The Cowboys have some work to do on long-term contracts with some of their star players. One of those is receiver CeeDee Lamb, who is under contract through 2024.Lamb is scheduled to make a $2.520 million base salary in 2023 and count $4.458 million against the salary cap. He will make a fully guaranteed salary [more]
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Tony Pollard “a little bit ahead of schedule” in his rehab and feels “faster” than ever
Tony Pollard had a career-high 258 touches last season, including 26 in the postseason. The Cowboys running back is expected to see even more this season with Ezekiel Elliott no longer on the roster.He’s ready.Pollard fractured his left fibula in the divisional round playoff loss to the 49ers. He has spent the offseason working his [more]
Micah Parsons more focused on impact plays than sack total
Pass rushers are often judged on their total number of sacks in a season, but the reality is that even the best pass rushers in the league record a sack on less than 5 percent of their snaps. More than 95 percent of the time that he’s on the field, a pass rusher isn’t going [more]
Mike McCarthy: DeAndre Hopkins “a hell of a talent,” I like the look of our group
Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy joined the list of people in the football world asked about their interest in free agent wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins.Hopkins was released by the Cardinals earlier this week and most coaches have fielded questions about Hopkins during press conferences the last few days. McCarthy’s answer was similar to a lot [more]
Cowboys continue search for kicker
The Cowboys front office believes that, with the additions of Mazi Smith, Brandin Cooks, Stephon Gilmore and Luke Schoonmaker, they are better. They hope to be better at kicker, which is why they haven’t re-signed Brett Maher.Tristan Vizcaino is the only kicker currently on the team’s roster, and it would be an upset if he [more]
Will Grier loves the new third-quarterback rule
Third-string quarterbacks throughout the league will be happy about the NFL’s recent adoption of a third-quarterback rule. And for good reason.Since teams can now dress a third quarterback as an extra man on the roster only if he’s on the 53-man roster, the rule will prompt more teams to make their third quarterback not a [more]
Michael Gallup “feeling springy” again more than a year after his ACL injury
Michael Gallup returned to the lineup last season nine months after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. He wasn’t himself.He caught only 34 passes for 424 yards and four touchdowns in 2022.Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott said earlier this week that Gallup is back to himself.Gallup had 1,107 yards and averaged 16.8 yards [more]
World Cup insistence on grass becomes key player point in turf debate
Players want grass in all venues. Various NFL stadiums use artificial turf. The debate has not gotten much traction, yet.As the U.S.-hosted 2026 World Cup approaches and as more people realize that stadiums like AT&T in Dallas and SoFi in L.A. will convert to grass fields for the soccer competition, more will ask why, if [more]
Dak Prescott: Michael Gallup’s back to himself, will be better this season
Cowboys wide receiver Michael Gallup said recently that he “just feels different” this year than he did while returning from a torn ACL in 2022 and that he’s feeling “springy” as he goes through the team’s offseason program.The change in circumstances has been noted by Gallup’s quarterback as well. Dak Prescott said this week that [more]
Cowboys’ KaVontae Turpin vows not to fair catch any kickoff returns
The NFL’s controversial new rule putting the ball on the 25-yard line following fair catches on kickoffs will surely lead to an increase in fair catches. But Cowboys return man KaVontae Turpin says he won’t play along.Turpin said the new rule will have no impact on him because he plans to return every kickoff that [more]
Cowboys aren’t having 11-on-11 drills in OTAs to avoid another violation of the rules
The Cowboys’ practices don’t look like real practices, because, well, they aren’t.After sanctions the past two years for practices that were deemed too physical, Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy is making sure they won’t incur another one this year during organized team activities.“Our team periods are basically walk-throughs and jog-throughs,” McCarthy said, via Todd Archer of [more]
Dak Prescott getting used to hearing Mike McCarthy in his ear
For the first time since 2018, Dak Prescott will have someone else in his ear on game day. Kellen Moore now is the offensive coordinator of the Chargers, leaving the Cowboys offense in the hands of head coach Mike McCarthy.McCarthy last called plays in 2018 in his final season as the Packers head coach. Prescott [more]
Tony Pollard participating in Cowboys’ OTAs
Cowboys running back Tony Pollard had surgery four months ago after injuring his lower leg in the Cowboys’ playoff loss to the 49ers, but he is making progress in his recovery.Pollard is on the practice field during the Cowboys’ Organized Team Activities, Dallas head coach Mike McCarthy confirmed today.However, McCarthy also noted that the Cowboys [more]
Brett Maher will work out for Broncos
The Broncos released kicker Brandon McManus with a post-June 1 designation to save $3.75 million on their salary cap. They now have to find a replacement.To that end, the team will work out Brett Maher on Wednesday, according to multiple reports. Maher was with Broncos coach Sean Payton in New Orleans in 2021.The Cowboys decided [more]
Report: Joe Philbin becomes an offensive analyst at Ohio State
The former head coach of the Dolphins has landed in college football.Pete Thamel of ESPN.com reports that Ohio State has hired Joe Philbin as an offensive analyst.Philbin, 61, coached the Dolphins from 2012 through the first four games of the 2015 season. He had a record of 26-30.He worked for the Packers from 2003 through [more]
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