After a summer spent in Oxnard, the Dallas Cowboys opened their preseason to less-than-stellar results, dropping the first two games to the Los Angeles Rams and the Baltimore Ravens. The offense has not lived up to expectations, and the rollercoaster ride has had more valleys than peaks. One factor has been the running game, which […] After a summer spent in Oxnard, the Dallas Cowboys opened their preseason to less-than-stellar results, dropping the first two games to the Los Angeles Rams and the Baltimore Ravens. The offense has not lived up to expectations, and the rollercoaster ride has had more valleys than peaks. One factor has been the running game, which outside a late flurry of yardage from Malik Davis against the Rams and a little Phil Mafah work, has been nonexistent. Conversely, the rushing defense has not been much better, and the Cowboys have yielded 164.5 rushing yards over the first two games of the preseason. In the finale, it will be interesting to see how the play-calling of head coach Brian Schottenheimer influences the staff’s ability to evaluate the bottom of the roster. With that said, here are storylines to pay attention to in tonight’s final tune-up against the Atlanta Falcons. QB Snaps Although Joe Milton has made great strides at training camp, it has not translated to the games during the preseason, causing some concern about Milton’s viability as the primary backup for Dak Prescott. One critique against Milton is that he simply throws the ball too hard, to which Milton responded. Whether this is true or not, Milton is missing his receivers when they are open, and the timing between him and his receivers is off. Milton can make some signature throws that others can’t, and his 49-yard connection with Jonathan Mingo was a thing of beauty. Milton is expected to play tonight, but what if Milton has fewer snaps than Will Grier? Furthermore, what happens if Grier has a terrific game? Almost two years to the day, Grier was informed by the team that he would be released to make room for Trey Lance on the roster, and Grier delivered with 305 passing yards and four total touchdowns. One has to wonder if Grier goes nuclear once again, could it sway the coach’s impression of him to elevate him to QB2 over Milton? Let’s be clear, Milton’s place on the roster is assured. He’s not going anywhere, but Grier may give the coaches confidence to start in place of Prescott for a game or two if Prescott gets injured. On the other hand, a very poor game from both quarterbacks opens Pandora’s box, and the Cowboys are prompted to search elsewhere for a backup quarterback. Who steals the show? After an awkward landing last week, Jonathan Mingo sustained a knee injury that will keep him on the sidelines for some time. That leaves the door open for other skill position players to get significant playing time tonight. Ryan Flournoy, who made the team last year, has potential, but Traeshon Holden has been breathing down his neck in pursuit of a spot on the team. Jalen Cropper and Josh Kelly have both been in the mix as kick returners, with Kelly averaging over 20 yards per return in both preseason games thus far. However, neither has made a highlight play to turn heads in the games yet. The same goes for the tight ends. Rivaldo Fairweather had a touchdown reception versus the Rams, but since then has been fairly quiet. Whereas John Stephens, who was a standout at camp two years ago before a knee injury, has not been much of a factor himself. It’s all out there for the taking, but somebody has to step up big in tonight’s finale. Who is already safe? Equally as important as how many snaps certain players get tonight is who is limited or does not play at all. Two players who have had strong camps and parlayed them into good tape on the field are James Houston and Zion Childress. Houston has been a menace coming off the edge and has great hand placement to keep offensive linemen’s hands off him. He also has the power to convert speed to power to bull rush a lineman. He forced two incompletions against the Ravens that jumped off the screen on film. Zion Childress has also had a great camp, and he’s contributed in so many spots on defense. He can play slot or at safety and can come down in the box to support the run. He has a great nose for football and always seems to be in the right place at the right time. Should Childress not be in the starting lineup tonight, that should be an indication of his status on the team. That is due to his own merits, but the Cowboys do have several injuries at cornerback; therefore, Childress’s making the team is part of his hard work, and Dallas is in survival mode until their secondary is healthy. 0 CommentsSee More: Dallas Cowboys Preseason

With one more preseason game to go and roster cuts due by Tuesday, we wanted to run through the Dallas Cowboys roster and look at how different players compare to others in perceived job security. Some will be fighting for their lives on Friday night, but many won’t even have a helmet because their spot […] With one more preseason game to go and roster cuts due by Tuesday, we wanted to run through the Dallas Cowboys roster and look at how different players compare to others in perceived job security. Some will be fighting for their lives on Friday night, but many won’t even have a helmet because their spot on the 53-man roster is already decided. Our first list shows the guys who absolutely, without a doubt, will be on the team in 2025. They may not debut until later in the year due to injury designations, but we’re confident that they won’t be waived injured and will get their chance once medically cleared. We’ll give you the names first, then dig into things below. The 100 Club QB Dak Prescott RB Javonte Williams RB Jaydon Blue FB Hunter Luepke WR CeeDee Lamb WR George Pickens WR KaVontae Turpin WR Jalen Tolbert WR Jonathan Mingo (IR/PUP) TE Jake Ferguson TE Luke Schoonmaker TE Brevyn Spann-Ford OT Tyler Guyton OT Terence Steele G Tyler Booker G Tyler Smith C Cooper Beebe OL Brock Hoffman OL Asim Richards OL Hakeem Adeniji DE Dante Fowler DE Donovan Ezeiruaku DE Marshawn Kneeland DT Osa Odighizuwa DT Solomon Thomas LB DeMarvion Overshown (IR/PUP) LB Marist Liufau LB Jack Sanborn LB Kenneth Murray CB Trevon Diggs (IR/PUP) CB DaRon Bland CB Shavon Revel Jr. (IR/PUP) CB Kaiir Elam CB Caelen Carson (IR/PUP) S Malik Hooker S Donovan Wilson S Juanyeh Thomas S Markquese Bell K Brandon Aubrey P Bryan Anger LS Trent Sieg And with just that top tier, the roster is filling up fast. There are 41 names on that list, 36 if all of the IR/PUP guys don’t count against the 53 in Week 1. Assuming those four aren’t returning soon, that still only leaves 17 spots for the rest of our roster hopefuls. This group offers a wide range of potential roles and importance to the team, but they all fit the criteria of having seemingly guaranteed roster spots. There’s obviously a huge difference between the likes of Prescott and Lamb and a backup like Markquese Bell. But with a fresh, new three-year contract and a clear role in the safety rotation, Bell shouldn’t feel any less secure. A few other names merit explanation. Rookie RB Jaydon Blue may only be a fifth-round pick, but there’s no conceivable way he’s not on the roster. It’s not like he has any real competition, and a fifth for a RB in Dallas is no small commitment. We also see Javonte Williams as a lock given that he’s received starter treatment for several weeks, running mainly with the first-team offense in practice and being kept out of preseason games. Even if the Cowboys were to swing an eleventh-hour trade for a potential starter, Williams would still be around as a third-down back given his exceptional pass blocking. Staying in the backfield, Hunter Luepke may seem like an odd choice as a roster lock, but his versatility makes him valuable. The coaches have praised it all summer, and beyond the pure fullback role, he helps your depth at RB and TE and plays special teams. Current injury issues at TE with Luke Schoonmaker and Brevyn Spann-Ford only further enhance Luepke’s security. If not for Jonathan Mingo’s recent knee injury and expected absence until at least Week 5, Jalen Tolbert may not have made this tier. But now, he should be a lock given his experience, leaving other WR prospects to battle it out for one or two remaining spots. Speaking of Spann-Ford, he’s missed nearly all of training camp but nobody’s really stepped up in his absence. He may be the 41st name on this list in terms of actual security, but we just don’t see why the Cowboys would dump him now. Your offensive line backups seem pretty clear. Hoffman gives you center/guard flexibility, Richards covers guard and left tackle, and Adeniji gives you all-important depth at right tackle. We don’t really have a swing tackle this year; Nate Thomas is probably your LT backup (discussed below) and Adeniji has the right side. A couple more guys probably make it for more interior line depth, but we’ll get to them in the next tier. On defense, we had to leave Micah Parsons off due to the trade demand and holdout potential. We’re 99% positive he will be a Cowboy in 2025, new deal or not, but that 1% is why he couldn’t be in The 100 Club. We also couldn’t include Sam Williams because of the competition he faces from James Houston and Tyrus Wheat for the bottom of the DE depth chart. We’ll talk about more of the defensive decisions, particularly some names that you may think are missing, in the next list. “Whoah! Really?” QB Joe Milton III QB Will Grier OL Nate Thomas DE Micah Parsons DT Mazi Smith CB Israel Mukuamu Again, Parsons is only here on the slim chance he gets traded or decides to hold out of regular-season games. Even without a new deal, he still has $1.4 million coming to him each week on his fifth-year option salary. As ugly as this contract conflict has felt at times, Parsons remains present at team activities. We know how badly he wants to play. To go from here to him sitting out, let alone getting traded, just feels like too great a leap. Another big surprise on defense would be if the Cowboys actually part with Mazi Smith at final cuts. No, things still aren’t going great for the former first-round pick. But it’s not like there’s any great option to replace him. Smith should at least get

The Dallas Cowboys will play their final preseason game tonight against the Atlanta Falcons. This will be the final opportunity for many of the down-roster players to make an impression and keep their NFL dreams alive. Dallas is not expected to play many starters at all, but there are going to be some really interesting […] The Dallas Cowboys will play their final preseason game tonight against the Atlanta Falcons. This will be the final opportunity for many of the down-roster players to make an impression and keep their NFL dreams alive. Dallas is not expected to play many starters at all, but there are going to be some really interesting position battles to watch. The running back room has yet to be settled, but we should see roster-lock Jaydon Blue get some action after returning from injury. Plus, the Joe Milton experiment will roll on, and hopefully improve this time around. Defensive tackle and cornerback are two defensive positions that still have some mystery about them. Defensive tackle because it is a weak roster spot, and cornerback because of so many injuries. After tonight is over, we start the real thing. Info for the game. Cowboys vs Falcons game info Important links: Cowboys depth chart | Roster Date: Aug 22nd, 2025 Game time: 8:00 PM EST Location: Arlington, TX – AT&T Stadium TV channel: Local: KTVT 11 National: NFL Network Coverage Map: 506 Sports Radio: 105.3 The Fan | SXM Streaming: ESPN+ Cowboys record: (0-2) Falcons record: (0-2) Odds: Dallas -2.5, courtesy of FanDuel Prediction: Cowboys 23 – Falcons 18 Enemy blog: The Falcoholic Twitter: @BloggingTheBoys Facebook: Please Like us! 0 CommentsSee More:

The 2025 NFL season is slowly, but inevitably, getting closer. The pace is too slow for most NFL fans, but the laws of nature still prevail and the earth’s rotation is fixed. So wait we must. While waiting, let’s take a look at some gambling odds for the upcoming season. Today we are going to […] The 2025 NFL season is slowly, but inevitably, getting closer. The pace is too slow for most NFL fans, but the laws of nature still prevail and the earth’s rotation is fixed. So wait we must. While waiting, let’s take a look at some gambling odds for the upcoming season. Today we are going to focus on FanDuel’s odds on teams making the playoffs. Of course we’re going to focus on the Dallas Cowboys in this respect, and their odds aren’t good. They are listed as the 23rd most-likely team to make the playoffs at a payout of +194 (basically the higher the payout, the lower the chance of it happening, you can find an explanation here). Only 14 teams make the NFL playoffs, so the implication is that the Cowboys are likely far from returning to the tournament. Honestly, those odds feel low. Just take a look at some teams that have better odds. The Chicago Bears at +184. The New England Patriots at +164. And the Jacksonville Jaguars at +172. Maybe I’m just wearing blue & silver colored glasses, but I’m taking the Cowboys over those teams. The Bears went 5-12 last season. The Patriots were 4-13, as were the Jaguars. Last year the Cowboys had a disaster season. Their issues started in the offseason when the Jones Clan decided to basically acquire no talent except through the draft. It was a new level of futility, even for the Cowboys. They also hired Mike Zimmer, who has a defensive scheme that is notorious for being hard to get right quickly, and usually takes half a season or so to get fully installed. Sure enough, the Cowboys defense was atrocious early on. You also had Mike McCarthy, who seemed to be running on fumes, using an offense that certainly was not among the more cutting-edge units in the league. Then the injuries hit; Dak Prescott missed half the season. Micah Parsons sat out some games. Other stars were either lost or sidelined for large portions of the year. Frankly, it was a confluence of self-inflicted wounds and things that were out of their control. And they still went 7-10. Then there is the QB test. If you didn’t know, the NFL is a QB league, plain and simple. Yes, the occasional odd team can succeed while masking their QBs issues, but in general teams go as their QBs go. No disrespect to Caleb Williams, Drake Maye or Trevor Lawrence, but most NFL observers would trust Prescott over that trio. Williams and Maye could break out this year, but that’s always a huge gamble. Lawrence is a little bit more experienced but has had trouble putting together consistent play. Prescott came in second in the NFL MVP voting in 2023. There is a difference. You can certainly make the case that the Cowboys are more likely to miss the playoffs than make it, especially with Philadelphia and Washington in the division. Division and conference can influence who has a better shot at a spot in the playoffs. But is still feels like these odds are a little low for the roster the Cowboys have (provided Micah Parsons actually plays). FanDuel Sportsbook is conducting FanDuel Futures Day on Tuesday, August 26 where you can get profit boost tokens around various futures markets throughout the day. The markets will be split up throughout the day, but they will include odds to win the Super Bowl and hypothetical Super Bowl matchups, odds to make or miss the playoffs, win totals, division winners, and player milestones. Head over to FanDuel Sportsbook on Tuesday to take advantage of FanDuel Futures Day. 51 CommentsSee More: Dallas Cowboys Odds

It is only August, and nobody is trying to fast forward. The Dallas Cowboys will officially begin their 2025 season in two weeks and we have spent many, many months looking forward to it. But eyes are constantly on the future, and with college football officially returning this week (shout out to Week 0), there […] It is only August, and nobody is trying to fast forward. The Dallas Cowboys will officially begin their 2025 season in two weeks and we have spent many, many months looking forward to it. But eyes are constantly on the future, and with college football officially returning this week (shout out to Week 0), there is an early NFL Mock Draft from ESPN’s Field Yates worth paying attention to. Yates made the proper acknowledgements in saying that a number of things will change in the next 6-7 months. Names we think are awesome now will fade while others will rise from obscurity. As far as the current NFL is concerned, that same exact logic can be applied. He noted that he used ESPN’s Football Power Index to establish the draft order, but obviously different teams can wind up in different places. As far as the Cowboys are concerned, Yates had them picking at 13 and gave them Florida Gators defensive tackle Caleb Banks. 13. Dallas Cowboys Caleb Banks, DT, Florida The Cowboys enter the 2025 season looking to right some of the wrongs from their forgettable 2024. One big area of concern is the interior defensive line. Their porous run D (4.8 yards allowed per carry, tied for third worst) cannot continue if they want to keep contending in the NFC. Banks could help fix it. He has outstanding size at 6-foot-6 and 330 pounds, but he also displays the quickness and power to be a disruptive interior rusher. He began his career at Louisville, but his best college season came in 2024, when he had 4.5 sacks for the Gators — including 2.5 in his dominant game against Ole Miss. Florida’s win over Ole Miss last year is regarded as one of their premier wins of last season, so the fact that Banks was such a big part of it suggests that he may have a propensity for shining brightest when the moment properly calls for it. We can dream, right? It makes sense to project the Cowboys to take a defensive tackle in the future as the current day version of the team is still, as they have for almost the entirety of The Drought™, struggling along the interior of their defensive line. Dallas broke the mold in 2023 by selecting Mazi Smith in the first round and he marked the first time they used such a premium resource on defensive tackle since Russell Maryland, and that was so long ago that Maryland is being talked about in the current day documentary about the 90s Cowboys on Netflix. Everything is projection at this point when it comes to both collegiate and NFL football, but it is worth mentioning that Banks was named to the 2025 Coaches Preseason All-SEC Second-Team. The point here is that there a lot of people expecting big things from him in the near future. Will the Cowboys draft a defensive tackle in the first round again? Heck, will they be picking in the top 15 again? These are important questions that the next half year are going to answer one way or another. 0 CommentsSee More:

Jerry Jones had his day in court on Thursday. The court of public opinion. In a conversation that premiered on Michael Irvin’s YouTube Channel on Thursday afternoon, Jerry Jones was asked about the contract extension conversations the Dallas Cowboys have had with Micah Parsons (that is quite the sentence). Jerry noted that when the Cowboys […] Jerry Jones had his day in court on Thursday. The court of public opinion. In a conversation that premiered on Michael Irvin’s YouTube Channel on Thursday afternoon, Jerry Jones was asked about the contract extension conversations the Dallas Cowboys have had with Micah Parsons (that is quite the sentence). Jerry noted that when the Cowboys wanted to send details to Micah’s agent David Mulugheta that they were told to take it where the sun don’t shine. Jerry Jones and Micah Parsons’ overall representation have been at war with one another for quite some time. The Cowboys owner, general manager and president seems to feel that a deal was agreed upon when he and Micah spoke indirectly (some would say informally). Parsons has made it very clear that he will not be negotiating, regardless of what informal or indirect conversations happened to date, without his agent as a part of the process. Whatever you believe or however you feel… these are still seemingly the emotions felt by the two parties who have to come together with now two weeks to go until the season begins which spells trouble. Micah himself has not spoken all too much since requesting a trade from the Cowboys three weeks ago (Friday is the technical three-week anniversary). On the other hand Jerry has taken a lot of opportunities to tell everyone his thoughts and opinions on the matter and in this case used the vehicle that is Michael Irvin’s platform. Earlier on Thursday it was intimated by Jerry that Micah should take less for the overall “puzzle” that is the challenge of constructing the Dallas Cowboys roster. That is a line that we have heard from the Cowboys and all NFL teams for forever now. Speaking of forever… Jerry brought out an old classic in saying that it would be shocking how big of a check he would write if it would guarantee a Super Bowl for the Cowboys. Again… the season starts in two weeks. We are still here. How long will we be? Update: 6:10pm ET This summarization from Nick Harris is a great look at the overall interview. Nick also suggested we could be here a while. The clock is ticking. 12 CommentsSee More: Dallas Cowboys Roster