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January 31, 2012 | Posted by Ryan McCrystal It’s no secret that the Dallas Cowboys need to upgrade their secondary, and Rob Ryan wholeheartedly agrees. Alex Dunlap of the Austin Chronicle caught up with Ryan at the Senior Bowl, and asked the Cowboys defensive coordinator who he was focused...

By Brandon George / Reporter bgeorge@dallasnews.com | Bio 4:00 PM on Mon., Jan. 30, 2012 | Permalink A cornerback who caught my eye at the Senior Bowl practices last week in Mobile, Ala., was Louisiana-Lafayette's Dwight "Bill" Bentley. His size (5-9 3/4, 176) wasn't the reason. The...

If the Cowboys don't mind drafting a player that has recently been arrested for possession of marijuana then Dre Kirkpatrick could be a draft day steal. The Alabama corner is projected by many to be a top 10 talent but the drug charge is likely to hurt his stock. Rob Ryan had arguably the...

Looking forward to the Tennessee Vols landing a bunch of 2 and 3 star athletes! Here's a good site to get the Commit List http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/teamlanding.asp?type=commit&sid=880

January, 31, 2012 By Calvin Watkins Wide receiver Laurent Robinson will become an unrestricted free agent on March 13 opening his services to the highest bidder. In 2011, Robinson led the Cowboys with 11 touchdown receptions and became a trusted target for quarterback Tony Romo. During one...

By Brandon George / Reporter bgeorge@dallasnews.com | Bio 10:27 AM on Tue., Jan. 31, 2012 | Permalink A player who demanded a lot of attention at the Senior Bowl last week was North Carolina senior defensive lineman Quinton Coples. If the Cowboys want to draft Coples, they'd likely have to...

by One.Cool.Customer on Jan 31, 2012 9:01 AM CST in Dallas Cowboys 2012 Draft One of the challenges of keeping up with the draft these days is that there are so many sources of information, it's hard to keep track of what's going on. And some of the most interesting nuggets of information...

Rick Gosselin, sports columnist for The Dallas Morning News and SportsDayDFW.com and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame selection committee, answered your questions about the Cowboys and the NFL playoffs in a live chat Monday. Some excerpts: What do you think of the possibility of using...

ByRainer Sabin / Reporter rsabin@dallasnews.com | Bio 2:30 PM on Mon., Jan. 30, 2012 | Permalink When the Cowboys agreed to a five-year, $22 million contract extension with Gerald Sensabaugh in December, they made a longstanding commitment to a safety they had previously deemed worthy of a...

By Albert Breer NFL Network NFL Network Reporter Ernie Accorsi didn't go into his final draft as Giants general manager, with successor Jerry Reese riding shotgun, looking to prove a point. But almost inadvertently, that's exactly what Accorsi did. When the Giants came up with the 25th pick...

By Jon Machota / Special Contributor 11:43 AM on Sun., Jan. 29, 2012 | Permalink DeMarcus Ware is arguably the most talented player on the Cowboys roster. On Sunday, the outside linebacker will participate in his sixth Pro Bowl in seven seasons. And while many analysts give the Cowboys credit...

In my business, if you want to light up the e-mail machine, or bring an instant text response onslaught doing local sports talk radio, here's the way you do it: Peyton Manning will soon be gone in Indy, kicked to the football curb to make way for Andrew Luck. So... The Cowboys should trade...

The Senior Bowl is scheduled to begin at 4 pm eastern time and you can bet there will be plenty of NFL scouts who will be watching the game. Not nearly as many will be watching the game, itself, however, as took in the practices throughout the week. Quite frankly, the Senior Bowl is like any...

Scott Porter Georgia CB Brandon Boykin suffered a broken leg which will likely require surgery. Damn. I would've loved him in the second. Anyone know the severity of the injury?

Lets say the Cowboys take Nick Foles in the 2nd. What's your reaction?

By Mac Engel tengel@star-telegram.com engel Jason Garrett, you have a problem. According to your boss, personnel isn't an issue, in his mind, relative to having a good season. You can bet that the Dallas Cowboys don't have a GM problem, so where could there possibly be a rub? If it's not the...

January, 26, 2012 By Calvin Watkins The salary cap is a fluid situation in the NFL. The Cowboys have $12.6 million under the cap and that's before the team restructures any deals or cuts any of their current players. The team also has $28 million in dead money based on numerous players who...

EXCLUSIVE: AMC’s 1960s mad men may be soon joined by some goodfellas from the same era. The cable network, home of such acclaimed series as Mad Men and Breaking Bad, has put in development a series version of one of the most praised movies of all time, the 1990 Martin Scorsese mob classic...

Posted by Mike Florio on January 26, 2012, 7:03 AM EST The Vikings hold the third overall pick in the draft. But that doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll use the third overall pick in the draft. “[W]e’ll be looking at all the options,” G.M. Rick Spielman said Wednesday on NFL Network. “If...

There are benefits to being delusional. Take Jerry Jones, for instance. His comments from the Senior Bowl practices in Mobile, Ala., suggest it will be business as usual this offseason at Valley Ranch. Now that he's had time to digest another late-season collapse, he's given into optimism...