Archive for April, 2011

No matter how you choose to celebrate or not to celebrate the holiday, there is always room in your day for some Dallas Cowboys talk. So while you are laying around in your chocolate enduced coma, have a look at these Cowboys one-liners from around the web. Thursday’s draft is the first real test for the Jerry Jones-Jason Garrett era. Jean-Jacques Taylor of the Dallas Morning News believes the Cowboys top priority should be to replace Marc Colombo. However, the folks at My San Antonio point out that if Dallas selects a offensive lineman in the first round it would be [...]

We should all remember the Adam Jones experiment and how we watched the man known as “Pacman” self-destruct in front of our eyes. Pacman was a gamble that Jerry Jones took with very little risk, but a gamble that failed to pay off. With Jerry Jones’ willingness to do everything in his power to win, I couldn’t help but ask myself if the team should gamble on another troubled cornerback. It is being reported today by the St. Petersburg Times that Aqib Talib is “all but gone” from Tampa Bay and despite his past he would be a great addition to the Cowboys [...]

While the NFL players cannot meet with team officials during the lockout, they are still allowed to communicate with each other. Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo and Dez Bryant are taking full advantage of the opportunity as they met with each other yesterday. Bryant stated on his Twitter account that he had a meal with Romo and center Andre Gurode. The news may not sound significant at first, but it’s great news for the troubled wideout. Bryant has been in the news for all of the wrong reasons likely and while it is not clear who reached out to who, the [...]

Native Texans will speak of the horrors of Texas summers.  Northerners visiting Texas during the summer have a sense of what Hell would be like.  Sweltering heat in September and extremity numbing cold in December can have an effect on a team’s regular season record.  For the Dallas Cowboys, a humid 105+ field temperature can be an advantage early in the season.  However, the Cowboys first regular season game will be in week 3 when they host the Washington Redskins.  While nothing is guaranteed, nearly 4 weeks from August should marginalize the unbearable heat.  That being said, the Cowboys management would [...]

Jets head coach Rex Ryan will be going head to head with his brother Rob when the Cowboys and Jets face-off in New Jersey on September 11th. The game will take place on the ten-year anniversary of the tragic attacks on New York City and Washington, DC. For that reason, Rex has said he will tone down his trash talk leading up to the game. He has said he does not want to disrespect the day. “I feel honored that we’re going to be playing right there in our stadium,” Ryan told reporters Tuesday night via the Newark Star-Ledger. “It’s obviously [...]

If the NFL Lockout is lifted and both teams come to a deal before August, the entire NFL schedule will be unharmed — that includes preseason. Lost in the shuffle of the regular season schedule release yesterday was that the preseason schedule was also released. Here is the Cowboys preseason schedule: August 11 vs. Denver, 7:30 p.m. August 20 vs. San Diego, 7 p.m. August 27 at Minnesota, 7 p.m. September 1 at Miami, 6:30 p.m. The Cowboys will have ten days off between their preseason finale at Miami and the regular season opener in New York for a Sunday [...]

The Cowboys open their schedule in New York for a Sunday Night Football game against the Jets. Dallas plays the Dolphins on Thanksgiving day and faces off against the rival Eagles on Christmas Eve. Dallas’ regular season finale is against the New York Giants. The Cowboys bye week falls on week 5 and the team has five primetime games scheduled.

Both games for the season’s first Monday Night Football double-header have been announced. The second game was previously reported — Raiders vs. Broncos — and now Ian Rapoport of the Boston Herald is reporting the New England Patriots will be traveling to Miami to face off against the Dolphins. The two faced off last year one day before the Patriots separated from All-Pro receiver Randy Moss. New England was victorious, 41-14.

The AFC West will be in the spotlight for the season’s first Monday Night Football double-header. Mike Klis of the Denver Post is reporting that the Oakland Raiders will make the trip to Denver to play the Broncos on September 12th. All signs point to the game being the second of two Monday Night Football games.

As news pours out regarding the 2011 NFL schedule, we now know who will be opening the new season. In a battle of the last two Super Bowl champions, the New Orleans Saints will travel to Lambeau Field on September 8th to face off against the defending Super Bowl champ Green Bay Packers. The Saints would be come the first team to play in the NFL season opener since the New England Patriots did back in 2004 and 2005.