Dallas Cowboys News and Rumors
David DeCastro could be in line for first startDarin Gantt, profootballtalk.com The Steelers might finally get a return on their first round pick. According to Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday that rookie David DeCastro could play right guard this week against the Cowboys. That wou… |
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Rick Gosselin / Columnist, dallasnews.com The Pittsburgh Steelers opened the game with the San Diego Chargers last weekend with four wide receivers and no running backs. Look for the Steelers to change their approach this weekend when they visit the Cowboys. Injuries have diminished the run def… |
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Are Cowboys in position for a legitimate playoff run? Outlook is much better than two weeks agoDec 11, 2012
David Moore / Reporter, dallasnews.com A team’s fate can shift quickly in the NFL. With that in mind, we ask this question: How many teams in the NFC have a better record than the Cowboys over the last five games? If you said none, you receive a pair of flannel pants from the team’s holida… |
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SportsDayDFW sports, dallasnews.com From NBC: NEW YORK – December 11, 2012 – Emmy-nominated NFL Turning Point, NBC Sports Network’s weekly NFL show co-produced by NFL Films, airs this Wednesday at 10 p.m. ET. In this week’s episode: NFL Turning Point examines the Washington Redskins… |
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Rainer Sabin / Reporter, dallasnews.com The Cowboys practice squad lost linebacker Jerry Franklin, whom the Chicago Bears added to their active roster Tuesday. Franklin was brought in by the Cowboys on Nov. 14 after stints with Carolina and Denver earlier this season. He has yet to play in an… |
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Cowboys' Brent attends teammate's memorialDec 11, 2012
ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com The Dallas Cowboys paid tribute to Jerry Brown at a private memorial on Tuesday that included Josh Brent, the player charged with intoxication manslaughter in the one-car accident that killed his teammate. |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said Tuesday that the ultimate decision about whether or not wide receiver Dez Bryant continues playing with the finger injury he suffered against the Bengals. If that’s true, Bryant’s going to be in the lineup. He told Mike … |
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SportsDayDFW sports, dallasnews.com NEW ORLEANS — Former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue has overturned the suspensions of four current and former New Orleans Saints players in the league’s bounty investigation of the club. Tagliabue, however, found that the players’ conduct was detri… |
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Live updates: Josh Brent, other Cowboys players attend memorial service for Jerry BrownDec 11, 2012
Scott Bell, dallasnews.com The Cowboys honored former teammate Jerry Brown Jr. on Sunday by displaying his jersey with the team on their trip to Cincinnati. This afternoon, the team will attend a memorial service for their former teammate. (Michael Ainsworth / Staff Photographer) |
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Dez Bryant wants to play, source saysDec 11, 2012
ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com Dez Bryant, who fractured his left index finger Sunday against against the Cincinnati Bengals, wants to continue playing, a source close to the Dallas Cowboys wide receiver told ESPN on Tuesday morning. |
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Jerry Brown’s Funeral Set for Friday in St.LouisDec 11, 2012
Matt Loede, cowboysgab.com Funeral services are scheduled for Friday in St. Louis for Cowboys practice-squad LB Jerry Brown. Brown was a St. Louis native who died in a suspected drunken-driving accident on Saturday. Cowboys defensive tackle Josh Brent was the driver and is charge… |
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The Texans and Falcons look likely for the No. 1 seeds, but is anyone scared? Both teams look vulnerable, Peter King writes, and having home-field isn't all it's cracked up to be. |
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Eyewitness describes scene at crash that claimed the life of Cowboys linebacker Jerry BrownDec 11, 2012
Brian McIntyre, yahoo.com In the wake of the report that the mother of late Dallas Cowboys linebacker Jerry Brown wants Josh Brent to ride with her and sit with the family during Brown's funeral, chilling details of what allegedly occurred at the crime scene are beginning to eme… |
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Tom Ley, deadspin.com Yesterday, the Dallas Morning News posted a video in which Stacee McWilliams, a Dallas resident who happened upon the aftermath of the car wreck that was caused by Cowboys defensive tackle Josh Brent and killed linebacker Jerry Brown, describes how she … |
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Peter King, CNNSI.com Not too excited about the top seeds in the NFC and AFC, are you, in the wake of bad losses by the Falcons and Texans in Week 14? There's a reason. Atlanta and Houston are clearly vulnerable entering the last three weeks of the regular season. |
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Jonathan Bales, dallasnews.com Jonathan Bales is a special contributor to SportsDayDFW.com. He’s the founder of The DC Times and writes for DallasCowboys.com and the New York Times. He’s also the author of |
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Doug Farrar, yahoo.com The family and friends of former Dallas Cowboys linebacker Jerry Brown had stayed out of the public eye for the most part since the Saturday morning car accident that took Brown's life and put the driver, Cowboys defensive lineman Josh Brent, in jail on… |
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Jon Machota / Special Contributo, dallasnews.com Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones confirmed Tuesday that he had a confrontation with nose tackle Jay Ratliff following a game on Dec. 2. Jones approached Ratliff after the Cowboys’ 38-33 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles and spoke to the … |
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Jon Machota / Special Contributo, dallasnews.com Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant was examined by an orthopedic hand surgeon Monday afternoon and X-rays revealed a fractured left index finger. Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones said Tuesday morning that it had yet to be determined if Bryant… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com When news of Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant’s finger injury broke on Monday, the Cowboys indicated the fate of his season would depend on the results of his visits to doctors to assess the severity of the injury. Specifically, coach Jason Garrett said… |
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Jon Machota / Special Contributo, dallasnews.com Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones said Tuesday morning that Jerry Brown’s family would be flying to Dallas on Jones’ private plane for a memorial service for Brown later in the day. At the request of Brown’s mother, Stacey Jackson, Josh … |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com The bad news for the Steelers is that they’re near the point of needing to win out to make the postseason. The good news is that their next two games are against teams with winning records, which seems to get their attention. Their next two are against … |
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Rainer Sabin / Reporter, dallasnews.com In the first half of the Cowboys’ 20-19 victory over Cincinnati, quarterback Tony Romo experienced achievement and failure. He established a club record by completing his 17th consecutive pass, a streak that began Dec. 2 during the second quarter of a w… |
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Curtis Crabtree, profootballtalk.com More details continue to emerge from the incident early Saturday morning that ended the life of Dallas Cowboys linebacker Jerry Brown and landed defensive tackle Josh Brent in jail charged with intoxication manslaughter. The Dallas Morning News intervie… |
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Cowboys’ Morris Claiborne ‘looks like he got into a fight’ after busting lip against BengalDec 11, 2012
Barry Horn / Reporter, dallasnews.com Cowboys coach Jason Garrett reported that Morris Claiborne “looks like he got into a fight” but “seemed like he was better today.” The rookie cornerback suffered a lacerated lip but appeared as if he might have been hurt far more seriously when he… |
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Cowboys’ Jason Garrett stands behind punter Brian Moorman despite shaky afternoon in CincyDec 11, 2012
Barry Horn / Reporter, dallasnews.com Cowboys punter Brian Moorman had a bad day in Cincinnati, averaging only 33 yards for his five punts. He allowed the Bengals excellent field position. They scored a field goal after his first shanked punt traveled 23 yards. The Bengals added another fie… |
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Expect Cowboys’ tag team at tackle to continue after Jermey Parnell impresses in relief of Doug FreeDec 11, 2012
Barry Horn / Reporter, dallasnews.com IRVING — Expect to see the Cowboys continue to alternate Doug Free and Jermey Parnell at right tackle as they did in Sunday’s victory over the Cincinnati Bengals. Free, a six-year veteran who moved from the more challenging left tackle position, has s… |
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I Suck at Football, Week 14: Back and to the LeftDec 11, 2012
On Sunday my sister drives me to the bar so I can watch the Bengals play the Dallas Cowboys. "Well, I hope they win," she says. "But I also hope they ... |
