After losing to the Seahawks last week, the Dallas Cowboys are out of the playoffs and have nothing to play for in week 17 against the Eagles. Tyron Smith and Orlando Scandrick have been placed on season ending IR and are therefore ruled out but Jason Garrett has gone on record saying that all players who are healthy will play this week. Is this the right decision? There is certainly…
The Cowboys have been eliminated from the playoffs and the 2017 season is effectively over. It was a shame because everything was falling into place with the Lions and Falcons losing in week 16 and Dallas had an opportunity to control their own destiny. Unfortunately one of the best defensive performances of the season was squandered and the Cowboys found a way to lose to Seattle. There is plenty…
The rosters for the 2018 Pro-Bowl were announced today and 4 players from the Dallas Cowboys were selected. The usual suspects on the offensive line, Tyron Smith, Travis Frederick and Zack Martin will represent the Dallas offense. On the defensive side of the ball DE DeMarcus Lawrence was the only player chosen on the strength of his 13.5 sacks. Every single one of these players deserves to be selected but…
It wasn’t pretty, but the Cowboys escaped Oakland with a huge “W” and just barely kept their fading playoff hopes alive. They had some lucky breaks and benefitted from some generous calls (including a now infamous folded piece of paper used to measure for a first down) but a win is a win in the NFL. I am not going to complain, after all without the “Tuck Rule” and a…
The Pro-Bowl has become more of a popularity contest than an accurate gauge of how well a player has performed in a given season. Name recognition and players that benefit from playing in larger markets have led to some less than deserving players getting the pro-bowl nod while the list of pro-bowl snubs seems to grow year after year. When Pro-bowl voting concludes tomorrow there is no doubt that several…
The 2016 draft was historically productive for the Dallas Cowboys. Not only did they draft Rookie of the Year and MVP candidates Ezekiel Elliott and Dak Prescott, but they also secured starters Maliek Collins and Anthony Brown along with a potential star TE Rico Gathers. It was an impressive haul to say the least but arguably the most memorable pick was 2nd round LB Jaylon Smith. We are all too…
Following the departure of Barry Church in the offseason, the Cowboys opted to promote Jeff Heath and Byron Jones as their new starting safety combination. 12 games into the 2017 season, it is safe to say that the experiment was a failure. It is not that Jones and Heath are terrible players, on the contrary they are both valuable contributors on the team and both high character guys. I think…
First and foremost, let’s get one thing out of the way. If Jason Garrett does get fired at the end of the season, the Cowboys will not replace him with a big name proven commodity. John Gruden and Tony Dungy are both seated firmly in the broadcaster’s booth. The last time the Cowboys made a big splash like that, even the great Bill Parcells failed to win a…