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• Undrafted rookie Jonathan Garibay is the only kicker on Cowboys’ roster for now

  26-06-2022 05:04 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Cowboys moved on from veteran kicker Greg Zuerlein after he missed six field goals and six PATs in 2021, his second with the team. The only kicker on Dallas’ roster currently is undrafted rookie Jonathan Garibay. The Cowboys surely will bring in competition at some point, probably before training camp begins late next month. [more]
  
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• Micah Parsons eyeing NFL sacks record

  24-06-2022 04:55 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons had one of the best rookie seasons in history for a defensive player. He won defensive rookie of the year unanimously, made All-Pro and finished second in defensive player of the year voting after 13 sacks, 20 tackles for loss and 30 quarterback hits in 16 starts. COVID-19 in Week 18 [more]
  
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• NFL announces training camp start dates for all 32 teams

  23-06-2022 21:34 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  It’s a quiet patch in the NFL schedule right now, but it won’t be long before fields are filled with players. The NFL released training camp start dates for all 32 teams on Thursday and we’re less than a month away from players reporting to camps around the league. Rookies will report to work for [more]
  
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• Former Washington defensive back Brig Owens dies at 79

  23-06-2022 01:00 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Former NFL defensive back Brig Owens died Tuesday, according to the Military Bowl Foundation. He was 79. The Cowboys drafted Owens in the seventh round in 1965 out of the University of Cincinnati, where he starred at quarterback. The Cowboys converted him to safety, though he didn’t play a down as a rookie. In 1966, [more]
  
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• CeeDee Lamb: Becoming the No. 1 receiver has raised the standard

  22-06-2022 05:17 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  CeeDee Lamb was working out in a Fort Lauderdale gym when he found out he had become the Cowboys’ No. 1 receiver. Lamb said he was caught by surprise March 12 when he saw on TV that the Cowboys had traded Amari Cooper to the Browns. That elevated Lamb to WR1. “I was like, ‘Wow, [more]
  
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• Sam Williams spent the offseason learning from Micah Parsons, Charles Haley

  22-06-2022 01:46 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Cowboys had the defensive rookie of the year last season, with Micah Parsons turning into one of the greatest seasons by a rookie defender in history. Sam Williams wasn’t the Cowboys’ first-round choice this year, but he will have the same chance to impress in his first season. Randy Gregory left for the Broncos [more]
  
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• On this day in 1984, Tom Landry testified in a criminal prosecution of Danny White

  20-06-2022 19:14 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The past 20 years of the NFL has featured plenty of crazy and compelling stories, and many of those are detailed in Playmakers. The 20 years before that included plenty of crazy and compelling stories, too. The difference, especially in the days before the Internet, is that many of those stories went largely unnoticed or [more]
  
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• The practice of sticking rookies with exorbitant dinner bill apparently continues

  18-06-2022 14:59 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  It’s a tradition that drew scrutiny during the Jonathan Martin bullying scandal of nearly a decade ago. Although many thought it would end, it apparently continues — one rookie class at a time. Appearing on The Pivot Podcast, Jets receiver Garrett Wilson got fair warning as to the reality that he’ll eventually be required to [more]
  
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• Report: NFL to “probably” seek a one-year suspension for Deshaun Watson

  17-06-2022 22:01 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  When Major League Baseball suspended Trevor Bauer for two years due to allegations that, at their core, involve sexual consent and the violation of it, we asked whether this meant the NFL will suspend Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson for a full year. Reportedly, the league will try to impose something along those lines. Mark Maske [more]
  
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• Jerry Jones: Sean Payton shouldn’t be “conversation piece” for Cowboys job

  17-06-2022 16:45 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  When Sean Payton stepped down as the Saints head coach earlier this year, there was a lot of speculation about whether the Cowboys would make a run at hiring him to replace Mike McCarthy. As it turned out, the Dolphins were the team that were lurking to pounce on Payton before circumstances pushed them in [more]
  
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• 11 NFL stadiums to host 2026 World Cup games

  17-06-2022 13:34 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The 2026 World Cup will be spread across the United States, Canada and Mexico, and all 11 American host cities will play their games in NFL stadiums. The stadiums for the Falcons, Texans, Dolphins, Eagles, Seahawks, Chiefs, Cowboys, Patriots, 49ers, Jets and Giants, and Rams and Chargers will all host World Cup games. As NFL [more]
  
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• Mike McCarthy fined, Cowboys docked an OTA day in 2023 for physical practices

  17-06-2022 01:44 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  For the second consecutive offseason, the NFL Management Council has disciplined the Cowboys for violating the Collective Bargaining Agreement’s rules governing offseason work. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said the team was penalized for physical OTA practices. Todd Archer of ESPN reports the Cowboys will lose an organized team activity day for 2023 and coach Mike [more]
  
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• Cowboys cut three-day minicamp short with bonding event, veterans’ off day

  16-06-2022 21:22 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Cowboys’ mandatory three-day minicamp turned into a one-day mandatory minicamp. The team practiced Tuesday, held a bonding event at Topgolf on Wednesday and then cut the veterans loose for the summer. The Cowboys will reconvene in training camp in Oxnard, California, late next month. “I think the biggest thing is you have a starting [more]
  
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• Mike McCarthy: Ezekiel Elliott has definitely set himself up for his best season

  16-06-2022 20:14 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Running back Ezekiel Elliott‘s last two seasons have been underwhelming, but the offseason is a time for optimism and there’s been no shortage of it coming from the Cowboys. Quarterback Dak Prescott said last month that he expects a healthy Elliott to turn in his best NFL season. Head coach Mike McCarthy was asked about [more]
  
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• NFLPA’s defense of Deshaun Watson will take aim at NFL’s treatment of multiple owners

  16-06-2022 16:52 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Eventually and inevitably, the NFL will take action in the Deshaun Watson case. If that action includes an unpaid suspension imposed under the Personal Conduct Policy, the NFL Players Association will mobilize with an aggressive defense on Watson’s behalf. Per a source with knowledge of the intended strategy, the NFLPA currently is bracing for a [more]
  
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• Jerry Jones douses Dallas mayor’s desire for a second NFL team

  15-06-2022 23:19 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Dallas isn’t getting an NFL expansion team, but that hasn’t stopped the city’s mayor from campaigning for one. Eric Johnson recently tweeted his desire for a team other than the Cowboys to play in his city. The Cowboys play in nearby Arlington. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones doused Johnson’s idea Wednesday. “Well, I like the mayor,” [more]
  
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• Dak Prescott: My confidence is through the roof

  15-06-2022 02:03 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Dak Prescott spent the 2021 offseason working his way back from major ankle surgery which ended his 2020 season prematurely. The Cowboys quarterback then had a shoulder injury that slowed him in training camp and a calf injury that kept him out of a game during the season. He has spent this offseason grinding instead [more]
  
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• NBC hires Jason Garrett as analyst on Football Night in America

  14-06-2022 22:56 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  NBC Sports has hired former Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett as an analyst for Football Night in America, the network announced Tuesday. Garrett replaces Drew Brees on the most-watched studio show in sports. He will work with host Maria Taylor and analysts Tony Dungy and Chris Simms in Studio 1 at NBC Sports’ International Broadcast [more]
  
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• Mike McCarthy sees Dak Prescott running more this season

  14-06-2022 18:19 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  As he returned from a serious ankle injury, Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott was significantly limited as a runner in 2021. Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy doesn’t think that will be the case in 2022. McCarthy said today that he plans to put more called quarterback runs in the Cowboys’ offense this season, saying that Prescott now [more]
  
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• Report: Dalton Schultz will be at Cowboys minicamp

  14-06-2022 13:06 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Cowboys tight end Dalton Schultz didn’t take part in the team’s final OTA practices last week, but he’ll reportedly be back in the fold for this week’s minicamp. Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that Schultz will be with the team on Tuesday. Schultz was franchise tagged early this offseason and has signed the tender, [more]
  
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• Dolphins reportedly were ready to sign Sean Payton to a $100 million contract

  14-06-2022 07:05 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  For those of you who frequent this specific digital destination and/or who watch or listen to PFT Live, you already know that the Dolphins wanted to hire Sean Payton to be the team’s next head coach, with the idea of also securing the services of quarterback Tom Brady. You also know that the lawsuit filed by [more]
  
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• Cowboys will use Tony Pollard more extensively in 2022

  13-06-2022 16:38 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Many believe that Cowboys running back Tony Pollard is currently a better overall weapon than running back Ezekiel Elliott. This year, the Cowboys plan to showcase Pollard more extensively. As explained by Clarence E. Hill, Jr. of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Pollard will be getting a larger role this year, with his workload including time [more]
  
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• NFL Network will air 22 live preseason games

  13-06-2022 15:23 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  We’re getting close to the end of offseason programs around the league and that means it won’t be long before we’re getting ready for the start of the preseason. The first exhibition game of the summer will be the Hall of Fame game between the Jaguars and Raiders on August 4 and the rest of [more]
  
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• Don Perkins, Star Dallas Running Back, Is Dead at 84

  11-06-2022 16:41 via nytimes.com
  
  He rushed for 6,217 yards in 107 games with the Cowboys from 1961 to 1968 and ranks fourth on the team’s career list.
  
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• Cowboys Ring of Honor member Don Perkins dies at 84

  10-06-2022 23:46 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  Don Perkins, who is in the Cowboys’ Ring of Honor, has died, the team announced. He was 84. Perkins made six Pro Bowls in his eight seasons with the Cowboys. He earned All-Pro honors in 1962 after rushing for a career-high 945 yards in 14 games. The Colts selected Perkins in the ninth round in [more]
  
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• Tony Pollard eager to get more playing time, perhaps at slot receiver

  10-06-2022 19:48 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  With his $18.2 million cap number this season, Ezekiel Elliott is an enormous investment for the Cowboys, one who’s guaranteed to be their starting running back. But when backup Tony Pollard takes the field, the Cowboys don’t lose anything. But if Pollard gets more playing time this year, it may be not in place of [more]
  
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• Report: Devante Bond to miss season after knee injury at Cowboys OTAs

  09-06-2022 19:09 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Linebacker Devante Bond‘s bid to have a role on the Cowboys defense this season has reportedly come to an end. Bond injured his knee at a recent Cowboys OTA practice and Todd Archer of ESPN.com reports that it will require a surgical repair. Per the report, the recovery from that surgery will keep Bond out [more]
  
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• Dak Prescott supports Dalton Schultz, who is skipping the final week of OTAs

  08-06-2022 22:49 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Cowboys tight end Dalton Schultz is skipping the final week of voluntary organized team activities to make a point. Schultz, who received the franchise tag from the team, is seeking a long-term deal. He is expected to attend next week’s mandatory minicamp. Quarterback Dak Prescott went more than two years in search of a new [more]
  
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• Jake Ferguson agrees to deal with Cowboys

  08-06-2022 21:10 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Cowboys are set to have all of their 2022 draft picks under contract. The team announced that tight end Jake Ferguson has agreed to a four-year deal with the team. The fourth-round pick was the last of the team’s nine picks to come to terms on the deal. Ferguson is the grandson of former [more]
  
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• Dalton Schultz tells Cowboys he’ll skip remaining OTAs over lack of progress on contract

  06-06-2022 14:39 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Cowboys tight end Dalton Schultz signed his one-year franchise tender this offseason and said he wants to remain in Dallas for the long haul. But he hasn’t signed a long-term contract extension yet, and he’s not happy with the Cowboys about that. That’s why Schultz has told the Cowboys he won’t attend the rest of [more]
  
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• Ezekiel Elliott focused only on this season, not the future

  03-06-2022 21:03 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Ezekiel Elliott had only two 100-yard games in 2021, and none came in the final 12 weeks of the regular season. The Cowboys running back was running on one leg, having partially torn a posterior cruciate ligament in Week 4. He never considered sitting out. “I mean, shoot, I think I knew I was tough,’’ [more]
  
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• Bill Parcells remembers Marion Barber as “almost like a perfect player”

  03-06-2022 19:10 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Bill Parcells was the Cowboys’ head coach when they drafted running back Marion Barber in 2005, and he has nothing but fond memories of coaching Barber. Barber, who was found dead in his home on Wednesday, played six seasons for the Cowboys and one for the Bears in his NFL career, and Parcells said Barber [more]
  
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• Bills sign Tavon Austin

  03-06-2022 03:09 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Free agent receiver Tavon Austin has signed with the Bills. Austin announced the deal on social media with a photo of him signing the contract. Austin, 32, played 13 games with three starts with Jacksonville last season. He made 24 receptions for 213 yards and a touchdown. The Rams made Austin the eighth overall choice [more]
  
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• Marion Barber’s family doesn’t know cause of death but foul play not suspected

  03-06-2022 02:18 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Marion Barber III’s family is awaiting word from the coroner in Frisco, Texas, about how the former NFL running back died. Barber was found in his apartment Wednesday but is believed to have died days earlier, Clarence Hill of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports. Frisco police were called to Barber’s apartment for a welfare check [more]
  
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• Marion Barber III, Bruising Running Back for Cowboys, Dies at 38

  02-06-2022 23:48 via nytimes.com
  
  Nicknamed “Marion the Barbarian,” he had a nose for the end zone, leading the N.F.C. in touchdowns in 2006. But his post-playing years were troubled.
  
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• Connor Williams expecting to play center for the Dolphins

  02-06-2022 23:04 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  The Cowboys thought Connor Williams would fit at center, so they had a plan to try him there when Pro Bowler Travis Frederick abruptly retired a year after returning from Guillain-Barre syndrome. Williams never played center, remaining at left guard once the 2020 season opened. Williams played center for the first time during the preseason [more]
  
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• Micah Parsons: Sorry to tell DeMarcus Lawrence he’s never getting sack lead back

  02-06-2022 21:48 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Cowboys defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence said recently that he plans to “restate my dominance” during the 2022 season and “become the sack leader” for the Cowboys again after Micah Parsons led the team with 13 during the 2021 season. That was Parsons’ rookie campaign and the 2021 first-round pick has no plans to let his [more]
  
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• Former Cowboys running back Marion Barber found dead in his apartment

  02-06-2022 01:26 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Police in Frisco, Texas, found former Cowboys running back Marion Barber dead in his apartment Wednesday, Clarence Hill of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports. The cause of death is not yet known. “Officers are currently out on a welfare concern, but we are unable to provide any further information at this time,” a Frisco police [more]
  
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• DeMarcus Lawrence aiming to become team sacks leader again

  01-06-2022 02:29 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  DeMarcus Lawrence had 35 sacks, 49 quarterback hits and 29 tackles for loss combined in his Pro Bowl seasons of 2017 and 2018. In 39 games since, he has a total of 14.5 sacks, 33 quarterback hits, 26 tackles for loss and no Pro Bowls. Lawrence, 30, has led the team in sacks only once [more]
  
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• Dak Prescott: We definitely haven’t taken a step back

  31-05-2022 00:09 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Cowboys traded starting receiver Amari Cooper, who had 68 receptions for 865 yards and eight touchdowns last season. Starting defensive end Randy Gregory, who had six sacks, an interception and three forced fumbles last season, left in free agency. The Cowboys cut starting right tackle La'el Collins and kicker Greg Zuerlein, and starting left [more]
  
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• Simi Fehoko getting time with first team at Cowboys OTAs

  30-05-2022 22:28 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Wide receiver Simi Fehoko didn’t get a lot of opportunities on offense for the Cowboys during his rookie season, but the 2021 fifth-round pick is getting a chance to make a case for himself this spring. With Amari Cooper and Cedrick Wilson gone and the likes of Michael Gallup, James Washington, and Jalen Torbert out [more]
  
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• Tyler Smith: It means a lot to wear Larry Allen’s number and carry on his legacy

  30-05-2022 03:24 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  Cowboys offensive lineman Tyler Smith grew up in Dallas-Fort Worth, but he was only 4 when Larry Allen played his final game for the Cowboys. Smith was only 6 when Allen retired and only 12 when Allen was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The Cowboys, though, handed Smith jersey No. 73, which [more]
  
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• Jayron Kearse looking to build on his surprising 2021 season

  28-05-2022 01:05 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  In the first five seasons of his career, safety Jayron Kearse started 12 games, made 138 tackles, half a sack and an interception. He arrived in Dallas in 2021 on a one-year, $1.1 million contract with no guarantee even to make the roster. Kearse ended up starting 15 games, led the team in tackles with [more]
  
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• Jerry Jones says CeeDee Lamb is an upgrade over Amari Cooper as a No. 1 receiver

  27-05-2022 21:56 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Cowboys traded Amari Cooper to the Browns this offseason, leaving no question that CeeDee Lamb is the No. 1 receiver in Dallas. Cowboys owner and General Manager Jerry Jones says that’s an improvement. Jones told Clarence Hill of the Star-Telegram that Lamb will be an upgrade over Cooper as a true No. 1 receiver [more]
  
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• Dak Prescott expects Ezekiel Elliott’s best this season now that the RB is healthy

  27-05-2022 03:32 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Ezekiel Elliott is entering his seventh season with the Cowboys. An eighth is not guaranteed. That’s because the running back has no guaranteed money remaining after this season. It seems likely the Cowboys won’t pay him $10.9 million in base salary and take a $16.72 million cap charge for Elliott in 2023. So, this could [more]
  
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• Dak Prescott on Uvalde school shooting: It makes me fearful to have kids

  26-05-2022 05:04 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Dak Prescott doesn’t have children, but the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, has shaken him. The Cowboys quarterback admits it has made him anxious about becoming a parent. “We’re talking about children,’’ Prescott said, via David Moore of the Dallas Morning News. “We’re talking about the future. I mean, I don’t have kids, (but [more]
  
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• James Washington wearing a walking boot

  26-05-2022 01:39 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Cowboys receiver James Washington wore a walking boot on his left foot during organized team activities Wednesday. Neither he nor coach Mike McCarthy would reveal what the injury is, but multiple reports indicate it’s tendinitis. “I really just went home one night after working out, and it didn’t feel quite right,” Washington told Mike Fisher [more]
  
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• CeeDee Lamb ready to take over for Amari Cooper

  25-05-2022 22:31 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  After the Cowboys traded to Amari Cooper to the Browns this offseason, quarterback Dak Prescott had CeeDee Lamb‘s locker moved adjacent to the quarterback’s locker. “He’s the guy,” Prescott said, via Michael Gehlken of the Dallas Morning News. “Just being young, hopefully he’s my receiver until I’m done playing. Just being able to bring him [more]
  
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