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[cowboyschmps3]

Yeah the late hit that wasn't called

 

[mahoneybill]

Latest Cowboys headlines: Cowboys lilely to add both veteran & young QBs; Cowboys need to be realistic about Tony Romo's health and back; Cowboys have been smart about the salary cap.

Cowboys could add veteran & young QBs - David Moore, SportsDay
Asked whether the Cowboys will look for Romo's successor in the draft or get a veteran quarterback in free agency, Stephen Jones was very clear:

"Both," Jones said. "I think we do want to have a veteran quarterback we feel good about. And it's not going to be any secret if there is a good, young quarterback -- and who is to say what round that will come in -- we need to start looking for a young guy as well.

"After what we went through this year, I think both is the right answer there."
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Tony Romo's heir? Why Cowboys, other NFL teams are eyeing North Dakota State QB Carson Wentz - Rainer Sabin, SportsDay
Want to know what all the fuss is about with Wentz? Sabin explains:

He's generating buzz as a potential first- or second-round draft pick. Standing 6-6 and weighing 235 pounds, Wentz certainly looks the part, and the stats he's produced suggest he's worthy of being considered among the top quarterback prospects. This season he's thrown 16 touchdown passes and only two interceptions -- tantalizing numbers that have caught the eye of NFL scouts. All 32 teams have sent representatives to Fargo to find out more about Wentz, who is revered by his teammates.

But is Wentz truly the real deal? No one knows for certain. This weekend, the Cowboys will send a scout to the FCS title game as they begin the process of answering that question. Armed with the No. 4 overall selection, they appear to be in the market for a quarterback after the fiasco that unfolded in wake of the two collarbone injuries suffered by Tony Romo.


So the guy that runs the Senior Bowl just dropped in on @Marcus_Mosher's timeline and did something amazing. pic.twitter.com/3EV1eMdJUd

— Cowboys Nation (@cowboyszone) January 9, 2016​

Aikman: Cowboys Need to be Realistic About Romo - Scott Crisp, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
Judging by what he's seen in the last year, Troy Aikman believes the Cowboys need to be realistic about their 35-year-old franchise quarterback. Aikman recounts one particularly worrying exchange with Romo.

Aikman remembered one exchange during Week 2 that gave him some pause where Romo is concerned. Romo had only been hit three times in the season opening victory over the Giants, but when he spoke to Aikman the next week in Philadelphia, Romo didn’t exactly sound like a quarterback who had stayed so consistently upright the week before.

"So when we talked to Tony the next week," Aikman said, "I said, 'You must feel like you didn't play last week. You barely got touched.' He said, 'Yeah, but at the end of the game I took a late hit in the back' and immediately said his back went back to where it was a year ago, in terms of how he had to manage it. So he was back to, 'OK, well how do I handle this this week?' And I thought that was very telling for a guy who's gotten a little bit older."
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WOW. Missed penalty: video of Romo taking an absolute shot in final drive. Shot by @Roxx0822 pic.twitter.com/OOXtZ1W8Qi

— Lindsay Cash Draper (@LindsCashDraper) September 14, 2015​

Cowboys Twitter mailbag: Cowboys have been smart about the salary cap - Todd Archer, ESPN
Archer is DFW's preeminent capologist and explains what's in store for the Cowboys from a cap point of view this year.

The Cowboys will not have to do any restructuring of contracts to get under the 2016 cap by March, which is a big plus. They have smartly corrected their cap situation during the last three seasons. Does that mean they won’t restructure contracts at all? No. They can always look at Tyron Smith’s contract to gain space. He has a $10 million base salary and a $14 million cap figure. He’s only 25, so the Cowboys wouldn’t mind pushing out future dollars on his deal. I would think they would be more leery of doing restructures of guys like Romo, Dez Bryant and Sean Lee, but all could be options in a pinch should the Cowboys need more room.
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With the 2016 cap projected at $153 million, the Cowboy are currently projected to be about $10.7 million under the cap. With the restructures Archer mentions, the Cowboys could generate the following extra cap space, though restructuring Romo is certainly not advisable:

Tyron Smith: $7.4 million
Tony Romo: $5.6 million
Dez Bryant: $6.2 million
Sean Lee: $1.7 million

Cowboys' most pressing issues and why there's no way I would let Garrett go - Jon Machota, SportsDay
Jon Machota joined the Blogging The Boys podcast earlier this week and the DMN has a partial transcript of the podcast. Here is Machota sharing his thoughts on whether he'd keep the coaching staff intact.

At the top I would. As bad of a year as it was, you have to consider everything. You have to look at what they did a year ago, too. That's why you gave Jason Garrett a contract extension; that's why you gave Rod Marinelli and Scott Linehan contract extensions. I wouldn't change anything with those guys. You can just keep running off coaches. You do that, you're the Cleveland Browns; you're the Detroit Lions. You gotta give them at least another year.

There's an X factor in this business, and there's particularly one with the Dallas Cowboys. And that's Jerry Jones. You can't just bring any coach in here that's gonna just work flawlessly with Jerry. That's one thing I've always given Garrett credit for is the fact that he works together with Jerry about as well as I can imagine anybody in the NFL would. There's just no way I would let Garrett go. He totally deserves another year to right this ship.
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Top five reasons the Cowboys finished 4-12 - Jon Machota, SportsDay
In part two of the BTB podcast transcript, Machota offers five reasons for last season's finish, including injuries, lack of turnovers, the backup QBs, coaching adjustments, and paraphrases Jason Witten on the last one:

The last one is like I said, I think six games that they lost by a touchdown or less. There were just no big plays down the stretch at all in the fourth quarter. That's the biggest thing Jason Witten would always bring up.
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Four Cowboys, Including Three O-Linemen, Named 2nd Team All-Pro - Rob Phillips, Dallas Cowboys
Tyron Smith, Travis Frederick, Zack Martin and Dan Bailey were selected to The AP All-Pro second team yesterday.

5 things to know about Jerome Henderson - Andrew Gribble, Clevelandbrowns.com
Henderson interviewed in Cleveland yesterday for their vacant head coach position, and the Browns site offers this take on his work in Dallas last year.

The Cowboys went through a woeful 2015 season and finished with one of their worst records in years, but pass defense wasn’t an issue. Dallas finished the year fifth in the league, allowing 227 yards through the air per game. The Cowboys allowed just five players to go over 100 receiving yards and intercepted eight passes.
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Typical late/lowcheap shot right into the back. I vividly remember that play as one of the Giants take out a player specials they seem to get away with against the Cowboys

 

[phildadon86]

Typical late/lowcheap shot right into the back. I vividly remember that play as one of the Giants take out a player specials they seem to get away with against the Cowboys

That actually wasn't the play. Romo clearly still has the ball in his hand. The late hit was on the final TD of the game.

 

[mahoneybill]

That actually wasn't the play. Romo clearly still has the ball in his hand. The late hit was on the final TD of the game.

thanks for the correction. All I know it was a cheap shot to the back and to me intentional

 

[phildadon86]

thanks for the correction. All I know it was a cheap shot to the back and to me intentional

Oh I agree completely. That's the hit that Romo brought up to Aikman as well.

 

[8FOR!3]

1. Laquon Treadwell
2. Carson Wentz
3. Running back?
Then spend the rest of the picks on defense...

 

[bayeslife]

1. Laquon Treadwell
2. Carson Wentz
3. Running back?
Then spend the rest of the picks on defense...

You pick Goff or Lynch at #4 if they're there.

 

[8FOR!3]

You pick Goff or Lynch at #4 if they're there.

I'm just not confident enough in either one tbh. I'd rather have Wentz, even if it means trading down. In a perfect world I'd like Treadwell, Wentz, and Derrick Henry. I'm sure it won't workout like that and I understand why, but I'd like 1 or 2 of them.

 

[StarBoyz83]

1. Laquon Treadwell
2. Carson Wentz
3. Running back?
Then spend the rest of the picks on defense...

Wentz and Goff will be gone before dallas picks 4th. Dallas won't go qb in the first 2 rounds anyway.

 

[4lifecowboy]

1. Laquon Treadwell
2. Carson Wentz
3. Running back?
Then spend the rest of the picks on defense...

Carson Wentz will not be there in the second round. Is Brissett going to be playing in the senior bowl? Would love to see how he plays with more talent around him.

 

[Alexander]

Wentz and Goff will be gone before dallas picks 4th.

LOL

Is that a fact?

 

[Alexander]

Carson Wentz will not be there in the second round.

Yeah, well this is a fact.

 

[StarBoyz83]

LOL

Is that a fact?

No but I think all three happen.

 

[Alexander]

I'm just not confident enough in either one tbh. I'd rather have Wentz, even if it means trading down. In a perfect world I'd like Treadwell, Wentz, and Derrick Henry. I'm sure it won't workout like that and I understand why, but I'd like 1 or 2 of them.

I am all for going all offense in the premium rounds.

But you know we will stick a stupid cornerback pick in there somewhere. Just because.

 

[4lifecowboy]

Wentz and Goff will be gone before dallas picks 4th. Dallas won't go qb in the first 2 rounds anyway.

That is why Brissett and Hackenberg are two guys to watch for. Both have great physical attributes but both didn't have much around them especially this past year.

 

[Alexander]

That is why Brissett and Hackenberg are two guys to watch for. Both have great physical attributes but both didn't have much around them especially this past year.

Not impressed by either one of them when looking at them as QBs versus simply arm talents.

Either one of them with Wade Wilson? Yikes.

 

[StarBoyz83]

I am all for going all offense in the premium rounds.

But you know we will stick a stupid cornerback pick in there somewhere. Just because.

Why is that stupid? Our cbs suck besides scandrick and jones is a rookie.

 

[Alexander]

Why is that stupid? Our cbs suck besides scandrick and jones is a rookie.

We need bodies at CB (read: competition) and better coaching. Spending a top 40 pick on a corner in this draft is not going to win more games next year, nor set ourselves up appropriately for the future.

 

[StarBoyz83]

We need bodies at CB (read: competition) and better coaching. Spending a top 40 pick on a corner in this draft is not going to win more games next year, nor set ourselves up appropriately for the future.

Best picks then would be treadwell and a rb.