Latest news and updates about the Cowboys
After just one year of NFL service, Jay Toia is the Cowboys’ longest-tenured defensive tackle. There’s been a whirlwind of change at the position since Toia joined the team, and now the second-year DT is fighting to keep his job amidst this defensive roster overhaul. Background Years in NFL: 1Acquired by: 2025 7th-round pick After a long […]
The story of the Cowboys’ offseason has been about their defensive rebuild, and rightfully so, but Brian Schottenheimer and the rest of the organization aren’t ignoring other aspects of the team that need improving. On Friday, the Cowboys added two new people to their growing analytics department. The Cowboys had previously listed the strategic football […]
New NFL Rumors on George Pickens’ Cowboys Stance, Contract Scenarios and Dak Prescott Connection – Adam Wells, Bleacher Report The talented receiver wants to stay in Dallas long term. Even though George Pickens skipped the Dallas Cowboys’ voluntary workouts earlier this month, there’s not currently an expectation that he will attempt to holdout for a […]
The NFL is the ultimate league of parity. This is part of why we all love it so much. Anything can happen, on any given Sunday as some like to say, and the margins for error are so thin compared to other sports and leagues. We see this play out in terms of how NFL […]
One of the Dallas Cowboys most underrated signings this offseason came along the defensive line. Former Los Angeles Chargers defensive lineman Otito Ogbonnia signed a one-year, $3-million dollar deal with the Cowboys early in free agency. Ogbonnia spent four seasons with the Chargers, before landing in Dallas this offseason. In those four years he started […]
Rookie Anthony Smith has good reason to be hopeful in his first Cowboys training camp. Dallas has an established history of finding useful wide receiver talent in the late rounds of the draft: Ryan Flournoy, Cedrick Wilson, and Noah Brown are prime examples. Smith looks to join that list in 2026. Background Years in NFL: 0Acquired […]
Bill Parcells was always fond of saying he was in the talent acquisition business, and in that regard he was no different than the staff members on any of the 32 NFL teams. The NFL is constantly looking for new talent to upgrade its teams, and while the draft and college free agents are the […]
Spagnola: Revealing answer to pressing question – Mickey Spagnola, DallasCowboys.com What should the Cowboys do next to help their roster? FRISCO, Texas – On a drizzly Thursday out here at The Star, around noonish while the Cowboys defensive players were out on the two fields briefly covered by water during a Tuesday one-hour monsoon going […]
June 1 is the next important date on the NFL calendar. Teams around the league will have this date circled as it allows for players to be cut or traded with their dead money being spread out between the 2026 and 2027 seasons instead of eating the full cost. This salary-cap saving tool could be […]
The Dallas Cowboys defense was absolutely putrid a season ago. They were one of the worst, if not the worst, defensive units in the entire league, finishing near the bottom in every single category. There were a few bright spots from their play last year, and rookie linebacker Shemar James may have been one of […]
Just a little over a week stands between the Dallas Cowboys and the start of 2026 OTAs. While the offseason has not fully come to an end, Dallas and the other 31 NFL franchises have made almost all of the significant moves they will make before the start of training camp. Dallas’ roster looks significantly […]
Welcome to today’s roundup of New Orleans Saints and NFL news! CSC staff picks for each game of the Saints 2026 season See the staff’s prediction! Regrading 2023 NFL Draft: Seahawks, Rams rise to perfection, Cowboys’ haul fails in a big way A bad, but fair grade. Saints legend Drew Brees has added another title […]
Dallas Cowboys undrafted rookie named ‘sleeper’ to watch, and here’s why OTAs are actually a huge deal for him – Mauricio Rodriguez, A to Z Sports Is Michael Trigg the UDFA most likely to make the Cowboys 53-man roster? The reality is that when OTAs come around, we football fans tend to be a little […]
Reddy Steward has already gotten over one hurdle in 2026, surviving the purge of “Matt Eberflus guys” from the Cowboys staff and roster. Re-signed this offseason, Steward hopes to impress the new defensive coaches and fight his way back onto the team for another run. Background Years in NFL: 2Acquired by: Waiver claim (2025) Undrafted out of […]
The Dallas Cowboys enter the season with a stable, reliable offensive line. The organization knows everything starts up front, which is why the team has spent three first-round picks on offensive linemen over the last five drafts. With so much invested, the team is sitting in good shape up front, and people are starting to […]
At irregular intervals over the last decade or so, we’ve tried to project the playing time of Cowboys rookie classes by estimating what percentage of total snaps would be taken by the rookie class, an exercise that met with varying degrees of success. Year Projected Snap% Actual Snap% Result 2015 12.8% 9.1% ❌ 2018 12.1% […]
With the Dallas Cowboys transitioning from a disappointing 2025 season that was defined by a porous defense, it appears they have made changes for the better that will have them competing for an NFC East crown, if not more. Dallas has changed its defensive philosophy and bolstered that side of the ball with numerous additions. […]
Tyler Smith on position conversations, Tyler Booker’s second year, more – Tommy Yarrish, DallasCowboys.com Tyler Smith and the Cowboys appear to be on the same page. FRISCO, Texas — In the final three games of the 2025 season, the Cowboys started All-Pro left guard Tyler Smith at left tackle. He replaced Nate Thomas, who had filled […]
The Detroit Lions continue to add to their roster ahead of Organized Team Activities. On Wednesday, they announced they’ve signed veteran receiver Cedrick Wilson Jr. The 6-foot-2, 197-pound receiver has been in the NFL for eight seasons. He began his professional football journey as a sixth-round pick for the Dallas Cowboys in 2018. There, he […]
For the last six years, counting Terence Steele out has proven hazardous to your offseason analysis. The Dallas Cowboys’ right tackle keeps coming back for more doubts and naysaying, and that won’t change in 2026. Next up in our roster rundown series, Steele enters Year 7 with more job security than ever. Background Years in […]
The 2025 season did not give the Dallas Cowboys the kind of home dominance fans had grown used to seeing at AT&T Stadium, but it also did not erase the bigger picture. Dallas went 4-3-1 at home last season, that ranked 13th among all 32 NFL teams in home record. That puts the Cowboys almost […]
One significant change in the Seattle Seahawks’ training camps under Mike Macdonald has been the re-introduction of joint practices, which the team hadn’t done since the early 1990s. In 2024, the Seahawks held two scrimmages with the Tennessee Titans before their preseason game in Nashville, and last year they had a single joint practice with […]
Almost a month after the draft, you already know a lot of things about the Dallas Cowboys rookies. But no matter how much time you’ve spent observing the 2026 rookie class, there are still things you don’t know about them. Here are seven things you may not have known: Oh Captain, my Captain! The Cowboys […]
The 49ers’ 38,000-mile travel schedule and Kyle Shanahan’s big WR decisions: Mailbag (paywall)“My guess is they’ll go to Colorado Springs right after the Cowboys game (as they did in 2022, before their last trip to Mexico City). It’s only a two-hour flight and, in conjunction with the flight to Mexico City, would shave a whole […]
Now the longest-tenured member of the Dallas Cowboys defense, Malik Hooker has seen a lot of transition in the roster and coaching staff over the last few years. He will be one of just a few players left who played for Mike Zimmer in 2024, let alone Dan Quinn before him. How will the 30-year-old […]