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• How the Cowboys can morph themselves into having a much-improved linebacker position group

Photo by Ryan Kang/Getty Images When it comes to the Cowboys linebacker group, the whole is greater than the sum of it’s parts. The defense of the Dallas Cowboys is getting better. For years the defense was the Achilles heel for this team. As good as they were offensively, there always was a ceiling for how far this team would go because the defense wasn’t good enough. Times have changed. ...2024
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• Cowboys 2nd-round pick Marshawn Kneeland named “best scheme fit” among rookie defenders

Photo by Joseph Weiser/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images What are your expectations for Marshawn Kneeland? The Dallas Cowboys spent all four of their premium (top-100) picks in the 2024 NFL Draft potentially replacing starters that departed in free agency or retirement, and with that has come high expectations for this class to step in and contribute right away. Their highest drafted defens...2024
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• Cowboys UDFA class is surprisingly heavy on safeties

Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images What does this mean for the current crop of safeties? The Cowboys seemingly finished their activity in the undrafted free agency pool about a week ago, but they announced all 12 undrafted free agent signings on Wednesday, with very little change from what had initially been reported. Cowboys announced they agreed to terms with 12 rookie free agents foll...2024
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• Projection: 38% of the Cowboys’ roster spots are up for grabs

Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images How many of their 53 roster spots would you say are up for grabs for the Cowboys? Coming down from the 2024 NFL Draft, we’re now getting into the May and June practices, camps, and organized team activities. From now through the end of August, players are being evaluated for their potential to contribute in the upcoming season and worthiness for a spot on...2024
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• Don’t forget about Damone Clark in Cowboys’ changing linebacker room

Photo by Timothy T Ludwig/Getty Images Damone Clark is still a key member of Dallas’ LB room despite all the new faces From veteran Eric Kendricks to rookie Marist Liufau to the delayed debut of DeMarvion Overshown, the Dallas Cowboys’ linebacker position will look very different in 2024. The one holdover from last year’s group, Damone Clark, is starting to feel like an afterthought. But h...2024
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• The Cowboys investment at linebacker will pay off for years to come

Photo by Michael Miller/ISI Photos/Getty Images The Cowboys linebacker position has the potential to be a strength for a long time. One of the things the Dallas Cowboys had to do this offseason was get their linebacker room in order. The experiment with Markquese Bell at the position had some high notes, but he needs to go back to his natural spot playing safety. Dallas decided to go the ...2024
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• Reviewing the Dallas Cowboys depth chart after the 2024 NFL Draft

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images How does the roster look after the draft? The hype for this year’s draft was as big as ever and for Cowboys fans it was one of the more anticipated drafts in recent memory after a quiet offseason. The team also added to the roster through the undrafted free agent market which we will review as it stands at the time of writing. Let’s review each position w...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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• Cowboys draft: 5 prospects that could meet with backlash if Dallas chooses them

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Who would it really upset you to see the Cowboys draft? The Dallas Cowboys definitely work off their own board when choosing draft prospects. What they do doesn’t always match up with what the media, fans, and analysts think they should do. Picks like Travis Frederick and Tyler Smith were met with backlash on draft night, only to be proven smart cho...2024
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• How Jayron Kearse’s past could help extend his future in Dallas

Photo by Leon Halip/Getty Images Still unsigned as a free agent, could safety Jayron Kearse eventually find his way back to the Cowboys? Perhaps his time in Minnesota under Mike Zimmer could help. Safety Jayron Kearse is one of the few Cowboys free agents still left on the open market. The longer he goes unsigned, the chances he might re-up with Dallas increase. One factor that might help ...2024
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• 5 Cowboys who may get pushed off the roster by the next rookie class

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images The clock may be ticking for some current members of the Cowboys roster. Especially if the draft doesn’t go their way, these five players may not make it past the preseason. Job security is a moving target for many players during the offseason. One of the big swings for many lies ahead in the 2024 NFL Draft. Today, we’re going to look at five Dallas Cowbo...2024
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• Cowboys mailbag: Questions on Ezekiel Elliott, linebacker, and losing starters

Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images Our latest mailbag features plenty of questions about the Dallas Cowboys. Every week, we take questions on X (Twitter) and Facebook about Dallas Cowboys players and other issues surrounding the team. So let’s get right into it. “Can Eric Kendricks, Damone Clark and DeMarvion Overshown get the job done? Or are we in for another unimpressive season sto...2024
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"Florida A&M's Markquese Bell and Fayetteville State's Joshua Williams are among the promising HBCU prospects in this year's NFL draft."

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• Cowboys 2nd-round pick Marshawn Kneeland named “best scheme fit” among rookie defenders
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• Dallas Cowboys post-draft 53-man roster projection

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Image Of Sport/Getty Images It is time for a post-draft 53-man roster prediction. The Dallas Cowboys have added eight drafted rookies, plus a dozen more undrafted free agents, over the last few days. Plus, they’ve agreed to terms with former star RB Ezekiel Elliott. So with this influx of talent, it’s a good time to reassess how the projected 2024 roster stands for ...2024
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• Dallas Cowboys 2024 undrafted free agent tracker

Photo by John Smolek/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Follow along with our Dallas Cowboys UDFA tracker right here. Now that the NFL draft is over, the Dallas Cowboys and the other 31 teams will start pursuing undrafted free agents. Roster building is never done in the NFL. The Cowboys have a pretty good history of picking up undrafted free agents who actually make an impact on the roster....2024
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• Cowboys news: Tyler Guyton is newest Dallas player, plus an extra 3rd-round pick

Nathan J. Fish/The Oklahoman-USA TODAY NETWORK The latest news surrounding the Cowboys after night one of the NFL draft. Tyler Guyton to Cowboys as 1st-Round Pick - Patrik Walker, DallasCowboys.com The Dallas Cowboys found their replacement for LT Tyron Smith by selecting OT Tyler Guyton with the 29th-overall pick. With the 29th-overall pick, the Cowboys selected the former Sooner after...2024
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• Dallas Cowboys pre-draft 53-man roster projection

Photo by John Byrum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images If the Dallas Cowboys had to field a roster right now, would they even have a complete team? As we gear up for the 2024 NFL Draft, one of the key exercises is to see where the holes are on the current Cowboys roster. So using only current talent, we’re going to try to put together a 53-man projection. This is one of the clearest ways to ...2024
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• Rookie review: LB DeMarvion Overshown looks to be fresh face of new Mike Zimmer defense
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• Cowboys news: Expect picks on the offensive side of the ball early in the Dallas draft to help Dak Prescott

Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images Notable headlines around the Dallas Cowboys heading into the weekend. NFL Draft primer: Cowboys’ offense could look a little different around Dak Prescott - Jason Owens, Yahoo! Sports There are a lot of needs on offense for the Dallas Cowboys and that side of the ball should look a bit different after the draft. The Cowboys are in desperate need of...2024
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• What the Cowboys’ 30 visits from draft prospects means for this year’s draft strategy

Pay attention to the visitors this time of year. | Matthew Emmons-USA TODAY Sports Dallas usually will draft some of these players, so it tells us something about their overall strategy. Every year, we read tea leaves and search for any other auguries of what the Dallas Cowboys are going to do in the NFL draft. Whatever you think of the eventual results, they seem to have a pretty clear cu...2024
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• Cowboys news: The strongest parts of Dallas’ roster after most of free agency

Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports Your Sunday morning Cowboys news 3 biggest strengths on the Dallas Cowboys roster after first couple of weeks of free agency - Mauricio Rodriguez, A to Z Sports Despite what the Dallas Cowboys have (and haven’t) done in free agency, here is where the high points are on the team’s roster. The Dallas Cowboys roster has mostly been affected by losses in the fir...2024
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• Cowboys roster: How the starters would line up for a game right now

We know both are starters - but where will Tyler Smith line up? | Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images This is what the Dallas Cowboys roster would look like if they had to play a game today The start of the 2024 NFL regular season is still months away. That may make discussing the starters the Dallas Cowboys already have on their roster wildly premature. After all, free agency has barely b...2024
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• Eric Kendricks is exactly what this Cowboys defense needed

Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images Eric Kendricks can really help the Dallas Cowboys. Well, the Cowboys finally did it: they signed an external free agent, becoming the final team to do so this free agency cycle. The Cowboys agreed to a one-year deal with veteran linebacker Eric Kendricks, a move that many expected two weeks ago when the Chargers released him. But it was the way that K...2024
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• Combine results of potential second-round linebacker prospects for the Cowboys

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports If the Cowboys want a new starting linebacker, it’s likely going to be one of these guys. The Dallas Cowboys need help at linebacker. The defense lost Leighton Vander Esch early in the season last year and relied on fifth-round pick Damone Clark and UDFA Markquese Bell to hold things down in the middle of the defense. With LVE’s career in question and Bell possib...2024
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• What to expect from Mike Zimmer’s defense and the changes that will likely be made

Jeffrey Becker-USA TODAY Sports The Cowboys defense will be different under their new defensive coordinator, but what changes should we expect in 2024? The Dallas Cowboys have chosen Mike Zimmer as their new defensive coordinator. It’s not easy to process how to feel about this because there is so much that is unknown. Even with some recent struggles from Dan Quinn’s group, it’s difficult ...2024
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• What Ron Rivera’s scheduled interview says about the Cowboys’ plans for the defense

How would you feel about the Cowboys hiring Ron Rivera as DC? Yesterday, reports surfaced that the Washington Commanders intended to hire former Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator Dan Quinn. Quinn goes to Washington in an attempt to turn around a Commanders team that hasn’t won a playoff game since 2005. The last time a Cowboys assistant left the Cowboys to lead Washington was in 1994 after Nor...2024
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• Cowboys news: Expect picks on the offensive side of the ball early in the Dallas draft to help Dak Prescott
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• Cowboys linebackers roster review: Lots to sort out after 2023’s challenges

Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images What changes are you anticipating to the Cowboys linebacker group? The linebacker position arguably faced the most adversity of any spot on the Dallas Cowboys’ 2023 roster. That means some big questions to answer going forward, with some players’ returns not guaranteed and a new defensive coordinator potentially bringing new philosophies to the group. The...2024
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• Cowboys will likely need to move some players under Mike Zimmer

Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports Markquese Bell could be looking at a position switch under Mike Zimmer Markquese Bell came to the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2022. At Florida A&M, he turned heads playing the safety position. He only played in five games and logged 22 defensive snaps as a rookie (80 on special teams), but last season, Bell was switched to playing lineba...2024
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• Dallas Cowboys news: Mike Zimmer hire becomes official

Photo by George Gojkovich/Getty Images The latest Dallas Cowboys offseason news. Cowboys agree to terms with Mike Zimmer as defensive coordinator - Nick Harris, DallasCowboys.com The Cowboys stuck with a familiar face in Mike Zimmer to be their new defensive coordinator. Zimmer, 67, returns to Dallas – where he was the defensive coordinator from 2000 to 2006 and a defensive assistant f...2024
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• Cowboys still need to change, even after the decision to keep Mike McCarthy

They kept getting bullied by good teams. | Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images What do you think has to happen for things to be different in 2024? Well, this is another fine mess the Dallas Cowboys have gotten themselves into. After we got our hopes up, thinking this was finally the year the long string of playoff disappointments would end, it was particularly crushing to see the Cowboys not...2024
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• 2023 Cowboys rookie report: Season long breakdown of this year’s rookie class

Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images The Cowboys did not exactly get a ton of contribution from their rookie class this season. Cowboys fans have been spoiled in recent years by some exceptional draft classes, and that made this year’s draft class feel more disappointing than it really was. In reality, the Cowboys returned so many starters and had so much depth entering this year that it wou...2024
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• Eagles TE Dallas Goedert ruled out vs. Cowboys after exiting with forearm injury

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• Defense dominated the Giants on the field and in the stat sheet

Ed Mulholland-USA TODAY Sports The key statistical takeaways of the Cowboys 40-0 win over New York In the build-up to the game against the New York Giants, the Dallas Cowboys were not getting the respect they deserved. Instead of looking at the matchup and how different both teams’ level of talent was, some national media personalities opted to be trendy and pick the Cowboys to be upset by...2023
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• Cowboys' Markquese Bell provides key impact as safety/linebacker hybrid for top-five defense

Bell's versatility has helped the Cowboys overcome two key injuries at their inside linebacker position...2023
• Dallas Cowboys 53-man roster officially set

Photo by Robin Alam/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Cowboys have finalized their 53-man roster. We are past 4:00pm ET on Tuesday, August 29th which means the Dallas Cowboys have officially set their initial 53-man roster in advance of the 2023 NFL season. While this is a significant step towards the regular season, it is important to note that this is, in fact, an initial group for th...2023
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• Cowboys demolish the Giants 40-0 in season opener

The Cowboys’ defense was a nightmare all game for Daniel Jones and the Giants. | Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images It was a mediocre game for the new Texas Coast offense, but with defense and special teams dominance, it did not matter. NBC was probably not all that happy with this game, as not many outside of diehard Dallas Cowboys fans likely stayed around to watch this 40-0 obliteratio...2023
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• 10 thoughts on the Cowboys 31-10 no-show performance against the Bills

Photo by Lauren Leigh Bacho/Getty Images The Dallas Cowboys opened themselves up to scrutiny once again with how they lost in Buffalo. The winning streak is over. The Dallas Cowboys went to upstate New York and lost to the Buffalo Bills by a score of 31-10. The usually first-half scoring phenoms were nowhere to be found in this one. They didn’t even get into the end zone until garbage time...2023
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• Cowboys hold on to win a wild one over the Seahawks 41-35

Jake Ferguson was one of the heroes of the game. | Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports It was a lot closer than any of us would have liked, but the Dallas Cowboys won and are now 9-3! The Dallas Cowboys managed to hang on for a tight 41-35 win over the Seattle Seahawks. It kept them in solid position to at least get the fifth seed for the playoffs and they didn’t fall any further behind the Phila...2023
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• Cowboys lose preseason game versus Jaguars 28-23, Deuce Vaughn shines

Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images The Cowboys and Jaguars played an entertaining preseason game but it was also marred by turnovers. The first preseason game for the Dallas Cowboys, against the Jacksonville Jaguars, ended up as a loss as they fell to the visitors 28-23. The score doesn’t matter in these affairs, but how the backups and rookies perform is closely watched by the coaching sta...2023
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• Cowboys UDFA class is surprisingly heavy on safeties
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• Cowboys news: Tyler Guyton is newest Dallas player, plus an extra 3rd-round pick
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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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• 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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• Cowboys news: Darren Woodson is a finalist for the Hall of Fame again

Peter Brouillet-USA TODAY Sports Your Thursday morning news for the Dallas Cowboys. Julius Peppers, Antonio Gates headline finalists for football HOF - AP Will they finally do the right thing for Darren Woodson? First-time candidates Julius Peppers and Antonio Gates joined nine returning finalists who advanced to the final stage of voting for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s class of 2024....2023
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• Film Preview: Will the Miami Dolphins Clinch a Postseason Birth by Defeating the Cowboys Sunday?

Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images There are several clinching scenarios over the next three weeks. Miami could knock out the first of many on Christmas Eve. You could make the argument that the Miami Dolphins’ season is going to start in earnest this Sunday when they welcome a frustrated Dallas Cowboys team to Hard Rock stadium. Of course the logic behind that statement is a little f...2023
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