A very painful day it has been for Dallas fans. Every year, I hope that the main guys that I really have come to love and respect as players and men stay with the Cowboys despite the fact that trades and free agency take so many away.
Well, Dallas has lost a veteran key player in the locker room now and that is Patrick Crayton.
Due to the fact that Dez Bryant was drafted this past April, Crayton felt that he would not get the playing time he deserved with Miles Austin, Roy Williams, and now Dez Bryant playing in front of him.
He requested his release, and Jerry Jones decided to trade him to the San Diego Chargers [...]
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I don't know if there has been larger pressure on any Dallas rookie than there is on Dez Bryant. Over the last several years television and NFL coverage has expanded which has put every NFL team under a microscope.
Combine that with the fact that Dez Bryant was suspended by the NCAA for lying about corresponding with Deion Sanders, and also the fact that he's such an amazing talent with a team that many believe will go to the Super Bowl where their own stadium is hosting, and you get a kid who's got a mountain on top of him.
Well, he's going to have to wait a little longer to show what he can do because Jerry Jones has announced to the press that Dez Bryant will NOT be playing this Thursday in preseason.
He also said the first team offense will not play either.
As many of you [...]
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Last night, I had a lot of fun watching Dallas play the Hall of Fame game in Canton to open preseason. I had even more fun watching them win the game 16-7.
However, the game came with a price, and it was a big one in my eyes. Second year tight end, John Phillips, is now out for the season with a torn ACL in his right knee. He'll be placed on the Injured Reserve or IR list soon. Once he is placed on that list, he cannot play this year and come back. He'll stay on the roster, but he cannot play.
It is sad because I really enjoyed watching him perform last night. He had four catches for 60 yards and he made two incredible ones. I really felt that he was making a case to actually surpass Martellus Bennett, our second string tight end, to get a chance to play more. He caught the first [...]
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July 28, 2010 by
James Williamson |
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Training Camp
Last week, my family received a somewhat last minute invitation to Lake McQueeney which is outside of San Antonio, Texas.
The house I live in can be very stressful at times, so a trip to the lake was something that I really did need. A nice dip in the water, maybe a little tubing, would do wonders for my body and mind.
However, there was an even bigger surprise. I was going to the Alamodome to see the Dallas Cowboys training camp.
After a four hour trip, and a day at the lake where I felt the tensity and grief just disappear from my neck and shoulders. I jumped in the lake and swam and the only thing I needed was Kenny Chesney [...]
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YES!!!! The moment we Dallas fans have been waiting for has happened. Dez Bryant has signed with the Dallas Cowboys and will not have to miss camp at all.
Dez signed a five year deal today for $11.8 million dollars with a $8.3 million signing bonus. Other reports state that $8.5 million is guaranteed. This will have to be updated later, but Dez Bryant will not miss camp.
Update: Dez Bryant signed a $11.8 million contract with $8.5 guaranteed.
Dallas is really happy this got done because Bryant is an incredible talent, and his agent is Eugene Parker, the man who orchestrated the Michael Crabtree holdout last year. [...]
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It takes a while to sign the first round picks. Really, it does. The teams want to make sure that this valued pick is getting a good amount of money per year, but not too much.
If you overpay, you waste money and send bad messages to your locker room. You can't pay him too little because he is a first round draft pick.
So, it takes a while to figure the particulars. Days really.
Dallas is now opening contract negotiations with Dez Bryant and his agent Eugene Parker. Eugene Parker was the agent for Deion Sanders and he is a tough bargain any day of the week.
He's the guy who had Michael Crabtree hold out for [...]
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After a few weeks of pretty much nothing, the Cowboys have made some news finally by signing some new talent.
Dallas first made news by signing seventh round draft pick, Sean Lissemore, a defensive tackle out of William & Mary.
Jay Ratliff, is our starting nose tackle, but don't count Lissemore out to try and compete for the job because Jay Ratliff was also a seventh round draft pick in 2005 out of Auburn.
I think the best way to put it is to use the words of Sports Illustrated columnist, Peter King, "You can never, ever, measure how bad a guy wants it."
If Lissemore wants it bad enough, if he's got that incredible gift to rise to any challenge then we may have ourselves a great player.
As a senior, he had 66 tackles, 14 for losses, 6.5 sacks, two [...]
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This feels like a trap. We're all being lured into making the Dallas Cowboys our Super Bowl pick for 2010. After all, the Cowboys are arguably the most talented team in the NFC. And they've finally ended their playoff drought, having defeated Philadelphia for their first postseason victory since 1996.
Last season was also the first time since ’96 that the Cowboys posted a winning record in December/January, seemingly dispelling the notion that Tony Romo – who finished the year with a 97.6 passer rating – can’t perform under pressure and that Wade Phillips can’t get [...]
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Quick-hitting analysis on every key contributor to the 2010 Dallas Cowboys.
*new veteran
**rookie
Head Coach: Wade Phillips
Offense
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Okay! Okay! Okay! I'm sorry I haven't updated in at least two weeks. I know that I'm a horrible writer (Just kidding, I just like to give you some personality with my work).
But, honestly, I'm going to work harder at my job. I consider it an honor to write about the greatest football team, our Dallas Cowboys.
So, after working out at Gold's Gym and winking at the cute blond there, I realized that enough has happened in the Big D for me to write a sufficient post.
First, we have some problems. The Redskins decided to finally address their lack of talent on the offensive line and traded for the New Orleans Saints left tackle, Jammal Brown, to help out. However, that's not all of it. Apparently, the Cowboys were part of the picture trying to get the 29-year-old [...]
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