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Poll: Lawrence Vickers Or Tony Fiammetta?

Steven Mullenax — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 05:01:36 +0000

Here at The Landry Hat, we care about what our readers think. Our entire site is dedicated to you, the die-hard Dallas Cowboy fans. And there is no better way to gauge your opinions then through our poll questions. Please submit your choice below and come back to check to see what the bulk of Cowboy fans feel is the right answer.

Sep 23, 2012; Arlington, TX, USA; Dallas Cowboys fullback Lawrence Vickers (47) runs with the ball against Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive tackle Roy Miller (90) at Cowboys Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matthew Emmons-US PRESSWIRE

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2012 Cowboys Free Agency: Analyzing Early Signings and Roster Decisions

Brad Austin — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:00:22 +0000

With a mere two days of 2012 NFL Free Agency in the bag, the numerous, impacting moves and maneuvers have come at a frenzied pace. For the Dallas Cowboys most of this offseason involved discussions of Carl Nicks, Cortland Finnegan, and Brandon Carr as must-get guys. It seemed all along that one of these three high-profile players had to dawn the silver and blue to provide a new optimism in Dallas after much hard luck of late. With Nicks signing an unprecedented contract for an offensive guard in Tampa Bay and Finnegan quickly secured in St. Louis, the Cowboys impressively finished off talks with Brandon Carr and secured the imperative services of the stingy defender. It would have been a real blow to the Cowboys faithful if Carr had slipped by. First losing Nnamdi Asomugha to the rival Eagles in 2011 and then just missing on Carr in 2012, one can only imagine how bitter that outcome was going to taste for Cowboys loyalists. Fortunately Jerry Jones never allowed much doubt and locked up his new high performance race Carr with a 5-year lease to replace the sputtering Terence Newman.

Moving on, let’s take a look at some of the major decisions and transactions made so far in free agency directly affecting the Dallas Cowboys. Be aware the details and on goings of free agency and the draft are very fluid now and changing by the moment. If transactions have altered or occurred beyond the moves discussed below, don’t kill the messenger. Also, all moves won’t be discussed, just several major ones that directly involve the Cowboys. We’ll start off with analyzing and grading the new additions Dallas has made to the roster thus far and proceed from there.

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The Dallas Cowboys Most Valuable Player For 2012 Is…Tony Fiammetta?

stevenphillips — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:00:51 +0000

Alright Cowboys fans! Let’s get out our magic crystal ball and take a look into the not-too-distant future. Who do you project to be the most valuable player at the end of next season? I know a question like this is impossible to get right. There are always the surprise players that do better than what we could have anticipated along with the crafty veterans that we had almost written off. The two that come to mind that would fall under these categories respectively would be Sean Lee and Kyle Kosier.

If you would have asked me at the beginning of last season if these two would have done as well as they had I would have probably laughed in your face. Sean Lee at the time was a huge question mark because of his injury history and I did not know if he would be able to learn a new defensive scheme in time to make any sort of impact on the field. I was wrong there.

Along the same lines I did not believe Kosier could stay on the field for any stretch of time either. My other concern was if he had enough left in the tank to make an impact on the offensive line. I felt like they let the wrong guy, Leonard Davis, go before the season, and that it should have been Kosier instead. Again I was wrong, to a certain degree. Kosier successfully transitioned from left to right guard in order to help out rookie right tackle Tyron Smith with line calls and protections. By being able to do these two things, along with executing his own blocking assignments, Kosier proved to be more valuable than I would have originally suspected.

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