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Draft Digest 11 - Scouting the QBs: Teams will find franchise-altering ones in NFL Draft’s first round

noreply@blogger.com (Sturminator) — Sun, 30 Apr 2023 19:06:00 +0000

https://theathletic.com/4412569/2023/04/20/nfl-draft-quarterbacks-bryce-young-cj-stroud/

Hendon Hooker

Will Levis

Anthony Richardson

CJ Stroud

Bryce Young

Draft Digest 10 - The Cowboys should be ready because corners in this year’s NFL Draft are impressive

noreply@blogger.com (Sturminator) — Sun, 30 Apr 2023 19:04:00 +0000

https://theathletic.com/4392588/2023/04/14/cowboys-nfl-draft-cornerbacks/

Deonte Banks

Brian Branch

Emmanuel Forbes

Christian Gonzalez

Joey Porter Jr

Cam Smith

Devon Witherspoon

Draft Digest 9 - The Cowboys could target a defensive tackle early — it’s an impressive but short supply

noreply@blogger.com (Sturminator) — Sun, 30 Apr 2023 19:01:00 +0000

https://theathletic.com/4371204/2023/04/07/cowboys-nfl-draft-defensive-tackle-prospects/

Keeanu Benton

Bryan Bresee

Jalen Carter

Calijah Kancey

Mazi Smith

Draft Digest 8 - Cowboys’ draft interests: Edges, off-ball LBs could be the right fit

noreply@blogger.com (Sturminator) — Sun, 30 Apr 2023 18:55:00 +0000

https://theathletic.com/4343562/2023/03/30/cowboys-nfl-draft-prospects-linebackers-edge-rushers/

Adetomiwa Adebawore

Felix Aniduke-Uzomah

Will McDonald

Drew Sanders

Trenton Simpson

Keion White

Draft Digest 7 - The Cowboys’ search for best player available continues with eyes on edge rushers

noreply@blogger.com (Sturminator) — Sun, 30 Apr 2023 18:52:00 +0000

https://theathletic.com/4327573/2023/03/23/cowboys-nfl-draft-prospects-edge-rushers/

Will Anderson

Lukas Van Ness

Tyree Wilson

Myles Murphy

Nolan Smith

BJ Ojulari

Draft Digest 6 - Are the Cowboys set at offensive tackle? It’s one of the draft’s deepest positions

noreply@blogger.com (Sturminator) — Sun, 30 Apr 2023 18:50:00 +0000

https://theathletic.com/4297946/2023/03/16/cowboys-nfl-draft-offensive-tackle/

Paris Johnson

Broderick Jones

Anton Harrison

Darnell Wright

Dawand Jones

Peter Skoronski

Draft Digest 5 - Will Cowboys consider an interior offensive lineman early? Here are 6 candidates

noreply@blogger.com (Sturminator) — Sun, 30 Apr 2023 18:47:00 +0000

https://theathletic.com/4287568/2023/03/09/cowboys-nfl-draft-interior-offensive-line/

Cody Mauch

O'Cyrus Torrence

Joe Tippmann

Steve Avila

John Michael Schmitz

Luke Wypler

Draft Digest 4 - Will the Cowboys take a RB in Round 1, 2 or 3? They certainly have options

noreply@blogger.com (Sturminator) — Sun, 30 Apr 2023 18:45:00 +0000

https://theathletic.com/4263089/2023/03/03/dallas-cowboys-nfl-draft-running-backs/

Bijan Robinson

Jahmyr Gibbs

Devon Achane

Zach Evans

Zach Charbonnet

Tyjae Spears

Draft Digest 3 - Potential Cowboys NFL Draft Day 2 targets? 6 receivers/playmakers to watch

noreply@blogger.com (Sturminator) — Sun, 30 Apr 2023 18:42:00 +0000

https://theathletic.com/4229879/2023/02/24/dallas-cowboys-nfl-draft-receivers-playmakers/

Rashee Rice

Tyler Scott

Zay Flowers

Cedric Tillman

Marvin Mims

Tank Dell

Draft Digest 2 - The Cowboys need offensive playmakers: High-end receivers available in NFL Draft

noreply@blogger.com (Sturminator) — Sun, 30 Apr 2023 18:40:00 +0000

https://theathletic.com/4209829/2023/02/17/dallas-cowboys-nfl-draft-wide-receivers/

Jordan Addison

Quentin Johnston

Jaxon Smith-Njigba

Josh Downs

Jalin Hyatt

Kayshon Boutte

Draft Digest 1: Impressive tight end class — will Dallas take one early?

noreply@blogger.com (Sturminator) — Sun, 30 Apr 2023 18:38:00 +0000

https://theathletic.com/4170858/2023/02/10/dallas-cowboys-nfl-draft-tight-ends/

Michael Mayer

Luke Musgrave

Dalton Kincaid

Tyler Kraft

Darnell Washington

Sam LaPorta

Trevon Diggs allows a lot of yards, but creates turnovers. Is an extension guaranteed?

noreply@blogger.com (Tim Glaze) — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 15:59:00 +0000

Every week until the regular season, this series will put the spotlight on a key, but not fully established Cowboys player who is still on his way to his finished form. It will try to examine where his journey has gone so far, where 2022 might take him and beyond. Last week in this series, we profiled the case of Dalton Schultz. Schultz has a much more complex case to consider when you look at his franchise tag designation and the big bucks that go with it.

https://theathletic.com/3446205/2022/07/26/dallas-cowboys-trevon-diggs-interceptions/

Did 2019 give the Cowboys any difficult contract decisions?

noreply@blogger.com (Tim Glaze) — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 15:53:00 +0000

One last piece here before the Dallas Cowboys climb on the airplane to California that will double as our assumption of what might be a meeting at the Star during the offseason between those who are in charge of the finances. It is time to begin to get our affairs in order for the next group that comes down the "conveyor belt of talent" and puts the franchise in a decision-making process with each of a draft class that is completing its final season of its rookie year.

https://theathletic.com/3438146/2022/07/21/cowboys-2019-draft-class-rookie-contracts/

The Cowboys and Dalton Schultz: Where we have been and where we are headed

noreply@blogger.com (Tim Glaze) — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 15:50:00 +0000

Every week until the regular season, this series will put the spotlight on a key, but not fully established Cowboys player who is still on his way to his finished form. It will try to examine where his journey has gone so far, where 2022 might take him and beyond. Dalton Schultz was the 10th tight end taken in the 2018 NFL Draft and, at pick 137, he certainly was much better than his draft spot.

https://theathletic.com/3433441/2022/07/19/cowboys-dalton-schultz-franchise-tag/

The Cowboys didn't win up front on either side in the playoff loss to the 49ers

noreply@blogger.com (Tim Glaze) — Thu, 14 Jul 2022 15:39:00 +0000

One thing I make a point in doing every July is to rewatch the end of the previous year. I stole this idea from watching "Breaking Bad," "Better Call Saul" or even when "Game of Thrones" would finally give us a new season after being away for far too long. I have to remember where we left things. Where were the main characters? What pickle did the bad guys put us in as the screen froze and we faded away into the offseason? In TV shows, we often don't have anything occur.

https://theathletic.com/3417552/2022/07/14/cowboys-49ers-wild-card-playoff-game-review/

Cowboys draft analysis: What Day 3 picks Matt Waletzko and Devin Harper bring

noreply@blogger.com (Tim Glaze) — Thu, 26 May 2022 19:39:00 +0000

This is the final installment of our three-week plan to “get to know” each of the Cowboys’ six players taken on Day 3 of this year’s draft. You know the drill by now, 200 snaps to tell us what kind of player the Cowboys have selected as well as what we have found out about their backstories and potential roles with the team.

Two weeks back, we did the dive on Jake Ferguson and John Ridgeway.

Last week, we got after the two defensive pieces the Cowboys added with the middle two picks in Round 5, DaRon Bland and Damone Clark.

https://theathletic.com/3335011/2022/05/26/dallas-cowboys-draft-analysis-day-3/

Cowboys backfield: Why not feature Ezekiel Elliott, Tony Pollard together more?

noreply@blogger.com (Tim Glaze) — Tue, 24 May 2022 19:36:00 +0000

I have a couple more things to finish up this week before I take a long break until early July. If anything massive happens, I will try to get involved here (and I will also attempt to tweet something relevant to read from the past for you each day), but for the most part, I will spend June doing something that isn’t writing about this football team. Usually, June is quiet, anyway, so bear with me.

But, one of those two things this week was going to be to explore and ponder one of the spots on this roster that is really starting to perplex me — and I imagine some of you.

https://theathletic.com/3330542/2022/05/24/dallas-cowboys-ezekiel-elliott-tony-pollard/

Cowboys draft analysis: Day 3 picks Damone Clark and DaRon Bland

noreply@blogger.com (Tim Glaze) — Thu, 19 May 2022 19:35:00 +0000

As we did last week (and will do again next week), it is time to push out our look at two more of the Cowboys’ later-round draft picks after we have given them the thorough film treatment. You know the drill by now, 200 snaps to tell us what kind of player the Cowboys have selected as well as what we have found out about their backstories and potential roles with the team.

Last week, we did the dive on Jake Ferguson and John Ridgeway.

This week, it is two members of the defensive depth chart, including a corner who may get in the mix pretty quickly and a linebacker who we may not even see in his rookie season due to rather significant health considerations.

https://theathletic.com/3319281/2022/05/19/dallas-cowboys-draft-damone-clark-daron-bland/

Mavericks make history, Stars fall short: Diary of night Dallas won’t soon forget

noreply@blogger.com (Tim Glaze) — Mon, 16 May 2022 19:34:00 +0000

May 15, 2022.

We have gathered Sunday night to witness a chance of a lifetime. Trying to win in a Game 7 for the fifth time in Dallas Mavericks history and only the second time ever on the road.

While …

Trying to win a Game 7 for the fourth time in Dallas Stars history and the first time on the road (bubbles don’t count).

At the same time!

https://theathletic.com/3313469/2022/05/16/dallas-mavericks-stars-game-7-history/

Cowboys newcomers: TE Jake Ferguson, DT John Ridgeway add reasonable pieces on both sides

noreply@blogger.com (Tim Glaze) — Thu, 12 May 2022 19:32:00 +0000

Here in the next few weeks, I want to make sure I get to the checklist of post-draft activities that I might have delayed this year for certain “playoffs in other sports” reasons locally. Yes, it is possible the Utah Jazz and Phoenix Suns versus the Mavericks (not to mention those Calgary Flames against the Stars) have helped delay my looks at all of the draft picks I had not studied properly.

So, for each of the next three weeks, I will grab two of the Cowboys’ front office Day 3 picks and see what we can see. This always is a fun activity to meet these guys and try to put ourselves in the war-room seats to try to understand the Cowboys’ ultimate vision.

https://theathletic.com/3303861/2022/05/12/dallas-cowboys-nfl-football-rookies-jake-ferguson-john-ridgeway/

How bad was the Amari Cooper trade for Cowboys? Take a look around the league and find out

noreply@blogger.com (Tim Glaze) — Wed, 04 May 2022 19:31:00 +0000

Matt Waletzko.

That will be the name that will forever be etched in the transactional record books when someone spends the time to dust off the 2022 volume and dive deep into what exactly the Dallas Cowboys were able to fetch for Pro Bowl wide receiver Amari Cooper when they traded him to Cleveland to alleviate their financial stress.

Matt Waletzko. Or, to be fair, the Cowboys could have used that pick on whatever gem was available at pick No. 155. And not only that, with pick No. 193 Oklahoma State linebacker Devin Harper was secured. But, that also cost them pick No 202.

https://theathletic.com/3293279/2022/05/04/cowboys-amari-cooper-trade-browns/

Reviewing how the Cowboys performed in the 2022 NFL Draft: The Morning After

noreply@blogger.com (Tim Glaze) — Mon, 02 May 2022 19:30:00 +0000

It is a fun time to hand out grades and thoughts about how each team did in the draft. Of course, this is a massive waste of everyone’s time because trying to figure out how a player is going to help a franchise over the next four to five years would require time travel and probably the gift of prophecy.

I have looked into both, but neither is covered with my membership status at the present time. We don’t know what the new city, the new full bank account, the franchise he joins with the coaching staff that he is thrust into will do to his attempt to take a massive step up in competition. This could be really easy or it could be too much.

https://theathletic.com/3288242/2022/05/02/cowboys-draft-analysis/

Cowboys Morning After: Dallas thinks Tyler Smith will be its left tackle for a long time

noreply@blogger.com (Tim Glaze) — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 19:29:00 +0000

The Cowboys clearly believe in their process and that led them to Tulsa’s Tyler Smith with the 24th pick in the first round. To them, he represents a player with the most upside of anyone in this draft. He’s someone the Cowboys think they can develop to be an opening-day starter at left guard in 2022 and then the man they trust to take over for Tyron Smith whenever the time comes. Will McClay properly says that he is “big, athletic and physical in a big, athletic and physical league.”

There is no question about any of that. Trust me, all of these points are well conceded.

https://theathletic.com/3281333/2022/04/29/cowboys-tyler-smith-first-round-analysis/

2022 NFL Draft game plan: Here is what the Cowboys need to do to get this right at No. 24

noreply@blogger.com (Tim Glaze) — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 19:28:00 +0000

There is no question that in 2022, the Cowboys’ massive rebuild will have to happen this weekend. They have shown us they have almost no real plans to address roster concerns with veterans. Now, I don’t mean to be a hypocrite at all. Usually, building with veterans is the ultimate fool’s errand in the NFL, with teams quickly regretting the moves they make and seldom regretting the moves they don’t make.

But, Dallas has really done next to nothing this year.

https://theathletic.com/3273334/2022/04/27/cowboys-nfl-draft-game-plan/

Cowboys Draft Digest: The final 2022 ‘Sturm 60’ NFL Draft board

noreply@blogger.com (Tim Glaze) — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 19:27:00 +0000

The vital week is upon us.

This is as important as any date on the 2022 Cowboys schedule. For anyone unclear on the vital connection and correlation between winning in your college prospect player selection and playing winning football, the evidence is all around you. Find a successful team and it invariably starts with this process. Conversely, find a team that gets everyone fired, and you can trace it back to a draft process that went off the rails a few too many times.

https://theathletic.com/3270795/2022/04/26/cowboys-draft-digest-sturm-big-board/