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Cowboys News: Romo and Tiger Fall Short, While Terrell Owens Is Somehow Still Relevant
The news on Saturday night about Tiger Woods was that his late push had put him in position to challenge for the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. He fell far short, shooting a three-over 75 to finish 11 shots behind the winner, Phil Mickelson.
The Cowboys’ angle for this story was that Woods teamed up with amateur golfer and Dallas QB Tony Romo. There was some chatter about Woods...
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Payton Manning as a Cowboy?
No, I don’t think that Payton Manning will become a member of the Cowboys.
The artist at Dave’s Art Locker created what he calls PeyPics, which consist of Manning’s face on the various team logos. Here is his version of the Cowboy Joe logo featuring Manning’s face:
Payton Manning as Cowboy Joe
It would have taken me a month to come up with anything...
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Trade Felix Jones for a 5th Rounder?
Recall, please, that when the Cowboys drafted Felix with the 22nd overall pick in 2008, they were taking a player who was not a full-time starter in college.
Apparently, the off-season discussion of whether Jerry Jones should step down as general manager has died down a bit. The fact that the Cowboys could have and should have beaten and eliminated from playoff contention the team...
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Cowboys’ All-Time Record vs. Eventual NFL Champion Is Now 9-31
This has become an annual post, listing the Cowboys’ record against teams that eventually won the NFL championship.
Since 1960, the Cowboys have faced the team that has won the Super Bowl title a total of 38 times. During seasons in which a team from the NFC East has won the title, Dallas has faced the champion as many as three times.
Thanks to the Giants’ 21-17 win over...
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Is Charles Haley a Cowboy or a 49er?
Hall of famers as a general matter are associated with a single franchise, even when they have bounced around the league.
The Hall of Fame’s Board of Selectors will decide tomorrow whether former Dallas coach Bill Parcells and former defensive end Charles Haley will make the Hall of Fame.
Should Parcells make it, Giants fans will celebrate more loudly than Dallas fans. He spent...
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Cowboys Look to Retain Special Teams Coach Joe DeCamillis
The significant news today was that the Cowboys refused to allow the Oakland Raiders to interview special-teams coach Joe DeCamillis, who has been with the team since 2009.
Dallas didn’t have some of the special teams gaffes compared with last year, when the coverage units often struggled. The Cowboys ranked 5th in average yards allowed per kickoff return (21.4 yds/return...
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Mat McBriar Quiz
The Cowboys are reportedly hopeful that Mat McBriar will not only recover from knee surgery, but also that he will remain with the team.
He has played 102 games with the Cowboys between 2004 and 2011, which ranks third among punters in team history behind Danny White (145 games as a punter) and Mike Saxon (124 games). McBriar’s career average of 45.3 yards per kick is the highest...
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Sixteen Long Years Ago: Dallas vs. Pittsburgh in Super Bowl XXX
Saturday marked the 16th anniversary of the Cowboys’ 27-17 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XXX.
For personal reasons, I find it amazing that it has been 16 years. I moved to Texas just five days before that game and can still remember watching that game very vividly.
Here is a clip of that game’s highlights:
The fact that it has been 16 years is significant...
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Jason Witten Left Off the All-Any-Era Team
The Dallas Cowboys have a tight end who can block better than many tight ends in NFL history. This same tight end ranks 38th in league history in receptions with 696.
You might also recall that Jason Witten gained 53 yards on a play during which he lost his helmet. Here is that particular play:
Well, neither Witten’s old-school toughness nor his modern-era productivity was...
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DeMarcus Ware Makes the All-Any-Era Team
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Immediate Future of the Cowboys: Dallas Morning News vs. ESPN Dallas
If you picked up the Dallas Morning News today, you might have ended up feeling a bit better about our Dallas Cowboys.
Rick Gosselin’s take is that nobody expected more than an 8-8 record from the Cowboys, so we shouldn’t consider them to be underachievers.
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Several Parallels Between Bill Belichick and Tom Landry, Including Super Bowl Appearances
Bill Belichick has led the New England Patriots to their fifth AFC title and fifth Super Bowl appearance. New England has a record of 3-1 in four previous visits.
Belichick is one of three coaches to lead the same team to the Super Bowl at least five times. The other two are Miami’s Don Shula and Dallas’ Tom Landry. Shula also made an appearance as the Colts’ head coach in...
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Dallas Cowboys News: Jason Garrett’s Play-Calling Duties and Swapping Tackles
The Cowboys generated a few news items worth noting this week.
With the hiring of Bill Callahan as offensive coordinator, Jason Garrett suggested that he might delegate play-calling duties. However, he has waffled on this point, and nobody is sure what will happen.
In other news, the Cowboys returned to babysitting duties with Dez Bryant. When they weren’t doing that, they were...
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Cowboys Don’t Want Jason Garrett to Match Jeff Fisher’s Record with the Oilers and Titans
Nearly two years ago, I wrote a piece focusing on the comparisons between former Broncos/Bills/Cowboys coach Wade Phillips and former Bears/Redskins/Oilers coach Jack Pardee. Here was the introduction:
Pro-Football-Reference has a page that allows users to sort through coaching records, including playoff wins, champions, and so forth. According to this list, a total of 80 coaches...
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Recurrent Theme for the Dallas Cowboys: So Close, Yet So Far Away
We all remember very well that the Cowboys went 13-3 in 2007 and had the top seed in the NFC playoffs. And we all remember that the team came out rather sluggish against the Giants, who beat Dallas 21-17 en route to a Super Bowl title.
NFL Films might have named the annual highlight film for the 2007 Cowboys as “So Close, Yet So Far Away.”
Four years later, NFL Films could have...
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Dallas Cowboys Story Line for January 14
Here are several of the Dallas Cowboys stories of the week.
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January 14, 2012
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January 14, 2012
Goodbye to Hudson Houck, Dave Campo, and Hanging on to the 1990s
Several of us hold the 1990s dynasty in higher esteem than others do. One of my very first posts in 2006 was about the team showing a drive to win for the first time since the mid-1990s. Moreover, one of my favorite forums has been the Classic Cowboys Forum at the True Blue Fan Club, and many posts there are about the 1990s Cowboys.
There would appear to be some logic to base decisions...
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January 11, 2012
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January 11, 2012
What the Cowboys Might Have Learned in This Weekend’s Playoff Games
The worst part of the Cowboys losing last week was that I figured I wouldn’t pay much attention to the games this weekend. To my surprise, I watched every single one of them, though I continued to think that I’d prefer not to given that the Cowboys won’t play again in a meaningful game for another eight months.
Okay, so given that I watched the games both being mad at the...
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January 09, 2012
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January 09, 2012
Dallas Cowboys Official Weekly from January 4, 1986
Rafael Septien: Primed for Playoffs
A reader named Bruce Lombard earlier this year most generously sent me a stack of copies of the old Dallas Cowboys Official Weekly from the 1985 season and 1986 offseason. Each Wednesday, we will take a look at some interesting tidbits in these issues.
The focus this week is in the issue published on January 4, 1986. Sorry that I’m a day late...
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January 05, 2012
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January 05, 2012
Three Plays Haunt Tony Romo’s Career
What images do we remember about Roger Staubach?
Oh, let’s try: throwing a touchdown pass to Mike Ditka to put away Super Bowl VI against Miami; scrambling for his life and launching himself headfirst for first downs and touchdowns; the Hail Mary; throwing a bomb into the outstretched arms of Butch Johnson in Super Bowl XII; tossing up his final regular-season touchdown pass to...
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January 03, 2012
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January 03, 2012
Cowboys Fans Have Become Conditioned to Expect the Worst
I’ve been at this blogging stuff for more than five calendar years, covering six seasons. That means I’ve had the privilege of blogging about the botched snap in Seattle, the Cowboys implosion against the Giants in ’07, the collapse at Philadelphia to end ’08, the shining moments of ’09 followed by the team’s disappearance at Minnesota, the disgraceful season of ’10...
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January 02, 2012
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January 02, 2012
N.Y. Giants 31, Dallas 14: Another Loss for the Modern Cowboys’ Legacy
Tony Romo’s Cowboys continue to show that they can’t win big games.
There was one positive surprise tonight. The Cowboys didn’t quit.
Most of the rest of this review is negative. Long before the Cowboys showed some fight, the Giants had already scored 21 first-half points.
This defense was just terrible, even with some improvements in the second half. Terence Newman should...
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January 01, 2012
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January 01, 2012
Predictions About Cowboys-Giants Do Not All Spell Doom
The Cowboys fans I know the best are not optimistic about Sunday’s game against the Giants. I am not optimistic about the Sunday’s game against the Giants. I expected plenty of others to feel the same way.
Most commentators, including nearly everyone with NFL Network and ESPN, have picked the Giants.
As it turns out, though, both of the major Internet simulators have...
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December 31, 2011
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December 31, 2011
2011 Cowboys Let Us Party Like It’s 1999
The 2011 Cowboys have managed to frustrate us like they did in 1999.
Quick question: Name the season that has been the most frustrating for you in the past 15 years.
“Yes” is not an acceptable answer. Understandable, but not acceptable.
There was once a season in which the Cowboys led in every game yet only finished 8-8. That season was 1999. For me, it was the most frustrating...
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December 29, 2011
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December 29, 2011
Dallas Cowboys Official Weekly from December 28, 1985
A reader named Bruce Lombard earlier this year most generously sent me a stack of copies of the old Dallas Cowboys Official Weekly from the 1985 season and 1986 offseason. Each Wednesday, we will take a look at some interesting tidbits in these issues.
The focus this week is in the issue published on December 28, 1985.
Ask Tex Schramm: Stealing Hand Signals
A growing trend among...
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December 28, 2011
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December 28, 2011
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