are not expected to do much else, although rumors are swirling about a possib...2024
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• Cowboys draft: 3 hypothetical first-round trade scenarios for Dallas

Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Here’s how the Cowboys could move around in the first round of the draft. The Dallas Cowboys could be leaning heavily on the NFL Draft if that’s where owner Jerry Jones wants to focus his “all-in” approach. The team approach for free agency is how it’s always been—modest, with some tier-two players sprinkled in. The 2023 class has bee...2024
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• Cowboys news: Brock Hoffman ready to seize his chance at the center position
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• Cowboys forging ahead with business as usual, and all its problems

At least they have one piece locked up. | Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images What are your realistic expectations for the Cowboys right now? A lot of Dallas Cowboys fans are nursing hangovers from overindulging in the “all-in” hopium. The past week has made it abundantly clear that the ownership’s plan for 2024 is to keep on doing things the way they have for many seasons. Call it the Cowb...2024
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• Sources: Cowboys deal keeps VP McClay in fold

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• Here's how Cowboys VP Will McClay sold team brass on making Mazi Smith the team's first-round pick

The Cowboys were debating between Smith and an offensive lineman at No. 26 overall...2023
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• Final 2023 NFL Draft Grades: Mel Kiper says ‘Dallas did well.’
SMOL RB TO DALLAS! | Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports A look at the first draft grades published over the last few hours, and how the Cowboys graded out. The grades for the Cowboys draft have been a mixed bag over the last three days. The crew at the Dallas Morning News is a good example of that: Michael Gehlken: A David Moore: B Tim Cowlishaw: B Kevin Sherrington: B- Joseph Hoyt: C+ Calvin W...2023
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• Cowboys draft analysis: Why the Cowboys selected defensive end Viliami Fehoko in the fourth round
Photo by Douglas Stringer/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Cowboys continued to add to their defense to kick off day three. The Dallas Cowboys came into the final day of the 2023 NFL Draft with their first selection at pick 129. Since Will McClay started running the Cowboys’ draft back in 2014, the fourth round has been a sweet spot for Dallas. Out of the eight players McClay and the...2023
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• The secret sauce for the Cowboys is a person, and a collaboration, you may not expect
Will McClay, not-so-secret weapon. | Max Faulkner/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Tribune News Service via Getty Images He doesn’t play or coach, but Will McClay may be the most important man in the Dallas Cowboys organization. While the NFL is a win now league, you can’t build a successful team in one year. The bulk of any roster is made up of players in their first four years, with a core of se...2023
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• Cowboys 2023 free agency: Not many holes left to plug
It’s kind of nice to see Rico back. | Matthew Emmons-USA TODAY Sports This offseason is going swimmingly. The 2023 offseason continues to feel like an alternate dimension for the Dallas Cowboys. For years they have not made any splash moves to acquire outside talent before the draft. They would let free agency play out for a few weeks and then go bargain shopping among the players that wer...2023
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• Cowboys free agency 2023: Jerry Jones addresses risk taking, hinting at the shape of the offseason
As always, the owner was in a talkative mood at the Senior Bowl. | Clarence Hill/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Tribune News Service via Getty Images If you want to see Dallas make noise in free agency, don’t get your hopes up. Each year the Senior Bowl is a showcase for top college talent entering the draft. NFL teams have coaches and scouts there to observe the prospects, particularly during t...2023
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• Dak Prescott believes last year's mistakes will become this year’s strength

Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY Sports Long-time NFL reporter Peter King pulled some interesting quotes this weekend. The Dallas Cowboys are always the center of conversation in the national media. Whenever America’s Team is mentioned, it creates buzz on social media. Over the weekend, long-time NFL sports columnist Peter King spoke with Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and quarterback Dak Prescott befor...2023
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• Cowboys winners and losers after first wave of free agency

Photo by Timothy T Ludwig/Getty Images Who would you say are the biggest winner and losers from free agency so far? The first wave of free agency has come and gone, and the Dallas Cowboys were true to form in their lack of any big moves. They were the last team to sign an external free agent when they agreed to terms with Eric Kendricks, and have only re-signed a few of their own players. ...2024
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• Cowboys draft: Scouting Combine’s biggest risers that should be on Dallas’ radar

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images Here are three prospects the Cowboys formally met with at Indianapolis last week who’s stock went up the most This year’s NFL scouting combine is officially in the books and all 321 prospects now leave Indianapolis and await for their respective pro day. The list of players the Dallas Cowboys took time to interview is available here. Below are three prosp...2024
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• Cowboys news: Evaluating draft prospect replacements if Tyron Smith leaves

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images Notable headlines surrounding America’s team. 3 draft prospects that could replace Tyron Smith in 2024 - Mark Heaney, Inside The Star People are looking at a possible post-Tyron Smith world for Dallas. Amarius Mims, Georgia If Dallas is looking for a Smith clone to replace him, they should do everything they can to get former Georgia Bulldog, Amarius Mi...2024
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• Dissecting the Jerry Jones statement that the Cowboys are ‘all in’

The words could mean something very different to each of these two. | Photo by Chris Williams/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images You have to pay close attention to what was said to see that this may be all smoke and mirrors. The thought for today is caveat emptor. Or, let the buyer beware. This is something that really is applicable for fans of the Dallas Cowboys as we have repeatedly been s...2024
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• Why the Dallas Cowboys were right to retain Mike McCarthy

Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images It wasn’t the popular move, but keeping Mike McCarthy was the correct move to some people. After several days of rampant online speculation following the Cowboys’ embarrassing home loss in the playoffs, the team announced that Mike McCarthy would be sticking around for the 2024 season. Naturally, this has incited quite the response from the fans, many of ...2024
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• Potential last run for Cowboys with Dan Quinn should be motivation for playoffs

Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images The Cowboys need to live up to their “Carpe Omnia” saying this postseason and “seize everything” The Dallas Cowboys find themselves in many familiar places as they enter the playoffs as the NFC’s second seed. They’ve won 12 games for the third season in a row. They’ve won the division for the second time under Mike McCarthy. They are preparing to face...2024
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• Dallas Cowboys insider: Dan Quinn ‘wants to be a head coach again’

Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images Conversation continues to swirl around the future of Dan Quinn. Death, taxes and Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator Dan Quinn interviewing for head coaching opportunities. This obviously has not been the case for all too long, but it has for about a thousand days now as Quinn has fielded all sorts of interest across the NFL since his first seaso...2024
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