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10 thoughts on the Cowboys 27-24 preseason loss to the Saints
The Cowboys lost to the Saints in their preseason game 27-24
Ezekiel Elliott
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5 potential trade candidates for the Dallas Cowboys
Yahoo Sports examines five potential trade candidates for the Dallas Cowboys
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Predicting where Cowboys 53-man roster currently stands
Yahoo Sports' NFL experts weigh in on where the Dallas Cowboys' 53-man roster currently stands
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10 thoughts on the Cowboys 17-7 preseason win over the Seahawks
Cowboys' 17-7 preseason win over Seahawks
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What the Rams scrimmage told us about the Cowboys for 2026
Do you believe the Cowboys are truly contenders this year?
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The biggest surprises from Cowboys’ training camp so far
What has been the biggest surprise of Cowboys camp in your opinion?
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Agent's Take: Are the Cowboys turning over a new negotiating leaf with Quinnen Williams?
The Cowboys are considering a contract extension for Quinnen Williams, a move that would be unusual given their typical approach to veteran contract negotiations
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Cowboys RB usage through two days of practice has been fun
The Cowboys are working on their RB situation
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Fantasy Football NFC East Snapshot: 1 key nugget from each team going into 2026
Scott Pianowski shares one thing that stands out for fantasy football for each NFC East team going into 2026
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Fantasy Football: Players at each position who have the easiest early-season schedules for 2026
Fantasy Football analyst Justin Boone highlights the players at each position who should have an easy time early in 2026
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Why Bijan Robinson and Jahmyr Gibbs are worth paying — and why second-contract RB fears are overblown
The traditional NFL approach of devaluing running backs by avoiding premium draft picks and second contracts is being challenged by Bijan Robinson and Jahmyr Gibbs. Both players, drafted high in 2023, have demonstrated elite production in rushing, receiving, and efficiency through their first three seasons, a rarity matched only by Christian McCaffrey and Ezekiel Elliott among recent draft classes. This suggests that for certain top-tier talents, the argument of replaceability may not hold, justifying significant investments
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Predicting headlines from the first week of training camp
The Dallas Cowboys head out to training camp in California at the end of this month, and this means that after one week into August, they will have spent a week in Oxnard. That point is important for today’s discussion because we are about to look into that exact spot in the future. Here are three headlines that we predict will emerge from the first week of Cowboys training camp. Something we will likely see when training camp begins is the Cowboys taking things slow with George Pickens . CeeDee Lamb will also likely get a veteran day or two. Ultimately there are going to be more opportunities than normal for a player like Ryan Flournoy, and he has already made it a point to make the most of what he is given to work with. This is the classic sort of headline that emerges from training camp, and if you squint your eyes enough you can even see a world where people are suggeesting trading him away for help elsewhere. Think about the conversations we would have when Lamb, Amari Cooper , and Michael Gallup were frolicking around Oxnard. Obviously the Cowboys have had work sessions since drafting Caleb Downs, but training camp is a different animal. This is where the real and true work begins. It stands to reason that Caleb Downs is going to really announce himself. His presence on the team feels similar to Micah Parsons ’ in that they are both standouts on defense, but Parsons wasn’t exactly who he became during his rookie training camp. In this way Downs feels like someone he shares an alma mater with in Ezekiel Elliott . The world of Cowboys Nation is ready and hungry for Caleb Downs to take center stage, and it stands to reason that we will see this exact phenomenon unfold. It is normal as humans to try and connect dots. We innately want to answer questions. The biggest question on defense right now is who is going to support the team at linebacker. We have been carrying this question for months, and the most significant answer by way of a roster move was the trade for Dee Winters. Training camp is the exact opportunity where that work starts to be shown. Winters will have a legitimate chance to show that he is the proper piece in place for the heart of Christian Parker’s defense, and it would be a common training camp trope (not to say that it wouldn’t be real or legitimate) to hear that he is doing so in a successful way. What headlines do you anticipate seeing after the first week of training camp? Let us know in the comments below
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These Cowboys players have the widest range of outcomes in 2026
These Cowboys players have the widest range of outcomes this season
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Cowboys need the 2026 draft class to step up like the one in 2016
The 2015 season was an utter disaster for the Dallas Cowboys . After his Week 1 heroics, Tony Romo went down the following week against the Philadelphia Eagles with a broken collarbone for the second time in his career. Then came the fun carousel of Brandon Weeden , Matt Cassel , and Kellen Moore. Things went so well in 2014; how could they go so wrong just a year later? Many were left wondering what the Cowboys’ future would look like. Enter the 2016 draft class . Ezekiel Elliott brought the juice and rejuvenated the running game in Dallas in a way that wasn’t seen since the days of Emmitt Smith. The offense was shepherded by a compensatory fourth-round pick; a dart throw at quarterback in Dak Prescott . The rookie was as efficient as can be, and his infectious leadership connected with the entire locker room. The Cowboys went from the basement to the best record in the NFC overnight. A decade later, the franchise hopes the 2026 draft class can have a similar impact. The team needs them to. Heading into the 2016 season, the window for the franchise to compete for a championship with Romo and Witten leading the team was closing. That’s why Elliott was selected over Jalen Ramsey —to give the quarterback a running game unlike anything he had prior to that point in his career. While Dallas didn’t take a skill player with their first, first-round pick (even though Jordyn Tyson was heavily rumored), one could argue that the team trading up for Caleb Downs should have a similar impact. After Emmitt Smith finished his career in Dallas, fans were waiting for the team to find the next guy. When Darren Woodson left the Cowboys, he was never truly replaced. That might have changed when the team picked Downs. The former Ohio State safety was graded by some as the best player in the draft, and while Dallas could certainly have gone in a different direction based on positional value, they went with the player they felt could impact the team right away, not only on the field but as a leader in the locker room. Pairing Downs with defensive coordinator Christian Parker, in theory, will change the defense overnight in a way that Elliott changed the offense almost immediately. While the rookie curve is a real thing, Downs’ football intelligence hints he could be the exception to the rule. Elliott and Prescott weren’t the only contributors from their draft class, and Downs won’t be the only one with high expectations either. Malachi Lawrence, who was selected with Dallas’ second first-round pick, should help elevate the pass rush immediately. The Cowboys lacked a true pass rusher last year after trading away Micah Parsons . The trio of Rashan Gary , Donovan Ezeiruaku , and Lawrence should help. The former UCF product had 27.5 sacks in the final three years at college, 11 of them coming as a senior. Lawrence was someone whom Christian Parker targeted as an integral part of his defense. Defensive ends can take time to hit the ground running, but if you combine Parker’s specific vision for Lawrence, along with the player’s work ethic, there’s a chance he could be running with the first-team defense for most of training camp, depending on where Ezeiruaku is in his rehab. That would be a huge step in his projection as a rookie. Malik Collins and Anthony Brown had significant roles as rookies, too. The 2026 class has a few guys who could have their stamp on the defense by season’s end. Jaishawn Barham was picked in the third round and could be used in a variety of ways in Parker’s defense. Even though he’s starting out at linebacker, he showed an ability to rush the passer at Michigan. The uncertainty around DeMarvion Overshown ’s long-term health and the immediate impact of Dee Winters might vault Barham into a starting role sooner than later. LT Overton is a dark horse from the class that could fill the void left by Osa Odighizuwa and Solomon Thomas . Outside of Quinnen Williams and Kenny Clark , the team doesn’t have much depth behind th [... truncated ...]
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The five “Jenga pieces” for the 2026 Cowboys
Who would you say are the most important members of the Cowboys?
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Cowboys predictions that feel bold now, but won’t be later
The idea of bold predictions is so interesting. We step out on a limp and try to forecast something that feels impossible on most levels, but few of them leave it slightly within range if we squint our eyes. Today we are going to be talking about bold predictions that feel bold now, but later on down the road it might feel plain and obvious. These things tend to happen over time. Imagine if, for example, someone had said that rookie Ezekiel Elliott would lead the league in rushing while the Dallas Cowboys took home the top seed in the NFC. That was a decade ago and a lot has changed, but you get the idea. Let’s begin. This is an interesting year for the Cowboys offense. Opposing teams are obviously aware of how potent the group was last season, and it stands to reason that George Pickens may receive more attention on a game-by-game basis than he did in his inaugural season with the team. Still though he has proven to be an extremely dangerous threat opposite of CeeDee Lamb , and considering that Ryan Flournoy presents as a very serviceable third option, there are plenty of players to guard on defense. This feels similar to 2021 when the Cowboys had a tried and true trio of Lamb, Amari Cooper , and Michael Gallup . We never really got to see the three of them shine on a game-by-game basis for a variety of reasons, but the composition of everything led to the emergence of Dalton Schultz . That season was the first of consecutive ones where Schultz averaged double-digits per reception. Jake Ferguson has already done this in a season, incidentally the first that Schultz was gone, back in 2023 when Dak Prescott finished second in MVP voting. Circumstances around Ferguson feel similar to what they did around Schultz a handful of years ago, and he may be the most primary beneficiary of all of the other players that opponents have to deal with. This one may be me trying to manifest more than any other. Shavon Revel entered a really volatile situation from an overall perspective last year. He was a highly-touted draft prospect, but given that he was coming off of a torn ACL and that dampened his overall ceiling for his rookie year. Factor in that the Cowboys were still going at things with Trevon Diggs as a part of their plan in the secondary, and that the defense as a whole was so poorly constructed, it was difficult for anybody to properly thrive. An argument can be made that time has allowed for a proper settling for Revel in general, but that the Cowboys doing so as a unit has been helpful in parallel. This is the time when Revel has to remind everyone why there was such high belief around him last year. He is going to have every opportunity in the world to earn a starting job, and you could argue that the only real player ahead of him in the cornerback room at large is DaRon Bland which is a shaky proposition in its own right. Again, this is something that kind of has to happen for the Cowboys to take the next step. It just feels like it might off of the number of opportunities alone. Javonte Williams is well-entrenched as the Cowboys’ primary running back. Williams will get all of the traditional workhorse opportunities in a Schottenheimer sort of offense, one that Brian proved he was able to run along the lines of the NFL’s famed Marty Ball version that his father deployed. In today’s league though, you need to have a number of available options out of the backfield. There are a lot of people wish-casting (as I did with Revel above) that Jaydon Blue could be that player; we are not even a year removed from the coaching staff not exactly trusting him. Things can change, but there is a lot to overcome there. Plus, Phil Mafah represents the type of running that can close out games when matters are close and tough in the fourth quarter. He can help ice games away after the Cowboys offense has done work (with Jake Ferguson averaging 10 yards per reception, obviously!). What are some bold preditions you have that you thi [... truncated ...]
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Why the Cowboys offense could be even better in 2026
The Cowboys offense could see improvements in 2026
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Where does Ashton Jeanty rank among AFC West running backs?
AFC West running back position rankings and analysis
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