Dallas Cowboys News and Rumors

Cowboys hint Brooking and James unlikely to return to team

Gregg Rosenthal, profootballtalk.com

Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones said no final decisions have been made on the futures of linebackers Keith Brooking and Bradie James. And then he proceeded to talk about them as if they were already gone, indicating that both veteran lead…

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Up and at 'em on a combine week Wednesday. Not sure which of our division's coaches and GMs will be holding news conferences during the big event in Indy, but I believe ESPNNewYork.com and ESPNDallas.com are both staffing it, which means I'd expect to h…

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

Former Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman has a trio of Super Bowl rings, a bust in the Hall of Fame, and a spot next to Joe Buck every Sunday during football season. Well, two out of three ain’t bad. But Aikman thinks that the popularity of the sport that…

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... tanooga Choo-Choo? No, it's just the weekly NFC East chat, coming to you live at noon ET as it does every Tuesday. You click on these here blue letters and the magic of the Internet whisks you away to our chat room, in which you can ask me anything …

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Yes, as someone who scours the Internet for content ideas on four teams during these slow offseason days, I will miss ESPNDallas.com's position series. But it concludes today with Calvin Watkins' look at special teams. Clearly, the Cowboys found their k…

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Yeah, that's right. The ESPNDallas.com position series makes a stop today at cornerback, which is a position of extreme need for the Dallas Cowboys. As Tim MacMahon writes, Terence Newman is a sure thing to be cut, and the fact that the Cowboys gave Orl…

Matt Loede, cowboysgab.com

Cowboys DE Jason Hatcher spoke out recently about a leadership void on the Cowboys: “Dude, I’ve got to be honest with you: That’s a good question,” Hatcher told KESN-FM, according to FoxSports.com. “I really don’t know. It’s just another thi…

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

Some things in the NFL never change, and some NFL players know even after they’ve been retired for more than a decade that they’re going to get the same reception in certain cities where they played. For former Cowboys fullback Daryl “Moose” Johns…

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

What separates the Cowboys from the NFL’s elite teams? One player on the roster thinks it’s leadership. Dallas defensive end Jason Hatcher said in an interview with Deion Sanders on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM that he isn’t sure who the leader in the locke…

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I'm going to miss ESPNDallas.com's Cowboys position series when it's gone. We've relied on it a lot over the past week or so for Cowboys content, and I plan on draining every last drop I can out of it. Today's edition is on safeties, and Calvin Watkins …

Cowboys sound ready to spend

Feb 16 (6 days ago)

Gregg Rosenthal, profootballtalk.com

The Cowboys cut a number of big-name, big money players before last season. That pushed a lot of dead money into 2012, which was supposed to create salary cap issues this year. It hasn’t worked out that way. Dallas already has roughly $12.3 million in c…

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

Time flies in the NFL: The Houston Texans’ very first game, a Sunday night win over the Cowboys, feels like a fresh memory to me. And yet the Texans sent out a reminder today that they’re celebrating their 10th anniversary this year. The Texans’ ann…

Leading Questions: NFC East

Feb 16 (6 days ago)

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With the offseason in full swing, let’s take a look at one major question facing each NFC East team as they begin preparations for the 2012 season: DALLAS COWBOYS Do they have too much work to do? It's possible that we expect too much from the Cowboys. …

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Yes, I'm leaning hard on ESPNDallas.com's position-by-position series. It's there every day. It's good. It's got Bryan Broaddus. What's not to like? Today's installment is on inside linebackers, which for the Dallas Cowboys in 2012 looks like it could b…

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Wide receiver may be the most intriguing position in free agency this year, especially in the NFC East, where the Washington Redskins need a No. 1, the Philadelphia Eagles need to figure out what to do with DeSean Jackson and the New York Giants and Dal…

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

Randy Moss is planning a comeback, and his agent says three teams have already shown interest. But the Cowboys are reportedly not one of those teams. The Cowboys have already decided that they won’t be in the running for Moss, a source told ESPN’s Cal…

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We have discussed, at great length here, the Dallas Cowboys' offensive line and their offseason needs at guard and center. But ESPNDallas.com's position-by-position series stops today on the other side of the ball, with the defensive line and a look at …

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

With linebacker Anthony Spencer set to become an unrestricted free agent, the Dallas Cowboys are considering using the franchise tag to keep him. Clarence E. Hill Jr. of the Star Telegram reports that Spencer is a candidate for the franchise tag. Althou…

Maggie Hendricks, yahoo.com

Ahmad Bradshaw is still enjoying the glow of his Super Bowl win, but that didn't keep him from dropping some advice to the New York Giants' division rivals, the Dallas Cowboys. His words of wisdom? Find some confidence and drop that Tony Romo fella. Oth…

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

Rosenthal pointed out Friday that unexpected free-agent cornerback Stanford Routt will visit the Titans and Bills. Other teams are interested, too. Per Calvin Watkins of ESPNDallas.com, Routt’s agent says that the Cowboys, Chiefs, and Vikings have reach…

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Dallas Cowboys ESPNDallas.com's Tim MacMahon breaks down the Cowboys' offensive line play last season and looks ahead to what might be in store in 2012. The Cowboys haven't done particularly well drafting linebackers in the past decade -- with DeMarcus …

Matt Loede, cowboysgab.com

Now that the 2011 season is officially over following the Super Bowl, now we can all look ahead to free agency. The Cowboys have a number of players that will be unrestricted come March 13th when they can sign with other teams. You can see the complete …

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The Dallas Cowboys didn't see Laurent Robinson coming last summer, but thanks to Miles Austin's hamstrings and the speed with which he and Tony Romo developed a red zone rapport, Robinson became an important part of Dallas' offense. Now, he's an unrestr…

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Tiger Woods is impressed with Tony Romo's golf game, as the two are paired in the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, which begins Thursday.

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

Watching the Giants win the Super Bowl couldn’t have been easy for an Eagles team that would have taken their spot in the playoffs with a little help from the Jets in Week 16 of the season. But, then, they wouldn’t have been in that position if they h…

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Part 2 of ESPNDallas.com's position-by-position series is on running backs. Bryan Broaddus assumes that DeMarco Murray comes back from his ankle injury and regains the starter's role in which he thrived, and that fullback Tony Fiammetta recovers from hi…

Don Banks, CNNSI.com

INDIANAPOLIS -- The New York Giants just became the first NFC team to earn at least two Super Bowl rings in a five-season span since the Dallas Cowboys held three parades in four years in the first half of the '90s, and they are by no means a team that …

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

Yes, the 2011 season has ended.  But we now know that the 2012 season will launch at MetLife Stadium on Thursday, September 6. That night, the Super Bowl XLVI champion Giants will host the first real game of the new campaign, hosting the Cowboys, Redski…