The 2024 NFL draft is in the books, and it was certainly a memorable one kicking off with a chaotic first round that featured an historic run on quarterbacks, wide receivers and offensive tackles, along with trades galore and some surprising picks. While it’s far too early to evaluate these draft classes in full — considering they haven’t yet along played an NFL game — there’s been plenty of reaction to these 2024 rookie classes. There were several teams that were clear winners while others had some questionable moves that garnered early criticism. But we truly won’t know who won or lost this ..read more

“The Playmaker” has been benched at NFL Network. Former Cowboys wide receiver Michael Irvin, who had been a fixture on GameDay Morning and with NFL Network since 2009, will not have his contract renewed, as first reported by the New York Post on Friday. The move is part of widespread changes at the network that have been going on for some time. Total Access, one of the network’s flagship shows, is also coming to an end, ending a run that began in 2003. Irvin, 58, was taken off the air during Super Bowl Week coverage in 2023 after allegations of lewd behavior with a female employee of a Ph ..read more

Dallas police will not pursue criminal charges against Cowboys quarterback  Dak Prescott in the sexual assault incident alleged by a Fort Worth woman he met in 2017, but lawyers for the woman say the matter is not over. According to the Dallas Morning News, investigators found “insufficient evidence” to support the woman’s claims that Prescott forced himself on her in the backseat of an SUV in the parking lot of the club where she worked seven years ago. Her attorneys contacted Prescott just a few months ago demanding $100 million in exchange for her silence; Prescott’s legal team announc ..read more

Anything involving Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott is usually followed with opening vevery sports talk show with speculation. Now that Prescott has revealed contract talks between him and the Cowboys have gone “back and forth,” what negative angle can detractors Rayne down in Dallas? Before the talk is spun into something else, Prescott himself acknowledges his intent is to sign a long-term deal in Dallas and his focus remains solely on the 2024 season. One thing the QB no longer has to worry about is the sexual assault suit filed against him. In other news, one Cowboys All-Pro player felt i ..read more

Cowboys kicker Brandon Aubrey has revealed that he underwent surgery to remove his appendix the day after the Pro Bowl, but he feels on track for the team’s offseason work, saying his return to kicking action has been like “riding a bike.” The 29-year-old former soccer star had a fairytale first season in Dallas. After rolling off back-to-back USFL championships, he immediately joined the Cowboys and connected on a record 35 field goals to begin his NFL career, was the first kicker in league history to make two field goals of 59 or more yards in the same game, led the entire league in scoring ..read more

The Stars were out in Dallas as the yearly Annual Home-run Derby to help raise funds and awareness for The Salvation Army showcased some of the biggest names in DFW sports. One of the most recognizable, Cowboys star pass-rusher Micah Parsons, was noticeably absent but for good reasons. He teamed up with Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud and held a football camp in Beijing. Before he left the United States, he recorded a YouTube video of him trading punches with comedian and Eagles fan Kevin Hart. Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott reversed course and changed his jersey number making those 21s ..read more

“May the best man win.” It’s a statement typically made before a competition of peers. In the NFL, it’s a common sentiment when players within a certain position group compete for roster spots. Draft status, age and salary all play a part in the final determination, but more often than not, roster spots are given to the better player on the field. If the Cowboys are trying to keep four on their roster, it’s a battle between tight ends. Other positions on the team play a part, but generally it’s one TE competing against all the other TEs in order to claim a top-four status. On paper it looks l ..read more

Actually, it looks like those Ezekiel Elliott No. 21 jerseys just became throwbacks. And a whole new batch of his updated merch will no doubt be hitting stores soon. The veteran running back will not return to his former jersey number in his second stint with the Cowboys, as was previously reported. Instead, he’ll now wear No. 15, same as he wore last season in New England and in college at Ohio State. The switcheroo was confirmed Wednesday by Patrik Walker of the team website. With the signing of his contract earlier in the week, Elliott had started his conditioning work wearing the number th ..read more

The Cowboys have already made three moves following the draft to add veterans to the fold. The NFL accelarated the date when free agent signings no longer impact the compensatory formula, so now once the draft ends, teams can immediately get back to work to filling holes with experienced players. Dallas added Ezekiel Elliott and Damien Wilson, the latter being an internal re-sign, but they still have a handful of roster spots open. With rookie camp coming in a couple of weeks, the team may wait to see if any tryout guys are worthy of adding to the offseason program. Still, players can be rele ..read more

Now that’s Ezekiel Elliott’s return is official (right down to his jersey number), what does it all mean for the Cowboys backfield? And what’s Elliott’s role really going to be? There’s one aspect to his game- that could potentially be huge for the Cowboys offense in 2024- that no one is talking about. And make no mistake about who will actually determine the success (or not) of the Dallas ground game this coming season. Elsewhere, prepare to be wowed by the early comparisons that second-round defensive end Marshawn Kneeland is drawing, and get to know fifth-round steal Caelen Carson now, bef ..read more