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• Will Grier loves the new third-quarterback rule

  30-05-2023 02:46 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Third-string quarterbacks throughout the league will be happy about the NFL’s recent adoption of a third-quarterback rule. And for good reason. Since teams can now dress a third quarterback as an extra man on the roster only if he’s on the 53-man roster, the rule will prompt more teams to make their third quarterback not [more]
  
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• Michael Gallup “feeling springy” again more than a year after his ACL injury

  27-05-2023 23:02 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Michael Gallup returned to the lineup last season nine months after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. He wasn’t himself. He caught only 34 passes for 424 yards and four touchdowns in 2022. Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott said earlier this week that Gallup is back to himself. Gallup had 1,107 yards and [more]
  
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• World Cup insistence on grass becomes key player point in turf debate

  26-05-2023 22:35 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Players want grass in all venues. Various NFL stadiums use artificial turf. The debate has not gotten much traction, yet. As the U.S.-hosted 2026 World Cup approaches and as more people realize that stadiums like AT&T in Dallas and SoFi in L.A. will convert to grass fields for the soccer competition, more will ask why, [more]
  
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• Dak Prescott: Michael Gallup’s back to himself, will be better this season

  26-05-2023 21:00 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Cowboys wide receiver Michael Gallup said recently that he “just feels different” this year than he did while returning from a torn ACL in 2022 and that he’s feeling “springy” as he goes through the team’s offseason program. The change in circumstances has been noted by Gallup’s quarterback as well. Dak Prescott said this week [more]
  
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• Cowboys’ KaVontae Turpin vows not to fair catch any kickoff returns

  26-05-2023 15:39 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The NFL’s controversial new rule putting the ball on the 25-yard line following fair catches on kickoffs will surely lead to an increase in fair catches. But Cowboys return man KaVontae Turpin says he won’t play along. Turpin said the new rule will have no impact on him because he plans to return every kickoff [more]
  
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• Cowboys aren’t having 11-on-11 drills in OTAs to avoid another violation of the rules

  26-05-2023 04:23 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Cowboys’ practices don’t look like real practices, because, well, they aren’t. After sanctions the past two years for practices that were deemed too physical, Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy is making sure they won’t incur another one this year during organized team activities. “Our team periods are basically walk-throughs and jog-throughs,” McCarthy said, via Todd [more]
  
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• Dak Prescott getting used to hearing Mike McCarthy in his ear

  26-05-2023 02:19 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  For the first time since 2018, Dak Prescott will have someone else in his ear on game day. Kellen Moore now is the offensive coordinator of the Chargers, leaving the Cowboys offense in the hands of head coach Mike McCarthy. McCarthy last called plays in 2018 in his final season as the Packers head coach. [more]
  
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• Tony Pollard participating in Cowboys’ OTAs

  25-05-2023 18:57 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Cowboys running back Tony Pollard had surgery four months ago after injuring his lower leg in the Cowboys’ playoff loss to the 49ers, but he is making progress in his recovery. Pollard is on the practice field during the Cowboys’ Organized Team Activities, Dallas head coach Mike McCarthy confirmed today. However, McCarthy also noted that [more]
  
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• Brett Maher will work out for Broncos

  24-05-2023 02:16 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Broncos released kicker Brandon McManus with a post-June 1 designation to save $3.75 million on their salary cap. They now have to find a replacement. To that end, the team will work out Brett Maher on Wednesday, according to multiple reports. Maher was with Broncos coach Sean Payton in New Orleans in 2021. The [more]
  
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• Report: Joe Philbin becomes an offensive analyst at Ohio State

  24-05-2023 02:11 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The former head coach of the Dolphins has landed in college football. Pete Thamel of ESPN.com reports that Ohio State has hired Joe Philbin as an offensive analyst. Philbin, 61, coached the Dolphins from 2012 through the first four games of the 2015 season. He had a record of 26-30. He worked for the Packers [more]
  
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• Jerry Jones anticipates Josh Harris deal for Commanders “being done”

  23-05-2023 01:39 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  It would be easy if Josh Harris could just write a check for the Commanders. He can’t. Few can. So he needs to put together a deal to get the team. The fact that so many want to move on from Dan Snyder will help Harris and his group get the blessing of at least [more]
  
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• 20 teams start OTAs today

  22-05-2023 12:34 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The offseason program is a three-phase process. And Phase Three is the most important of all of them. That’s when Organized Team Activities happen, a fancy, verbose phrase for “practice.” They’re now commonly known as OTAs, still one syllable more than just saying “practice.” Twenty teams start OTAs on Monday, based on the calendar the [more]
  
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• A.J. Brown was almost hit by a car during charity bike ride

  21-05-2023 16:20 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  We mentioned last night the good news arising from the Eagles Autism Foundation’s annual Autism Challenge. The group has raised more than $6.2 million this year for autism research and care, a record. There was almost a little bad news. Via NJ.com, receiver A.J. Brown was nearly struck by a car. Brown was on Instagram [more]
  
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• Lions public relations staff wins 2023 Pete Rozelle Award

  19-05-2023 20:21 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Pro Football Writers of America announced Friday that the Lions public relations staff has won the 2023 Pete Rozelle Award. It is the first time in franchise history the Lions have won the Rozelle, earning the 34th edition of the award. The Rozelle Award goes to the NFL club public relations staff that consistently [more]
  
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• Dak Prescott holds the cards in contract talks with Cowboys

  19-05-2023 15:14 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Dak Prescott had the Cowboys over a barrel in early 2021. He had them firmly so far over a barrel that year that he was able to do a new deal that already put them over a barrel again in 2023. The Cowboys need to fix his contract now, in order to avoid a potential [more]
  
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• Cowboys would be wise to pay Micah Parsons as soon as they can

  18-05-2023 19:15 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  With quarterback Dak Prescott, the Cowboys played the waiting game — and lost. With Micah Parsons, they should not delay. Parsons, regardless of whether he’s a linebacker or a defensive end, is arguably the best defensive player in football. He becomes eligible for a new contract immediately after the 2023 regular season ends. That’s when [more]
  
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• Cowboys expect to get extensions with all their stars

  18-05-2023 01:16 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Cowboys almost always manage to find a way to keep the players they really want to keep, but they now face their biggest salary cap challenge ever. Receiver CeeDee Lamb and cornerback Trevon Diggs are eligible for second contracts. Quarterback Dak Prescott will need a third contract, and edge rusher Micah Parsons deserves to [more]
  
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• Michael Gallup: My knee was feeling sore last year, and I was thinking too much

  17-05-2023 23:13 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Cowboys traded Amari Cooper a year ago and re-signed Michael Gallup as their No. 2 receiver opposite CeeDee Lamb. But Gallup wasn’t himself in returning in less than a year from the torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. He caught only 34 passes for 424 yards and four touchdowns in 2022. The [more]
  
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• Stephen Jones on Micah Parsons’ position: He is a great defensive player

  17-05-2023 22:24 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Micah Parsons‘ move (or not) to full-time defensive end ranks as one of the most overblown stories of the offseason. Parsons is an edge rusher who played 738 snaps on the defensive line last season and 171 at linebacker. In 2023, the Cowboys’ defensive star will spend the majority of his time rushing the passer, [more]
  
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• Brian Schottenheimer: I want us to play fast, make everyone cover the entire field

  17-05-2023 16:17 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Cowboys opted to move in a new offensive direction this year when they parted ways with offensive coordinator Kellen Moore and turned the play calling duties over to head coach Mike McCarthy. Brian Schottenheimer was bumped from an analyst role to the coordinator job to assist McCarthy in running the offense and he shed [more]
  
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• Seahawks sign Austin Faoliu after minicamp tryout

  16-05-2023 21:58 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Seahawks have added another defensive lineman to their roster. The team announced the signing of Austin Faoliu on Tuesday. Faoliu tried out for the team during their rookie minicamp and impressed enough to stick around for a while. Faoliu’s signing comes after the Seahawks added Mario Edwards and Forrest Merrill to the defensive line [more]
  
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• John Fassell: Cowboys will consider “anybody else on Earth” for kicker

  15-05-2023 14:27 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Cowboys have one kicker on the team right now, but it doesn’t sound like Tristan Vizcaino should assume he will be on the team come September. Special teams coach John Fassell sent that message during the team’s rookie minicamp this week. Fassell mentioned veterans like Mason Crosby, Robbie Gould, and Ryan Succop as possible [more]
  
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• Mike McCarthy misses rookie minicamp after undergoing back procedure

  14-05-2023 03:48 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy underwent a back procedure last week. He has taken part in meetings virtually, but McCarthy missed the rookie minicamp while recovering. Owner Jerry Jones talked to the rookies before Saturday’s practice, and special teams coordinator John Fassel wrapped up the session. “It’s easy because Mike is always so clear and, ‘Hey, [more]
  
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• Dallas Cowboys schedule and results 2023: Dates, times, TV, opponents for Weeks 1-18

  14-05-2023 01:02 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  A record of 12-5 will usually win you a division, but not for the Dallas Cowboys. After finishing the season 12-5, the Dallas Cowboys had made it to the NFC Divisional round and lost to the San Francisco 49ers. After this loss, there were numerous calls from fans to fire Head Coach Mike McCarthy, rather [more]
  
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• Dan Quinn: Micah Parsons isn’t moving to full-time defensive end

  13-05-2023 20:36 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons is moving to full-time defensive end. Unless he isn’t. Parsons has said he’s bulking up in advance of a position change. He might change his position on that, after hearing what Cowboys defensive coordinator Dan Quinn had to say. Via Jon Machota of TheAthletic.com, Quinn says Parsons won’t be making the [more]
  
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• Cowboys scheduled for six primetime games, back-to-back Thursday games

  12-05-2023 02:56 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Cowboys did not play back-to-back Thursday games in 2022, ending a six-year streak of scheduled games on Thanksgiving and the following Thursday. (The COVID-19 season of 2020 postponed the Cowboys game against the Ravens scheduled for the week after Thanksgiving.) The NFL has returned the tradition to Dallas’ schedule this season. For the seventh [more]
  
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• Sunday Night Football: Cowboys will be featured three times in 2023

  12-05-2023 02:36 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The full 2023 NFL schedule has been released and this year, NBC’s slate includes 17 Sundays, two Thursdays, and a Saturday. The annual kickoff game will be televised on the network, with the Lions visiting Kansas City to play the defending champion Chiefs. Then the Cowboys will visit the Giants to begin the season’s Sunday [more]
  
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• NFL Thanksgiving schedule has Packers-Lions, Commanders-Cowboys, 49ers-Seahawks

  12-05-2023 02:03 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Detroit and Dallas are again hosting games on Thanksgiving, with Seattle added in as this year’s third home team. In the first game of Week 12 of the 2023 season, the Packers are at the Lions for a 12:30 p.m. ET kickoff on Thursday, November 23. In the second Thanksgiving game is one of the [more]
  
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• Cowboys sign all eight draft picks

  12-05-2023 01:51 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Cowboys have signed all eight of their 2023 draft picks, according to multiple reports. Dallas now has defensive tackle Mazi Smith (first round), tight end Luke Schoonmaker (second round), linebacker DeMarvion Overshawn (third round), defensive end Viliami Fehoko (fourth round), offensive tackle Asim Richards (fifth round), defensive back Eric Scott (sixth round), running back [more]
  
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• Reports: Giants, Cowboys to open season on Sunday Night Football

  11-05-2023 21:43 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  It looks like MetLife Stadium will be hosting a pair of high-profile games to kick off the 2023 season. The NFL has announced that quarterback Aaron Rodgers will likely make his first Jets start when his new team hosts the Bills on Monday Night Football in Week One. According to multiple reports, that game will [more]
  
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• Sixth-round pick Eric Scott Jr. agrees to deal with Cowboys

  11-05-2023 21:34 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Cowboys have agreed to terms with another member of their draft class. Todd Archer of ESPN.com reports that sixth-round cornerback Eric Scott Jr. has agreed to a four-year deal with the team. Second-round tight end Luke Schoonmaker also came to terms with Dallas on Thursday. With their rookie minicamp taking place this week, there [more]
  
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• Report: Cowboys to host Jets in Week 2

  11-05-2023 20:14 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  We learned on Wednesday that the Jets will not be in Dallas for Thanksgiving because they’ll be hosting the Dolphins on Black Friday and Thursday brings a report about when they will be facing the Cowboys. Brian Costello of the New York Post reports that the Jets and Cowboys will square off on Sunday, September [more]
  
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• Second-round pick Luke Schoonmaker agrees to deal with Cowboys

  11-05-2023 17:57 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Cowboys have started the process of signing their 2023 draft class. Second-round pick Luke Schoonmaker’s agents announced that their client has agreed to a contract. The tight end will sign a four-year deal with the Cowboys and the team has seven other picks to get under contract. Schoonmaker appeared in 12 games for Michigan [more]
  
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• Cowboys-49ers set for Week 5 on Sunday Night Football

  11-05-2023 14:42 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Cowboys and 49ers will renew their rivalry in an October game on Sunday Night Football. Dallas at San Francisco will be the Sunday night game in Week Five of the 2023 NFL season. Last season the 49ers beat the Cowboys in the divisional round of the playoffs, 19-12. A year earlier, the 49ers beat [more]
  
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• Bucs RB coach Skip Peete: Ezekiel Elliott has to see that he’ll play a lesser role

  11-05-2023 12:58 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Buccaneers running backs coach Skip Peete worked for the Cowboys for the last three years, so he has spent a lot of time with Ezekiel Elliott and it’s left him with some thoughts about what Elliott has to do to move forward in his NFL career. Elliott remains unsigned after being released by the Cowboys [more]
  
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• When will the Cowboys host the Jets?

  10-05-2023 17:20 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  One of the most intriguing questions for the 2023 schedule was whether Mike McCarthy and the Cowboys would host Aaron Rodgers and the Jets on Thanksgiving. That game would have generated one of the biggest regular-season ratings in years. Now, with the Jets hosting the Dolphins on Black Friday, a Jets-Cowboys game on Thanksgiving is [more]
  
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• Tyler Smith on a possible return to left guard: Just tell me where to go, and I’ll go

  10-05-2023 04:19 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Cowboys started three left guards last season, and the one who started the most games at the position, Connor McGovern, left in free agency. So, what do they do now? Tyler Smith, a first-round draft pick in 2022, was drafted with the idea he would begin his career at left guard. But he took [more]
  
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• CeeDee Lamb: Can’t put a ceiling on the Cowboys’ offense

  09-05-2023 20:23 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb says there’s no limit to what the Dallas offense can do this season. Lamb was the unquestioned No. 1 receiver in Dallas last year, but he says the addition of wide receiver Brandin Cooks is only going to make the passing game more explosive. “Can’t really put a ceiling on [more]
  
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• Former Elon quarterback Matthew McKay will throw in Cowboys’ rookie minicamp

  09-05-2023 02:37 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Cowboys didn’t draft a quarterback, so they need somebody to throw at their rookie minicamp this weekend. They have invited Elon quarterback Matthew McKay for a tryout, the school announced. McKay went undrafted last month. In 2022, he completed 61 percent of his passes for 2,690 yards with 21 touchdowns and four interceptions. McKay [more]
  
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• Dak Prescott: Brandin Cooks going to be huge for me, wide receiver room

  08-05-2023 23:54 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott had a positive first impression of throwing to wide receiver Brandin Cooks and he’s continued to enjoy working with his new teammate as the team’s offseason program has gotten going. Prescott believes Cooks will make a big impact on the offense due to his speed and athletic ability, but that’s not [more]
  
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• Schedule might not be ready for Thursday night

  08-05-2023 10:17 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The NFL’s regular-season schedule for 2023 will be released on Thursday night. Unless it isn’t. Peter King explains in his latest Football Morning in America column that, while the schedule is “still likely to be done” before Thursday night, he was told over the weekend that “it may not be finished in time.” The sticking [more]
  
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• Kyler Murray sounds off on “sickening” mass shooting in Allen, Texas

  07-05-2023 06:21 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray attended high school in Allen, Texas. On Saturday, Allen, Texas became the scene of the latest American mass shooting. Via WFAA.com, Murray took to Twitter in the aftermath of the incident that claimed nine lives at a popular outlet mall in Allen. “This is sickening,” Murray said. “Prayers to the mass [more]
  
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• Will McClay: Cowboys view adding Deuce Vaughan as a “huge deal”

  06-05-2023 23:00 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The headline in the Dallas drafting of sixth-round running back Deuce Vaughn was that his father, Chris, works as the team’s assistant director of college scouting. The story might be that the Cowboys have found themselves a player who can really contribute. Appearing earlier this week on 105.3 The Fan in Dallas, Cowboys V.P. of [more]
  
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• Two USC journalism students arrested in jersey thefts at NFL draft

  04-05-2023 23:22 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Two USC journalism students covering the NFL draft for the student news outlet instead made news themselves. The Kansas City Police Department arrested Eric Lambkins II and Jude Ocañas in the theft of more than $1,000 worth of first-round draft pick jerseys, the Los Angeles Times reports. The students worked for the student-run multiplatform news [more]
  
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• Brandin Cooks on Dak Prescott: He’s special

  04-05-2023 21:20 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Cowboys needed a downfield threat to go with CeeDee Lamb, a missing part of their offense last season. Enter Brandin Cooks. The Cowboys traded for Cooks in March, marking the fourth time the receiver was traded. Instead of playing with rookie quarterback C.J. Stroud in Houston, Cooks has Dak Prescott throwing to him. “I’ve [more]
  
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• CeeDee Lamb: Very excited about future with Cowboys

  04-05-2023 12:34 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Cowboys exercised their option on wide receiver CeeDee Lamb‘s contract for the 2024 season and executive vice president Stephen Jones said recently that a long-term extension is on the team’s radar. Both developments suit Lamb just fine. The wideout was asked about his future with the franchise on Wednesday night and he said he’s [more]
  
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• Dak Prescott: I trust my agent, Cowboys to get an extension done when it’s time

  04-05-2023 04:05 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  It took almost two years before Dak Prescott got his second contract, signing a four-year, $160 million contract in March 2021. That deal runs through 2024. The Cowboys would have saved money doing Prescott’s second contract sooner than later. They will save money doing his third contract sooner than later. Cowboys executive vice president Stephen [more]
  
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• Trevon Diggs on his future in Dallas: Hopefully something gets figured out

  04-05-2023 03:07 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones said recently that extensions for receiver CeeDee Lamb and cornerback Trevon Diggs were “on the radar.” Now that the draft is done, the Cowboys can turn their attention to getting serious about long-term deals for two of their stars. Dallas exercised the fifth-year option on Lamb’s contract for 2024. [more]
  
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• NFL Films to make docu-series on Jerry Jones

  04-05-2023 01:53 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The life of Jerry Jones is far too big for A Football Life. In lieu of Jones being the subject of an episode of the annual NFL Films series, the Cowboys owner and G.M. will have an entire series devoted to his life and times. NFL Media, Skydance Sports, and the Jerry Jones family announced on Wednesday the development [more]
  
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