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The Cowboys like their draft, of course, as all teams do. But there is one player in particular they can’t wait to see on the field. Memphis running back Tony Pollard, the Cowboys’ fourth-round choice, will contribute right away on special teams as a kick returner. But the team also sees him as...

Getty Images Well, someone is listening to Kevin Malone. The prognosticating accountant from The Office swore by one gambling maxim: If anyone gives you 10,000-to-1 odds on anything, take it. Malone is still waiting to become a very rich man if John Mellencamp ever wins an Oscar. Malone and...

Getty Images No one has ever handed Jeff Heath anything. He entered the league in 2013 as an undrafted free agent out of Saginaw Valley State. Even after starting 31 games the past two seasons, Heath still is looked upon as a core special teams player. The Cowboys openly have talked about...

Getty Images The 46 people who placed wagers on Tony Romo to win the AT&T Byron Nelson threw away their money. But then, they should have known that before the former Cowboys quarterback and current CBS football analyst ever teed off. Romo, who had 10,000-to-1 odds to win the PGA tour event...

Getty Images The Cowboys have started signing members of their draft class. Fourth-round running back Tony Pollard is the first of the team’s eight picks to agree to a deal. The team expects six of those picks to sign before the day is out with third-round offensive lineman Connor McGovern...

Getty Images The contracts of receiver Amari Cooper and quarterback Dak Prescott will expire after this season. Running back Ezekiel Elliott is under contract through 2020 after the Cowboys exercised the fifth-year option on his deal. The Cowboys, though, hope to extend all three players...

Getty Images The Cowboys are trying to sign quarterback Dak Prescott and wide receiver Amari Cooper to contract extensions and word is that things are moving more smoothly on one front than the other. Clarence Hill of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports that the Cowboys have made more...

Getty Images Jerry Jones’ feelings about Jason Garrett’s contract haven’t changed: The Cowboys owner is willing to let Garrett play out his deal before discussing a new one. “I’m satisfied with where we are with his contract right now,” Jones said Monday on the Rich Eisen Show. “It is to be...

Getty Images It doesn’t seem that long ago that Ezekiel Elliott‘s off-field choices were drawing scrutiny. The Cowboys running back has generated headlines this offseason but only the positive kind. He took a selfie with a young fan hit by a puck at a Dallas Stars NHL playoff game. He...

Getty Images Over the past few years, NFL teams have made a habit out of handing out new contract after new contract to quarterbacks, with in many cases the latest quarterback to sign becoming the highest-paid player in league history. Since June 2017, Derek Carr passed Andrew Luck, Matthew...

Getty Images Dallas has an NFL team. St. Louis used to have an NFL team. And it will have an XFL team. So the highlights of a fairly important playoff game — a Game Seven — between the cities’ respective hockey franchises have added relevance. Throw in the fact that folks in Missouri opted to...

Getty Images Receiver Dez Bryant posted video on Instagram Monday of him running a route. “First time running in a long time. . . .Building confidence,” Bryant wrote. Bryant has not played since 2017. He was without a job from the time the Cowboys cut him April 13, 2018, until the Saints...

Getty Images When he agreed to come back at a reduced salary, Sean Lee received a promise from the Cowboys that he would remain a starter, Clarence Hill of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports. That obviously entails a move to strongside linebacker with Jaylon Smith starting at middle...

Getty Images DeMarcus Ware remembers signing his first big contract, which came in October 2009 when he received a six-year contract extension worth $78 million, with $40 million guaranteed. “I remember before the contract I got double teamed. Then, after the contract, I got triple teamed,”...

Getty Images The Cowboys made DeMarcus Lawrence the highest-paid player in team history last month. That won’t last long. They will have to pay quarterback Dak Prescott more. The question remains: How much do the Cowboys pay Prescott? Owner Jerry Jones has never wavered about Prescott’s...

Getty Images Travis Frederick‘s comeback continues day by day, week by week and month by month. The Cowboys center plans to play in 2019 after sitting out the 2018 season while recovering from Guillain-Barre syndrome, an autoimmune disease that attack the nervous system. He has returned to...

Getty Images The Cowboys waived offensive guard Dustin Stanton on Friday. Stanton originally signed with the Bengals as a rookie free agent out of Oregon State in 2017. Cincinnati released him out of the preseason. He sat out the 2017 season. Stanton signed with the Cowboys last April but...

Getty Images Whenever the possibility of adjusting overtime to guarantee the team that kicks off to start the process a chance to match or first-drive touchdown, plenty of fans shout, “Play defense!” They seem to be a vocal, but yet distinct, minority. A poll posted Friday on Twitter, which...

Getty Images Ryan Switzer is entering his third season and already he has played for three teams. The receiver hopes he has found a home in Pittsburgh after a brief stop in Dallas and an even more brief stint in Oakland. The Cowboys drafted Switzer in the fourth round in 2017. Dallas used him...

Getty Images The Cowboys won the NFC East last year, but Jerry Jones wants more than just a division title this year. Jones says the Cowboys ought to be better than they were in 2018, which suggests he’s expecting better than 10-6 and advancing further than the divisional round of the...