The weekend was bookended with sadness for football fans. The tragic news of Dwayne Haskins’s untimely death shook many in the football community, but the grief was soon compounded by the thoughtless remarks made by a longtime Cowboys executive on Saturday morning radio. Gil Brandt has now issued an apology. And just 24 hours later, the NFL lost another beloved figure in former running back and running backs coach Gary Brown. Cowboys players and extended family will no doubt continue to pay their respects over the coming days.
Meanwhile, the life of football goes on as always. Cowboys Wire features in-depth profiles of several college prospects, including wide receivers at several draft positions and an intriguing up-and-coming tight end. We pit first-round linebacker against first-round linebacker to determine which might be a better fit in Dallas, Trevon and Stefon Diggs share some brotherly love on National Siblings Day, and one of the team’s world-famous cheerleaders got married over the weekend… and the whole squad showed up to perform at the reception, in a video that’s going viral. It’s all ahead in this edition of News and Notes.