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• Cowboys 2025 roster projection at the start of training camp

Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images We are going to see a lot of 53-man roster predictions over the next month. We’re just getting started with the Dallas Cowboys’ 2025 training camp. As the team’s business in Oxnard, CA gets rolling this week, our latest roster projection sets the stage for where players currently stand, where the most opportunities for change are, and who’s fighting...2025
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• Cowboys add a potential steal in James Houston

Photo by Amy Lemus/NurPhoto via Getty Images The pass rush savant is a sneaky good addition As is the annual tradition these days, the Dallas Cowboys kicked off their training camp with a veteran signing. In years past, the team has added impact players like Malik Hooker, Anthony Barr, and Brandon Aubrey around this time. And on Tuesday, they might have found another in EDGE James Houston....2025
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• Cowboys pre-training camp outlook: Examining depth at each position group

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images How do you feel about the Cowboys depth entering training camp? Training camp for the Dallas Cowboys has arrived, and it’s now time to get a good look at what type of players will be donning the star this season. The team has a lot of good players, but the question will be, do they have enough good players, and are those good players spread out across the...2025
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• Cowboys 2025 opponent preview: X-factors for the Las Vegas Raiders

Kirby Lee-Imagn Images We are so very close to football. The Las Vegas Raiders are no strangers to change, but the 2024 season pushed the franchise to a breaking point. After firing head coach Josh McDaniels midway through the 2023 campaign and turning to former linebacker Antonio Pierce as the interim leader, there was renewed optimism in Sin City. That optimism didn’t last long. Under P...2025
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• Dallas Cowboys roster-building approach: Why can’t they advance in the playoffs?

Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images What do you think is the biggest reason why the Cowboys can turn their talented rosters into serious playoff contenders? The Dallas Cowboys are good at building a roster. This argument is heavily debated, but if you take a look at everything they do, it’s hard not to acknowledge that they assemble a pretty good group of talent. It all starts in the ...2025
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• What to watch at Cowboys training camp at each position on defense

Chris Jones-Imagn Images What are you most interested in watching at training camp for the Cowboys defense? The Dallas Cowboys soon report to Oxnard, California for training camp with the first official practice kicking off July 22, but the pads don’t come on until about a week later on the 27th. Previously, we looked at what the story will be at each position on offense. Today, we look at...2025
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• Cowboys news: Analyzing who takes the biggest Year 2 jump in Dallas

Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images The latest news surrounding the Dallas Cowboys is here. 6) Who Makes Biggest Year-2 Jump? - Staff, DallasCowboys.com The Cowboys have several players who could achieve this. 6) Who Makes Biggest Year-2 Jump? Mickey: My guess is last year’s first of two third round selections Cooper Beebe. While Beebe was solid earning the starting center role as a rookie, ...2025
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• NFL Divisions ranked by position groups - S

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Discovering where the best defensive backfields are. To round out the defensive portion of our division rankings series, we will examine the all-important safety position. Here’s how they stacked up: 1. NFC North Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings Kevin Byard III leads Chicago’s safeties. He is a quality, produc...2025
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• Dallas Cowboys 2025 roster bubble review: Safety

Photo by Jevone Moore/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Cowboys roster review for the safeties As we wrap up our 2025 roster bubble series, it’s ironic that our final position may not even have one. For this year’s Dallas Cowboys, safety may be the easiest spot to predict who will and won’t make the roster. That isn’t to say surprises aren’t possible, but it means one of our veterans may ha...2025
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• Cowboys news: Malik Hooker is ‘excited’ to be working with Matt Eberflus again

Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images The latest news and notes around the Dallas Cowboys Malik Hooker ‘excited’ for Matt Eberflus take Cowboys’ D to next level - Randy Gurzi, Cowboys on SI Malik Hooker reunites with his former defensive coordinator, who drafted him with the Indianapolis Colts Eberflus, who spent several years as an assistant in Dallas, went on to become a well-respected de...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"

2020
"The Colts are declining the fifth-year option on safety Malik Hooker‘s contract, Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reports."

2019
"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."

2018
"Indianapolis Colts starting safeties Malik Hooker and Clayton Geathers waited anxiously for months to get back to work "

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

2016
"Ohio State safety Malik Hooker says he's '100 percent' coming back to school"

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• Cowboys news: Malik Hooker is ‘excited’ to be working with Matt Eberflus again
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• Cowboys news: Inside Brian Schottenheimer's approach as HC in Dallas

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images The latest news surrounding the Cowboys is here. Schotty Ball: How Brian Schottenheimer is approaching his big shot - Tommy Yarrish, DallasCowboys.com Schottenheimer is implementing his vision for the Dallas Cowboys. From passing out Whataburger to every employee at The Star in Frisco to taking players out for dinner to free throw sh...2025
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• Examining each starting position on defense to determine where the Cowboys got better

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images Where do you think the Cowboys have improved on defense over the offseason? There have been big changes this offseason for the Dallas Cowboys. With the addition of new coaches and players, this team will have a distinct look this upcoming season. That’s a welcoming thought when you consider they didn’t perform up to snuff last year. What the team ultima...2025
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• Did the Giants close the talent gap? Ranking NFC East defenses position-by-position

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images Let’s see how the Giants fare in our unscientific ranking We continue our assiduous, irrefutable breakdown of how the New York Giants stack up in the NFC East. The rigorously laborious subjective point-grading system was applied to the NFC East offenses, and here are the results: Offensive breakdown 23 points: Eagles13 points: Giants12 points: Cowboys12...2025
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• The Linc - Saquon Barkley says the 2024 Eagles are a top 5 team of all time

Kara Durrette/Getty Images Philadelphia Eagles news and links for 5/23/25. Let’s get to the Philadelphia Eagles links ... Saquon Barkley made a bold claim on Eagles’ placement in NFL’s greatest teams ever - SB NationEveryone loves to debate on who the greatest NFL team of all time was. Teams from yesteryear like the 1972 Miami Dolphins (who are still the only undefeated team of all time), ...2025
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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 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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• Cowboys defensive depth chart after OTAs and before mandatory minicamp

The Dallas Cowboys have completed their OTAs, which makes it a good time to look at what an updated defensive depth chart could look like. Over the last month or so, the Cowboys have had three days of rookie minicamp and nine scheduled OTAS. In that time, they’ve probably gone through most of the install of their playbooks and definitely went on a paintball trip. In addition to being teaching ses...2025
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• Cowboys news: Inside Brian Schottenheimer's approach as HC in Dallas
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• Three Cowboys with a lot to prove heading into 2025

Cara Owsley/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Who do you think needs to break out for the Cowboys in 2025? The Dallas Cowboys have a mandatory minicamp to go before things go quiet until training camp arrives. Before we get there, let’s take a look at three players who have a lot to prove heading into the 2025 season. Donovan Wilson, Safety The safety position seemed to fa...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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• 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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• 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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• Malik Hooker expected to sign with Cowboys following second visit with the team, per report
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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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• 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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• 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 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 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 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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