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Posted by Josh Alper on February 21, 2013, 8:08 AM EST When looking at ways that the Cowboys can solve their salary cap woes without causing too much damage to their chances of winning, it’s hard not to turn your attention to right tackle Doug Free. Free was awful in 2011 as both a run and...

Posted by Michael David Smith on February 21, 2013, 6:12 AM EST APCowboys defensive tackle Josh Brent, who is facing a charge of intoxication manslaughter in the death of his teammate Jerry Brown, was driving somewhere between 110 and 134 miles per hour before he crashed, according to police...

By Rainer Sabin / Reporter rsabin@dallasnews.com 7:36 pm on February 20, 2013 | Permalink INDIANAPOLIS — The Cowboys rushing attack was feckless in 2012, accumulating 1,265 yards — the lowest total ever accumulated by a Dallas team during a 16-game season. The woeful performance, Cowboys...

By Jonathan Bales UCLA’s Datone Jones is a versatile player who has experience at all positions along the defensive line. He had a relatively quiet 2011 season after breaking his foot in 2010, but Jones broke out this year with 57 tackles, 17.5 tackles for loss, and six sacks. Scouting Report...

The 2012 season is over, but it will be mighty challenging to improve in 2013 if the team doesn’t understand what they did well and poorly last season. Here are 10 unique stats that help tell the story of last year’s Dallas Cowboys: 1. Only the St. Louis Rams had more pre-snap penalties than...

Guard Larry Warford is a physical interior lineman who played in 47 games at Kentucky. He’s the consensus No. 3 guard on the board. Scouting Report Warford is a relatively short and stocky interior lineman (6’3’’, 333 pounds). He doesn’t carry that weight extremely well—he has extra bulk in...

Posted by Mike Florio on February 19, 2013, 11:25 AM EST In 2006, then-recently retired Steelers running back Jerome Bettis firmly believed coach Bill Cowher would leave after the season. And Bettis was right. Seven years later, a letter-known member of the Giants thinks his head coach will...

Whether or not the Cowboys have the interior defensive linemen they need for Monte Kiffin’s scheme to work, there’s no doubt that his 4-3 defense requires a play-making, one-gap defensive tackle. Florida defensive tackle Sharrif Floyd is a one-gap player, but does he have what it takes to start...

Look through just about any mock draft out there and you’ll see either an offensive or defensive lineman headed to the Cowboys in the first round. There’s no doubt that the ‘Boys need to upgrade the interior of both units, but let’s not forget that new defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin has...

Kevin Minter is one of the top inside linebacker prospects in the 2013 NFL Draft, due in large part to a breakout 2012 season in which he registered 111 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss, and three sacks. Scouting Report Minter is an instinctual linebacker who sees and anticipates plays. He’s...

February, 18, 2013 By Calvin Watkins | ESPNDallas.com Former Dallas Cowboys scout, Bryan Broaddus, who is now working for the teams website as an analyst, made a great point the other day on KRLD-FM about how the Cowboys screwed up a trade from the 2009 draft. If you don't remember, the...

Troubled country singer Mindy McCready, age 37, has died of an apparent suicide, the result of a single self-inflicted gunshot, the Cleburne County Sheriff's Office has confirmed. According to E! News, McCready shot herself and her dog. The Associated Press reports that her body was found 4pm...

‏@fishsports Sources tell me #Cowboys intend to re-sign Anthony Spencer if possible, not to franchise-tag him. @1053thefan

The Cowboys recorded 35 sacks last year. DeMarcus Ware recorded 11.5 sacks. Anthony Spencer had 11. No other Cowboy finished the year with 5. Jerry Jones and Jason Garrett felt like Dallas needed more plays from their defense so they made a change. They fired Rob Ryan and his 3-4 Defense and...

Posted by Rafael at Monday, February 18, 2013 Today, Cowboys Nation begins a series on the up-coming NFL draft Combine in Indianapolis. Our draft expert TD provides a list of offensive and defensive linemen to consider in the middle rounds, the 3rd through the 5th. Cowboys Nation: Let's...

On the draft board and 'leapfrogging' to fill a need: Bryan Broaddus: That's where they get in trouble. If you go back to the 2009 draft, they sat there and they had LeSean McCoy with a first-round grade. The problem was, they weren't willing to take LeSean McCoy. That's the issue. Don't...

Danny Amendola, the best wide receiver for the St. Louis Rams, is set to become an unrestricted free agent. The position is in need of serious help even if Amendola does return and that was made even more clear when the Rams bounced troubled wideout Titus Young on Friday, 10 days after claiming...

February, 17, 2013 By Calvin Watkins | ESPNDallas.com With all the discussion in the media and among fans regarding Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo's next contract, a source said talks about extending him haven't started yet. The Cowboys and Romo's agent, R.J. Gonser, suspended talks...

In the weeks leading up to the draft, the following happens: Spencer is re-signed. Sims is re-signed. Ratliff is retained. Connor released. Our DLine consists of the following: DE: Ware, Spencer, Crawford, Wilbur DT: Lissemore, Hatcher, Price, Ratliff Linebackers look like this: SLB...

Posted by Michael David Smith on February 17, 2013, 6:54 AM EST As a defensive lineman on the Cowboys in the 1990s, Leon Lett was a Pro Bowler. Now Lett is the Cowboys’ assistant defensive line coach, and he thinks the new 4-3 Dallas defense is going to produce some more Pro Bowl linemen...