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• Kwesi Adofo-Mensah’s Contract Delay, Vikings News, and NFL Updates

Kwesi Adofo-Mensah’s contract extension remains unsigned despite a 34-17 record and playoff success. Hired before Kevin O’Connell, who got a $65M deal, the delay puzzles fans. Achievements include avoiding a rebuild and drafting J.J. McCarthy, but the 2022 draft’s failures may be a holdup. Extension expected soon as discussed on Two Old Bloggers. | Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Getty Images ...2025
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• Predicting the result of every game on the Cowboys 2025 regular season schedule

Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images What record do you think the Cowboys will have next season? The Dallas Cowboys' 2025 regular season schedule has been fully released. Like every year, the Cowboys are one of the biggest draws in the league, being featured on primetime on six separate occasions, the second-most in football behind the Kansas City Chiefs. Today, two of our staff writers dive in...2025
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• Vikings Links: No Playoff Seeding Changes

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Getty Images The old heads prevailed! The NFL owners concluded their meetings and the traditionalists won the playoff seeding proposal. It was voted down. Not that big a deal since really bad divisions does not happen too often right? Hard to get owners to give up a home playoff game and the revenue that comes from that game. 8 Takeaways from NFL Owners Meeting: P...2025
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• Vikings Links: Owners Meetings Underway

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Getty Images What rules changes should they adopt? The NFL owners are meeting today and tomorrow. There are some proposed rule changes that they will be voting on. What rule change would you like to see instituted? I think they should review face mask and pass interference calls always. Perhaps the signal would first have to come from “upstairs”? Then, the ref can...2025
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• Vikes Views: Best WR Duo in the NFL

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Getty Images The Minnesota Vikings fanbase has been spoiled with high level WR play throughout the team’s history. The current WR is no exception to that norm. Justin Jefferson is nearly unanimously in the Top 2 WRs (Jefferson, Chase) and for my money the best WR in the league. Addison didn’t have the leap in production in Year 2 like the team would’ve hoped, but ...2025
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• Maulers and Stalwarts

The offensive line was greatly improved in the offseason, but I think another unit has a possibility of being the best in the league. If you ask Vikings fans about which line improved the most in the 2025 offseason, the majority (of Daily Norseman readers at least) will say it was the offensive side of the ball. That view is completely warranted in my opinion. The fact that Will Fries is even on t...2025
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• Kwesi Adofo-Mensah’s Contract Delay, Vikings News, and NFL Updates
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• 2025 Atlanta Braves positional season preview: Starting Pitching

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images This rotation has the potential to be brilliant. It also has the potential to have a collective rapid unscheduled disassembly. Sure hope it’s the former! The starting rotation in 2025 for the Atlanta Braves figures to be incredibly fascinating. It’s probably the positional unit on this team with the biggest possible variance of results...2025
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• Takeaways from the Vikings’ Moves in the First Week of Free Agency

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Getty Images They’re among the most active teams in free agency so far The Minnesota Vikings are making some notable splashes in free agency as they look to improve their roster for the 2025-26 campaign. They entered free agency with some $60 million in cap space available and have spent down a considerable portion of that in the opening days of free agency. The...2025
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• Vikings’ Free Agency: From slow start to Super Bowl dreams!

Tyler Forness & Dave Stefano break down Kwesi Adofo-Mensah’s work so far in Vikings free agency—signing Ryan Kelly, Isaiah Rodgers, Jonathan Allen, Javon Hargrave, Will Fries, and extending Byron Murphy Jr. A Super Bowl roster takes shape! | Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Getty Images The Vikings’ 2025 free agency unfolds on The Real Forno Show as host Tyler Forness and Dave Stefano a...2025
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• How do you think Drake Baldwin’s season is going to go now?

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images Sean Murphy’s injury has made this question a lot more interesting. There was already a fair bit of debate about how exactly Drake Baldwin’s 2025 season would play out in terms of major league versus minor league time... and now that Sean Murphy is injured, it’s something worth revisiting. The door is wide open for Baldwin to make an i...2025
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• Braves News: Sean Murphy Injury, Hector Neris, more

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images A not so fun Monday for the Braves Sean Murphy just cannot catch a break. In 2024, he went down with an injury in the first game of the season. Now, in 2025, he will miss the start of the season again as he out 4-6 weeks with a cracked rib. It is simply bad luck for Murphy, who many are hoping will have a bounce back season this year...2025
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• Seahawks 2025 free agency preview, Part 3: Options in the secondary

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Getty Images The Seahawks already have one Byron Murphy on defense. How about another? We’re just one week away from the start of legal tampering for NFL free agency. So far we’ve identified potential offensive linemen for the Seattle Seahawks, followed by the defensive line. In the third part of our free agency preview series, we go to the secondary. Just a remin...2025
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"Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images Atlanta will begin the Grapefruit League season Saturday against the Rays."

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"Brace Hemmelgarn-USA TODAY Sports All is not lost as Alex Newhook and Bowen Byram combine for the lone Colorado goal A young Colorado Avalanche roster accompanied head coach Jared Bednar to Minnesota to take on the Wild for preseason game number three and it showed."

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• Kwesi Adofo-Mensah’s Contract Delay, Vikings News, and NFL Updates
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• Vikings Links: No Playoff Seeding Changes
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• Maulers and Stalwarts
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• Colts GM Chris Ballard comments on headliners of free agency haul, upcoming QB competition

Kirby Lee-Imagn Images The Colts made a recent surprising splash in free agency, and longtime GM Chris Ballard provided some interesting commentary and analysis. On ‘Behind the Colts’ produced by the Indianapolis Colts, longtime general manager Chris Ballard commented on the headliners of his recent surprising 2025 free agency haul, the team’s resulting upcoming quarterback competition, a...2025
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• Takeaways from the Vikings’ Moves in the First Week of Free Agency
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• Vikings’ Free Agency: From slow start to Super Bowl dreams!
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• How do you think Drake Baldwin’s season is going to go now?
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• Braves News: Sean Murphy Injury, Hector Neris, more
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• Seahawks 2025 free agency preview, Part 3: Options in the secondary
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• Predicting the result of every game on the Cowboys 2025 regular season schedule
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• Vikings Links: No Playoff Seeding Changes
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• The final results from the Dallas Turner trade between Vikings, Jaguars

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Getty Images The Vikings traded up in the 2024 NFL Draft, and the final trade compensation is complete now in 2025. The Minnesota Vikings and Jacksonville Jaguars swapped picks in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft. Part of that trade package included picks in the 2025 NFL Draft which means this weekend we see the final players involved in the move. Original ...2025
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• Kindred spirits converge as Twins visit Braves

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images The Twins are 7-12 with a disappointing offense and rough starting pitching. The Braves are 5-13 with a disappointing offense and rough starting pitching. This oughta be interesting. The Atlanta Braves and Minnesota Twins feel like kindred spirits at the moment. No, it’s not because they’re feeling nostalgic for that epic 1991 World S...2025
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• Colts GM Chris Ballard comments on headliners of free agency haul, upcoming QB competition
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• 2025 Atlanta Braves positional season preview: Starting Pitching
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• What caused Drake Baldwin’s allergic reaction?

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images Serious answers only. In case you missed it, Drake Baldwin was scratched from yesterday’s Spring Training contest with an unspecified allergic reaction. In his stead, Sandy Leon continued his reign of terror on Grapefruit League pitching. The Braves, though, have still not indicated what exactly prompted Baldwin’s absence. That’s wher...2025
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• Vikings’ Free Agency: From slow start to Super Bowl dreams!
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• Do you prefer low-scoring duels, or ton-o’-run shootouts?

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images If the Braves had to engage mostly in one or the other, which would you prefer? 2024 was not what anyone expected, and part of that played out in how the games actually proceeded. The Braves finished 14th in runs and tied for first in fewest runs allowed, meaning that games were often low-scoring affairs. That was kind of weird, not ju...2025
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• Kindred spirits converge as Twins visit Braves
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• 2025 Atlanta Braves positional season preview: Starting Pitching
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• Braves News: Austin Riley, more cuts, solid performances, more

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Saturday Well Spring Training is going quite well for Atlanta so far. They have not experienced catastrophic injuries anywhere, crucially including the pitching staff. Also importantly, although somewhat less so, is that the players for the most part look like themselves so far. The pitching staff has...2025
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• Vikings Links: East West Shrine Bowl Tonight

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Getty Images Lots of good players to watch! The East West Shrine Bowl is tonight and the Senior Bowl practices are underway. If you are a draft doofus like me then this is a great time right now. Obviously, free agency for the Vikings is going to be crucial and very interesting. I have no problem with anything they do really. I like to discuss as many of the optio...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Should Ryan Pressly close for the Cubs?

Ryan Pressly pitching against the Twins in July | Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images The Cubs made a deal on Sunday Welcome to a special edition of your late week, late night indie coffee shop where we’re serving all the beverages you can imagine as you celebrate making it through another week in January, 2025. Take off your coats and stay awhile. We’ve got Cubs banter ...2025
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• Vikings Links: It’s Going To Be An Interesting Offseason

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Getty Images The team has tons of options and flexibility! Still decompressing after that playoff loss against the Rams. The non-competitive nature of the game is what really depresses the most. For these dudes to not even show up for a playoff game is embarrassing. While Sam Darnold deserves plenty of blame, the offensive line really chose a great time to get th...2025
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• Vikes Views: Nincompoop of the Week - Packers at Vikings

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Getty Images The Minnesota Vikings defeated the Green Bay Packers 27-25. The Vikings played a very clean game with exception for the kicking game, so it’s hard to nitpick. Dan Campbell The Detroit Lions Head Coach has done a tremendous job with that team. They were the laughing stock for the majority of the history of the NFL. However, there is a fine line betwe...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Why did the Colorado Rockies sign Kyle Farmer?

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, November 25, 2024 Initially, last Friday unfolded about like we thought it would: The non-tender deadline had passed with the Colorado Rockies moving on from Cal Quantrill (no suprise) and Brendan Rodgers (kind of a surprise) while tendering a range of players who were expected to remain on t...2024
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• Aaron Rodgers buys TVs for Packers teammates
Aaron Rodgers is a generous guy. The Green Bay Packers quarterback got into the holiday spirit Wednesday by presenting each of his offensive lineman with a brand-new, 55-inch television. Signal-callers doling out gifts to their O-line is a standard practice, but Rodgers didn’t stop there. The NFL MVP candidate also bought TVs for the men backing him up, Scott Tolzien and Matt Flynn. #Packers QB A...2014
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• Matt Olson excited for ‘normal’ Spring Training after whirlwind 2022
Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images Olson is looking to build off of a solid debut season with Atlanta. While the start of Spring Training for the 2022 season was frantic thanks to the owner’s lockout, just imagine all that and being Matt Olson. Within days of reporting to Athletics camp in Arizona, Olson was whisked away on a plane headed (metaphorically) to his hometow...2023
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• Braves recall Vaughn Grissom, place Orlando Arcia on 10-day injured list
Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images Atlanta will turn to Grissom at shortstop as Arcia heads to the injured list. The Atlanta Braves announced Friday that they have recalled Vaughn Grissom from Triple A Gwinnett and placed shortstop Orlando Arcia on the 10-day injured list with a microfracture in his left wrist. The #Braves today recalled INF Vaughn Grissom to Atlanta...2023
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• As he turns 30, the Cowboys may get the best of Dak Prescott
Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images 30 is looked at as a scary age in the NFL, but there are reason to believe that may not be the case for Dak Prescott. In the NFL we often hear about the dreaded age of 30 and how it is the beginning of the end for players. For years it has felt that the third decade of life was when players had reached their peak, and it is typically viewed as eit...2023
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• Braves News: USA beats Venezuela, shortstop competition, more
Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Saturday Team USA won a wild game against Ronald Acuna and Venezuela in which each team had to come back from 2+ run deficits. A grand slam from Trea Turner turned the tables for Team USA in the eighth inning. On the Braves’ side of things, there has been some interesting buzz around the potential of...2023
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• Cubs sign righthanded reliever Michael Fulmer
Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images Another veteran joins the Cubs pen. There have been rumors lately — actually, really all offseason — that the Cubs weren’t done adding veteran relievers. Today, there’s a report that they have signed another one: Free-agent right-hander Michael Fulmer in agreement with Cubs, sources tell @TheAthletic.— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) ...2023
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• Braves News: Pitchers and Catchers report, More
Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images The start of Spring Training has arrived. The Super Bowl has come and gone (Congrats to KC!) And though there still may be weeks of winter weather across the country, the conclusion of the Super Bowl also means Spring is around the corner and baseball is about to begin. And this season, that is literally the case. Today is the day th...2023
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• Jared Shuster, Dylan Dodd to open season in Braves rotation, per report
Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images The Braves will give Kyle Wright extra time to get ready. The final days of Spring Training are here and the Atlanta Braves’ starting rotation is starting to come into focus and there are going to be some moving parts. MLB.com’s Mark Bowman reports that the Braves will give Kyle Wright some extra time to get ready after his delayed st...2023
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• Vikings Links: It’s An Exciting Time To Be A Vikings Fan!

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Getty Images Meaningful football late in the season plus playoffs is great! It is hard to wait for this game but what can you do? I like to do other things so that I am not thinking about the game too much. I really am not smart enough to talk about the X’s and O’s with any conviction or authority. So, I watch college football in search of future Vikings and I do ...2025
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• Under-reacting to the Twins series
Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images It wasn’t a great opening series, but nothing has really changed. Let me tell you about a baseball player named Chris Shelton. If you have never heard of Shelton, you are not alone. His career only spanned parts of 5 big league seasons, and he ended up playing in 299 games while amassing 3.3 fWAR. He is both forgettable and a good repr...2023
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• Outside The Confines: Correa returned to sender?
Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images The Carlos Correa sweepstakes seem poised to end where they began. Sometimes during the offseason (and I’ve done it here myself), we like to post tweet updates showing the wild and wacky path taken by minor league players bouncing from team to team via DNF and signing. Well, I don’t think anyone expected the wildest ride of free agency...2023
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• Kwesi Adofo-Mensah’s Contract Delay, Vikings News, and NFL Updates
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• Predicting the result of every game on the Cowboys 2025 regular season schedule
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• Vikings Links: No Playoff Seeding Changes
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• Vikes Views: Best WR Duo in the NFL
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• The final results from the Dallas Turner trade between Vikings, Jaguars
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• Colts GM Chris Ballard comments on headliners of free agency haul, upcoming QB competition
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• Chris Sale pitches four scoreless innings in final spring start of 2025

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images AJ Smith-Shawver also pitched four innings. They weren’t scoreless. Chris Sale made his final start of spring training here in 2025 and the good news is that he made it through just fine and appears to be ready to go for the Atlanta Braves on Opening Day in six days time. Sale pitched four innings today, with each of them being of the...2025
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• What actually makes a good head coach in the NFL?

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Getty Images ...and why do we always focus on the wrong things? A lot of time is spent among NFL fans and media making lists of potential head coaching candidates and arguing their merits. There is far less discussion on what attributes actually make a good head coach. Generally speaking it seems like coaches who get hyped up in the process fall into a few categor...2025
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• Adrián Beltré, Todd Helton, and Joe Mauer elected to Hall of Fame

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images Former Royals outfielder Carlos Beltrán falls a bit short The Baseball Hall of Fame announced this evening that writers have elected Adrián Beltré, Todd Helton, and Joe Mauer to be inducted along with former manager Jim Leyeland this summer. Former Royals outfielder Carlos Beltrán improved his vote total from 46.5 percent to 57.1 perce...2024
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• Braves News: Big Names Connected to Atlanta, Rookies of the Year Announced, More

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images Some pretty exciting rumors on Monday On Monday, some pretty exciting speculation occurred. Yes, per Jon Morosi, free agent Shohei Ohtani is reportedly “intrigued” by the Braves, though it seems unlikely he comes to Atlanta due other clubs likely offering more money. However, also per Morosi, we saw the continuation of speculation t...2023
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• As he turns 30, the Cowboys may get the best of Dak Prescott
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• Braves News: USA beats Venezuela, shortstop competition, more
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• Braves prospects weekly spring training recap
Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images Jared Shuster continues to shine as Opening Day draws near Opening day for the 2023 minor league season is so close one can almost taste it. Or that might just be this morning’s breakfast, but I digress. With just a few weeks away from the first MiLB recap to hit our site for the season, Atlanta’s top prospects have continued to show o...2023
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• BREAKING: Dallas Cowboys place franchise tag on running back Tony Pollard
Brace Hemmelgarn-USA TODAY Sports The Dallas Cowboys have officially placed the franchise tag on Tony Pollard. The Dallas Cowboys were a very good team in 2022, and for a number of reasons. Obviously the success that Dallas had on the defensive side of the ball stood out with players like Micah Parsons, DeMarcus Lawrence, Trevon Diggs, Jayron Kearse, and Leighton Vander Esch carrying the l...2023
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• BREAKING: Dallas Cowboys place franchise tag on running back Tony Pollard
Brace Hemmelgarn-USA TODAY Sports The Dallas Cowboys have officially placed the franchise tag on Tony Pollard. The Dallas Cowboys were a very good team in 2022, and for a number of reasons. Obviously the success that Dallas had on the defensive side of the ball stood out with players like Micah Parsons, DeMarcus Lawrence, Trevon Diggs, Jayron Kearse, and Leighton Vander Esch carrying the l...2023
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• Cowboys 2023 offseason: Everything to know about the franchise tag and who might receive it
Brace Hemmelgarn-USA TODAY Sports The Cowboys may or may not decide to use the franchise tag this offseason. There is about a month remaining until free agency begins in the NFL, but this Tuesday is an important day in that process. February 21st is the opening of a 15-day window in which teams can place the franchise tag on any player. The Dallas Cowboys have a handful of potential optio...2023
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