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• Dallas Cowboys 2025 53-man roster prediction: Pre-training camp edition

Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images It is time for 53-man roster predictions. Mandatory minicamp happened this week for the Dallas Cowboys, but these practices are kind of like the appetizer before the main course when everybody reports for training camp toward the end of July. That's when things get serious and tough decisions will have to be made to meet the league-mandated 53-man roster...2025
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• Cowboys post-draft roster review: Safeties

Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images Here is a look at the state of the Cowboys safeties group. As we wind down our roster review, we take a look at the Dallas Cowboys safeties. The position had improved under Dan Quinn, but Quinn also liked to have his safeties moonlight as linebackers to add more speed in the front seven. With a new defensive coordinator, some players had to adjust to playin...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

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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• Giants safety cracks Top 10 of PFF rankings

Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images Jevon Holland listed among the best The New York Giants have retooled their safety room over the last couple of seasons. In the Giants’ 2022 playoff season, their safety room consisted of Xavier McKinney, Julian Love, and rookie Dane Belton. Both McKinney and Love were Pro Bowl-caliber safeties who are no longer on the team. Joe Schoen and the Giants hav...2025
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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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• Cowboys news: Matt Eberflus and cast of new defensive players standing out at OTAs

Kirby Lee-Imagn Images The latest and greatest Dallas Cowboys offseason news. Matt Eberflus turning heads, making good moves as new DC - Shane Taylor, Inside The Star In his return stint to Dallas, DC Matt Eberflus is standing out already amongst a coaching staff full of new hires. The Good Eberflus is doing a lot of good things thus far with the Cowboys defense and the first is allowing...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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• Giants news, 5/24: Breakout for Jalin Hyatt, Justin Tuck, Andrew Thomas, more headlines

Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images New York Giants headlines for Saturday Good morning, New York Giants fans! From Big Blue View Make or break year: Can Jalin Hyatt become a weapon on offense for Giants? Better or worse in 2025? New York Giants wide receivers This New York Giants’ wide receiver named league’s most underrated 2028 Summer Olympics: Which New York Giants would be best for flag fo...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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• 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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"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"

• Cowboys post-draft roster review: Safeties
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• Giants safety cracks Top 10 of PFF rankings
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• Cowboys news: Matt Eberflus and cast of new defensive players standing out at OTAs
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• Did the Giants close the talent gap? Ranking NFC East defenses position-by-position
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• Giants news, 5/24: Breakout for Jalin Hyatt, Justin Tuck, Andrew Thomas, more headlines
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• The Linc - Saquon Barkley says the 2024 Eagles are a top 5 team of all time
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• S Malik Hooker named Cowboys most underrated player
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• The Linc - Saquon Barkley says the 2024 Eagles are a top 5 team of all time
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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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• 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 defensive depth chart after OTAs and before mandatory minicamp
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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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• 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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• 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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• Giants safety cracks Top 10 of PFF rankings
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• Cowboys news: Matt Eberflus and cast of new defensive players standing out at OTAs
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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: 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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• 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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