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• S Malik Hooker named Cowboys most underrated player

Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images Malik Hooker deserves more props. Safety Malik Hooker hasn’t been a star in his four seasons with the Cowboys, but he’s been a consistent, reliable presence in the secondary. The nine-year veteran enters 2025 with a clear path to continuing in his starting role, and perhaps without enough appreciation for his contributions. Analytics site Pro Football Focus ...2025
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• Cowboys news: Dallas rookie lineman begins his career with a tall task

Mark Hoffman / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Your Sunday morning Cowboys news Cowboys’ schedule does 1st-round pick no favors in opening weeks, scheme must support him - Reid Hanson, Cowboys Wire Out of the frying pan, and into the fire. Cowboys Tyler Booker, will be challenged by stiff competition to begin his career. Booker, drafted with the No. 12 ov...2025
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• Cowboys news: Second half of schedule has a brutal stretch for the team

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images The Cowboys news is delivered. 2025 NFL schedule release: Judging overreactions to matchups - Dan Graziano, ESPN The back half of the Cowboys schedule is a gauntlet of tough teams. The Cowboys could have a very unhappy holiday season Dallas has a Week 10 bye, which is just about the ideal time to have one. The Cowboys also come out of it to play on a M...2025
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• The Linc - Howie Roseman wins “MVP” award

Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images Philadelphia Eagles news and links for 5/13/25. Let’s get to the Philadelphia Eagles links ... Eagles GM Howie Roseman wins MVP — ‘Most Valuable Philadelphian’ — in city he considers ‘home’ - PHLYHowie Roseman stood on the rooftop of the Independence Visitor Center with the Liberty Bell a few first downs away and the Constitution Center in his line of vi...2025
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• Hivemind draft accuracy

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images 10 years of consensus big board accuracy or lack thereof The consensus big board can be viewed here going back to 2016, meaning that we have ten years of big board data and actual drafts to compare. The consensus big board back in 2016 only used about 50 total boards/rankings/drafts. The consensus big board in 2025 used 199 Big Board(s), 1527 1st round mock draft(s)...2025
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• 3 free agents the Cowboys should consider signing before training camp

Sam Greene/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Can the Cowboys continue to improve heading into training camp? The Dallas Cowboys had a busier than usual offseason in 2025, but the offseason is not over. In free agency, the Cowboys added Javonte Williams, Jack Sanborn, Robert Jones, Dante Fowler, Solomon Thomas, and Miles Sanders — all players who have their fair share of st...2025
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• S Malik Hooker named Cowboys most underrated player
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• Re-Grading the Colts 2017 Draft

Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images Let’s take a look back and regrade the Colts Drafts of the Chris Ballard era. Starting with the 1st year of his tenure: 2017. Let’s go back to 2017... Distracted boyfriend became the meme of the year. Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 were hitting the big screens. Kendrick Lamar dropped DAMN. and everyone was listening...2025
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• Cowboys roster needs following the 2025 NFL Draft

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images How well do you think the Cowboys addressed their needs in the 2025 NFL Draft? What a difference a week makes! Well, at least we hope it does. That’s where so many fanbases sit following the 2025 NFL Draft, wondering how this year’s crop of rookies will help their teams’ fortunes next season and beyond. That may be even truer for the Dallas Cowboys than...2025
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• Projecting the Cowboys’ 53-man roster after the draft

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Here is what the Cowboys 53-man roster could look like following the draft. The 2025 NFL Draft is over, and while the Cowboys still have a few roster spots to fill before they get to 90, they likely have most of their eventual 53-man roster in the building at this point. Which means it’s the perfect time to take a guess at who makes the final roster, with...2025
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• Follow the money: Pairing Day2/3 draft prospects with Cowboys defenders entering final year of contract

Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images The Cowboys should be thinking about more than next season when it comes to later round picks. As much as the Dallas Cowboys are feeling the pressure of finding immediate impact players to jumpstart the Brian Schottenheimer era in this week’s draft, the reality is that of their ten selections only three are within the “premium” top 100. Four are within the...2025
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• Dallas Cowboys depth chart and its impact on the NFL 2025 Draft

Photo by John Smolek/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Here is a look at the Cowboys depth chart ahead of the NFL Draft. The 2025 NFL Draft kicks off tonight, and the Dallas Cowboys will be looking to fill some holes on the roster. The Cowboys still have a lot of talent across the top-end of their roster, but there are some prominent holes. Let's take a look at the depth chart and see how i...2025
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• Evaluating position groups where the Cowboys ‘like their guys’ before the draft

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images There are some places on the roster that the Cowboys have chosen to not do much at to this point in the offseason. It wouldn’t be the offseason for the Dallas Cowboys without some type of catchphrase being coined by the front office, and sticking with the fanbase for either all of the right or wrong reasons. Somewhere out there in the universe, the last ...2025
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• Ranking the Cowboys’ needs ahead of the draft

Max Faulkner/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Tribune News Service via Getty Images What would you say is the biggest need on the Cowboys entering the draft? After about a month of free agency, the Dallas Cowboys are now focusing on the 2025 NFL Draft. The crowning jewel of every offseason, the draft will shape the remainder of whatever other signings or trades the team might make between now and...2025
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"He would only play 34 defensive plays as Donovan Wilson and Malik Hooker handled safety duties."

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"Zimmer is walking into a similar situation with top defensive talent in Micah Parsons, DeMarcus Lawrence, Trevon Diggs, DaRon Bland, Osa Odighizuwa, Donovan Wilson, Malik Hooker and more."

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"Cowboys, Malik Hooker agree to three-year extension worth up to $24 million, per report"

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"Cowboys free agency 2022: Malik Hooker re-signing in Dallas on two-year deal to help anchor defense"

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"Malik Hooker expected to sign with Cowboys following second visit with the team, per report"

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"The Colts are declining the fifth-year option on safety Malik Hooker‘s contract, Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reports."

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"The Chiefs' Eric Berry and Spencer Ware joined the Colts' Malik Hooker and Tyquan Lewis in street clothes for their divisional playoff game in Kansas City."

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"Indianapolis Colts starting safeties Malik Hooker and Clayton Geathers waited anxiously for months to get back to work "

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"Ohio State safety Malik Hooker is going to capitalize on a successful season by declaring for the 2017 NFL draft."

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"Ohio State safety Malik Hooker says he's '100 percent' coming back to school"

• S Malik Hooker named Cowboys most underrated player
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• Cowboys news: Dallas rookie lineman begins his career with a tall task
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• Cowboys news: Second half of schedule has a brutal stretch for the team
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• The Linc - Howie Roseman wins “MVP” award
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• 3 free agents the Cowboys should consider signing before training camp
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• Dallas Cowboys 2025 UDFA scouting report: DB Zion Childress

Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images Here is our report on defensive back Zion Childress We begin looking into this year’s undrafted free agent signings made by the Dallas Cowboys and give you our scouting report on each player. Today we are looking at defensive back Zion Childress from Kentucky. Zion Childress SKentucky Wildcats Senior3-star recruit 6’0”195 lbs Photo by D...2025
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• Cowboys defense: Comparing secondary additions/subtractions from 2024 to now

Photo by Matthew Pearce/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Cowboys secondary has changed a lot in a short amount of time. Looking back at the 2024 Dallas Cowboys season, there wasn’t much that went to plan or left fans feeling great about the direction of a team that fell from first to third in their own division. The obvious weaknesses this team had going into the campaign predictably h...2025
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• Cowboys 2025 draft scouting report: FS Malaki Starks

Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images Here is our scouting report on Malaki Starks from Georgia We continue our 2025 NFL Draft preview of draft prospects that could interest the Dallas Cowboys. Today we are looking at safety Malaki Starks from Georgia. Malaki Starks FSGeorgia BulldogsJunior5-star recruit 6’1”197 lbs Photo by Steve Limentani/ISI Photos/Getty Images His...2025
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• Dallas Cowboys 2025 draft: Fixing the roster through the draft

Photo by Nicholas Faulkner/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Hoe the Cowboys can fix their roster holes in the draft The Dallas Cowboys have many roster holes going into the season and with the NFL Draft just around the corner this would be a great place to restock and rebuild. Let’s try fixing the roster by looking at the ideal prospect to take in each round and make this the “best-fix” so...2025
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• Cowboys news: DeMarcus Lawrence should be one of Dallas’ top priorities this offseason

Ken Blaze-Imagn Images Notable headlines surrounding America’s team. DeMarcus Lawrence should be a priority re-signing for the Dallas Cowboys - Mario Herrera Jr, Inside The Star Get it done, Jerry. DeMarcus Lawrence has been a cornerstone of the Cowboys’ defense since he was drafted with the 34th overall pick of the 2014 NFL Draft. Over his career, he has developed into an elite run def...2025
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• Dallas Cowboys deemed team ‘stuck in middle’ and ‘move or two away’ relative to current roster

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images NFL analysts believe the Dallas Cowboys are a stuck in the middle team right now. There is an old adage that the NFL season was equally productive for all 31 teams who did not win the Super Bowl. The Philadelphia Eagles obviously won the Super Bowl and in that sense were the only team to accomplish the game’s ultimate goal, but we do not have to be obtus...2025
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• Cowboys news: Dallas secondary needs reinforcements

Photo by Matthew Pearce/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Your Sunday Morning Cowboys news. Does the Cowboys defense need new life in the secondary? - Mark Heaney, Inside the Star The Cowboys secondary needs some fresh bodies. The Cowboys defense is getting a fresh staff with coaching, as Matt Eberflus takes Mike Zimmer’s spot, but the unit may need new faces too. The team’s secondary is ...2025
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• Cowboys news: Dallas has another major contract extension to take care of this offseason

Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images The latest news surrounding the Dallas Cowboys. Cowboys predicted to sign irreplaceable star to record-breaking contract - Koby Skillern, Sports Illustrated Another one of Dallas’ all-star players is likely to get a new deal this year. Since the moment Micah Parsons stepped onto the field as a rookie in a Dallas Cowboys uniform, the spotlight was on him—and he di...2025
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• Cowboys news: Brian Schottenheimer named new head coach in Dallas

Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images The latest and greatest news surrounding the Dallas Cowboys is here. Dallas Cowboys hiring Brian Schottenheimer as 10th head coach in franchise history - RJ Ochoa, Blogging The Boys The Cowboys chose Brian Schottenheimer as their new head coach. The Dallas Cowboys have a new head coach. It is Brian Schottenheimer. Schottenheimer is an NFL legacy as the ...2025
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• 5 players for Dallas fans to watch in the College National Championship game

Kyle Robertson/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Dallas should keep an eye on where these players would fit for the Cowboys. It’s a rough week to be a Dallas Cowboys fan. Division rivals Washington and Philadelphia are in the NFC championship. This means that the Cowboys are the lone team in the NFC to have not made the conference championship since 1995, a bitte...2025
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• Cowboys news: Dak Prescott talks rehab approach after hamstring tear

Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images The latest news surrounding the Dallas Cowboys is here. Dak Prescott: If I had to play a game today, I definitely could - Charean Williams, PFT QB1 says he could play today. Dak Prescott won’t play a real game for another five months, and his surgically repaired hamstring is almost healed now. “If I had to play a game today, I definitely could do that,” the...2025
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• Cowboys news: How Cowboys’ last five first-round picks have fared

Amanda McCoy/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Tribune News Service via Getty Images The latest buzz surrounding the Dallas Cowboys From CeeDee Lamb to Tyler Guyton: How Cowboys’ last five first-round picks have fared - Chris Amaya, Dallas Morning News A look into the last five first-round draft picks for the Cowboys and how they are faring so far in the NFL. 2021 first-round draftee: Penn State L...2025
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• 5 biggest surprises so far in Cowboys offseason

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images What has been the most surprising thing about the Cowboys offseason in your opinion? We’re still only in March in this 2025 offseason, but that hasn’t left us without news to discuss. Today we’re going to look at the five most surprising decisions that the Dallas Cowboys have made and the likelihood that those moves, or non-moves, could change between no...2025
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• Cowboys 2025 draft scouting report: FS Malaki Starks
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• Cowboys news: Team banking on first-round disappointments in free agency, trades

Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images The latest Cowboys news heading into the weekend. Cowboys banking on other teams’ busts forces them, once again, to aim for draft perfection - Kevin Sherrington, Dallas Morning News The Cowboys are putting a lot of faith in other team’s first-round busts to come through in 2025. Even if it beats last year, when Jerry basically sat out free agency, it hasn’t be...2025
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• Malik Hooker expected to sign with Cowboys following second visit with the team, per report
The safety is a former first-round pick of the Indianapolis Colts...2021
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• Cowboys signs Malik Hooker following second visit with former Colts first-round pick
Things went as expected for both parties the second time around...2021
• Cowboys free agency 2022: Malik Hooker re-signing in Dallas on two-year deal to help anchor defense
The former first-round pick will stick around in Dallas for the foreseeable future...2022
• Cowboys training camp 2021: Malik Hooker has chance to join heated DB battle alongside other new additions
Things are getting hot and heavy at the defensive back position in Oxnard...2021
• Cowboys, Malik Hooker agree to three-year extension worth up to $24 million, per report

The Cowboys are keeping their secondary together...2023
• Malik Hooker explains signing with Cowboys: 'They're getting a game-changer and an athletic ballhawk'
The talented but oft-injured safety needs to make good on this promise...2021
• BREAKING: Dallas Cowboys trading fifth-round pick to Indianapolis Colts for CB Stephon Gilmore
Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images The Cowboys are making a serious improvement in the secondary. The Dallas Cowboys have entered the chat. Word began to circulate on social media on Tuesday afternoon that the Cowboys were going to potentially trade for a cornerback, and while fans were frantically wondering who exactly it could be, the shoe dropped. The Dallas Cowboys are trading a fifth-...2023
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• Malik Hooker Declares for 2017 NFL Draft: Latest Comments and Reaction
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• Week 2 Snap Judgments

Musings, observations and the occasional insight as we digest a less-than-captivating Week 2 in the NFL…. * The Cowboys-Broncos game was delayed by lightning for over an hour in the first half, but the biggest bolt out nowhere was Denver’s ability to completely bottle up Dallas running back Ezekiel Elliott like no one else has been able to do. Elliott entered play Sunday with 15 consecutive games ...2017
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• S Malik Hooker named Cowboys most underrated player
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• Re-Grading the Colts 2017 Draft
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• 2025 NFL Draft: A Top 10 positional ranking of defensive prospects

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Who is your favorite defensive prospect in this year’s NFL Draft? With the 2025 NFL Draft now a week away (April 24-26), positional rankings and big board's for all 32 NFL teams should all be pretty close to finalized. That means all the guesstimating and speculation that has taken place over the past several months will finally be clarified when we l...2025
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• Cowboys 2025 free agency: 1 free agent to consider at each position on defense

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images Here are some defensive players the Cowboys could look to target in free agency. After naming Brian Schottenheimer as their new head coach, the Dallas Cowboys still have a lot of work to do filling out their coaching staff before free agency officially kicks off on March 12. Between now and then though, there will be a lot of guesstimating and speculation...2025
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• Cowboys news: Dallas loses season finale to Washington in final seconds

Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images Notable headlines surrounding America’s team. Cowboys loss comes at the buzzer in 23-19 thriller against Commanders - Mark Heaney, Inside The Star The season ends fittingly. Defense Shines: Pass Rush Dominates It would be easy to blame the defense for this Cowboys loss, but they gave a strong performance against one of the league’s best. Holding Jayden Daniels ...2025
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• Cowboys vs Giants recap: Social media reaction to deserving win

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images Social media reacts to a desperate but deserving win for Dalllas The Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants both took the field with a 1-2 record. It was a scrappy game on Thursday Night Football with Dak Prescott keeping his winning streak against the Giants alive. But how did social media react during the game? The Cowboys held the Giants to a field goal,...2024
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• Cowboys secondary has become the top defensive group on the roster, and what that means for Mike Zimmer

Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images The Dallas Cowboys secondary is in good hands in 2024. This offseason for the Dallas Cowboys has been defined much more by their departures in free agency compared to additions that move the needle for Mike McCarthy’s team to be taken seriously as championship contenders. The NFL draft next month stands as the next real opportunity for the Cowboys to...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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