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17) Who makes their first career Pro Bowl? – Staff, DallasCowboys.com
Breakout seasons?
17) Who Makes Their First Career Pro Bowl?
Nick: This is always one of my favorite questions to answer. Basically, it’s saying who is going to have that breakout year. I’m not even sure I’ve got the answer correctly before, but it’s always fun to speculate. A good place to start would be Osa Odighizuwa, who signed an $80 million contract to stay with the team. He might be on the verge. But that seems too easy to answer. I thought about Donovan Wilson for this or maybe even George Pickens, but I’m going to go a little deeper – as in the deep snapper. What about Trent Sieg? This guy is always consistent and while Brandon Aubrey and Bryan Anger have been going to Pro Bowls as the kicker and punter, someone has been firing the snaps back to them. I think this is the year Sieg breaks through and makes his first Pro Bowl in his eighth season.
Kyle: The fact that George Pickens had the level of production that he posted in Pittsburgh, and never made a Pro Bowl, is shocking to me. A lot of time, the Pro Bowl turns into a popularity contest paired with a certain level of success. Pickens can take a huge step in both during his contract year with the Cowboys in 2025.
He has yet to be paired with someone as talented on the other side of the formation as CeeDee Lamb, which could open a world of possibilities for Pickens. Assuming both players and Dak Prescott stay healthy throughout the season, it’s possible for Pickens and Lamb to become the first Cowboys pair of 1,000-yard receivers since 2019. Meaning there are very few things standing in the way of Pickens and the popularity and production needed to earn those Pro Bowl votes.
NFC East roundtable: Can the Eagles repeat in the division? – ESPN
Some commentary/predictions from writer’s covering NFC East teams.
What is the biggest concern for your team?
Cowboys
A first-time head coach isn’t the biggest concern. A quarterback who has had a difficult time staying healthy recently isn’t the biggest concern. Impending contracts for guys like Parsons isn’t the biggest concern. I’m sticking on the field for mine: Can they slow down the run? They have not made big adjustments in personnel in name or size. How new coordinator Matt Eberflus will attack the issue is with effort and running to the ball. It will also help if the offense can put up a ton of points so the opposing team can’t run the ball as much. Until the Cowboys actually show they can contain the run, it will be the biggest concern. — Archer
The Giants writer had an interesting take on who wins the NFC East.
Who wins the NFC East in 2025?
Cowboys
Let’s get a bit crazy here because that’s the recent history of the NFC East. No, not the Giants. That gap is massive.
But since everyone is down on the Cowboys this season, it only makes sense they surprise and win the division. There is still some high-end talent on that roster and Dallas was good for at least 12 wins each of the previous three years that Prescott played double-digit games. So this is largely contingent on him being healthy. But to count the Cowboys out with Prescott potentially having the best weapons of his career seems silly. They will surprise. — Raanan
Cowboys rookie Tyler Neville’s inspiring story is one of hope, overcoming stacked odds – Calvin Watkins, DMN
This UDFA’s story is pretty wild.
The fifth annual Tight End University took place this week in Nashville, where some of the best and rising players at the position came together to train and for fellowship.
Tight End U was founded by three of the best in the game: current NFL players George Kittle and Travis Kelce, and Greg Olsen, now a commentator for Fox Sports.
Three Cowboys players attended the three-day event, including undrafted rookie Tyler Neville.
The notion of Neville standing among elite players he watched growing up in Williamsburg, Va., is a living testimony to how he never stopped believing in his dream of making an NFL team despite numerous health challenges.
Neville’s mother, Tara, estimates her fourth-born child had 20 surgeries before he turned 18. He overcame being born deaf, having a metal bar inserted into his body to correct a sunken chest, Hodgkin’s lymphoma and back surgery, which forced him to learn how to walk again.
Neville hasn’t made an NFL roster yet – that will be determined in Cowboys training camp – but just landing on the cusp of earning a spot, considering what he has overcome, is a story worth telling.
“We’ve watched each stage and there’s nothing that holds him back,” Tara said. “It’s what could you use as an excuse he never has. It gave him ammunition to keep pushing harder. He only knows adversity.”
Cowboys LB Receives Special Gift from Patriots Legend – Mike D’Abate, Patriots on SI
Now all Micah needs is a new contract.
As the old saying goes, “Greatness recognizes greatness.”
When Dallas Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons realized that New England Patriots legend Tom Brady would be joining him in attending last weekend’s Fanatics Fest in New York City, he took full advantage of his opportunity to make a long-awaited special request.
In short, Parsons wanted to add an autographed Brady jersey to his collection … and the Cowboys All-Pro wasted little time in asking the seven-time Super Bowl winner to help fulfill his wish.
“Have we signed one for Micah and sent one his way? A jersey?” Brady asked a representative of his team, seen via a social media posting from the NFL on Sunday. When the rep jokingly responded in the affirmative, Parsons was quick to set the record straight.
“No, you’re lying,” Parsons retorted. “I’ve never gotten a jersey. I wouldn’t lie to you. I called you out last year about it. I never got one. I just want a jersey, bro,” Parsons added. “Put it in my house.”
Just hours later, Brady made good on his pledge to Parsons — delivering a number 12 Patriots jersey with the following inscription:
“Micah, keep up the hard work! Stay humble, stay hungry! LFG – Tom Brady 7x World Champion”
