Both Jerry and Stephen Jones found live microphones at the owners’ meetings on Monday, so plan on the next several days being spent trying to decipher what exactly each of them was saying. So far, there’s a puzzling update on Terence Steele that seems to be taking his starting job away from him, encouraging news that suggests the team is working on bringing back defensive tackle Johnathan Hankins, word that the club isn’t done at kicker, and a half-hearted setting of the scene for a potential return by Ezekiel Elliott. All that, while the ongoing paternity case against Jerry now has a defamation lawsuit attached to it as well.
Meanwhile, new Cowboys have new jersey numbers, and we may not even be done getting new Cowboys; Vegas oddsmakers think the team may have yet another big-time signing in them. We’re also looking ahead to the draft with multiple mocks, plus meetings with a speedy wide receiver and a hometown O-lineman. Here’s the News and Notes…