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You have bought into the mediocrity, Dallas Cowboy fans!

Tonni Shook — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 13:00:19 +0000

Not much more can be said about the 2012 Dallas Cowboy’s season that hasn’t already been said. The last game against the Washington Redskins Sunday night, did not end well and here we are again, wondering what went wrong and why do we continue to accept 8-8, year in and year out. As I say [...]

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2012 Cowboys: Full Off-Season To Pay Large Two-Year Dividends

Brad Austin — Thu, 10 May 2012 12:00:43 +0000

It’s no secret the lockout-shortened, 2011 NFL off-season severely cramped the progress of all 32 teams. Attempting to squeeze an appropriate slate of critical off-season activities into just over 40 days was next to impossible. Time deficiencies costed each organization valuable windows for player improvement and scheme implementation.

Not to mention, from a health standpoint, the volume of players suffering from leg cramps and hamstring injuries during the first month of regular season games seemed much higher than recent years. While all teams were negatively affected by the condensed off-season last year, the Cowboys were one of the teams these constraints pinched the hardest. (more…)

Witten Holds Court

Mark Lane — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 12:00:54 +0000

SOUTHLAKE, Texas – With news of Tony Romo electing not to qualify for the US Open this off-season, the media needed his BFF decode it for any secret meaning:

“I don’t think anyone has ever doubted his dedication,” Witten relayed to reporters Wednesday afternoon following an autograph session at Dunkin’ Donuts. “I do think there’s a perception that goes along with that and something to be said for that. Now, obviously, I don’t think that takes away anything that he does on the football field. He’s the first one in; he’s the first one to leave. He’s been that way for a long time. I believe he’ll put us in a position to be successful this year. He’s an elite quarterback. ‘Til he wins a championship — ’til we do that — the critics are going to come. I think the best thing about him is he’s so far past that that he knows that he’s got one goal. And he’s all in to doing that.”

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