The Dallas Cowboys sport one of the healthiest rosters across the NFL, but how quickly would owners jump at the chance in a fictional tear-it-down rebuild of the league? ESPN went about a rather comical exercise where every team started from scratch and there was comedy everywhere.
Meanwhile, do the Cowboys have the best bookends in the game? Should Dak Prescott receive a level of back pay for being drafted where he did and not seeing the 10s of millions his draft classmates have already gotten? All this and more in this edition of news and notes.
Re-drafting the NFL: We picked 128 foundational players across all 32 teams :: ESPN
Using the first-round draft order of the 2020 process, before any trades, each team was allowed four picks in a snake-like fantasy draft to start from scratch. Seven Cowboys made the cut.
9. QB Dak Prescott
48. OT Tyron Smith
60. RB Ezekiel Elliott
80. WR CeeDee Lamb
87. WR Amari Cooper
102. DE DeMarcus Lawrence
118. OG Zack Martin
La’el Collins was snubbed.
As for who is now on the new-look Cowboys? They were drafted by Todd Archer, who regrets not getting DeMarcus Lawrence in the third round and hoping he fell to the fourth. He didn’t.
Round 1 (17): Kyler Murray, QB
Round 2 (48): Tyron Smith, OT
Round 3 (81): Keenan Allen, WR
Round 4 (112): Maxx Crosby, DE
Best offensive tackle duos in the NFL ahead of the 2020 season :: Pro Football Focus
There are only a handful of teams blessed to have edge protection other clubs would drool over. Dallas is one of those fortunate squads, but are Smith and Collins the best in the game?
That honor goes to the New Orleans’ tandem of Terron Armstead and Ryan Ramczyk, but the Cowboys duo comes in second, according to PFF.
Michael Irvin says Cowboys owe Dak Prescott ‘back pay’ for ‘stealing’ four years of his career :: CBS Sports
The Playmaker told Rich Eisen last week that the Cowboys’ current quarterback deserves a record-setting payday, saying Prescott has been “perfect.” The fourth-round draft pick was such a steal that Irvin even jokingly announced to the team’s front office that “whatever he gets, he deserves, because you still owe him back pay.”
R u guys serious?? U cant b this daft. This is business. What @dak has done was win the starting job & football games. What did Jimmy G and Kirk C do b4 they got paid? NOW it’s Dak turn. We do not want to be @Browns where we are looking for a QB for 20yrs. THIS IS THE QB MARKET https://t.co/Fc8Vmmzv2W
— Michael Irvin (@michaelirvin88) June 8, 2020
How a ‘rogue’ employee forced NFL, Goodell into new Black Lives Matter stance :: Yahoo Sports
The players’ video message to the NFL commissioner was powerful. The story of how that video came to be is simply incredible, with one NFL social employee convinced he would be fired during a Zoom call even as recorded messages of support from the league’s brightest stars were flooding his inbox.
CeeDee Lamb embraces legacy of Dallas Cowboys’ 88 club, wants to be a Hall of Famer :: Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Get to know the Cowboys’ electrifying first-round pick, from how Hurricane Katrina was the unlikely catalyst for starting his football career to why the rookie reached out to Michael Irvin within days of the draft, beating the surprised Hall of Famer to the punch on a phone call to talk shop.
UDFA Profile: New competition at fullback? :: The Mothership
Sewo Olonilua may give Jamize Olawale a run at both the best Scrabble name on the roster… and the starting fullback job. The undrafted free agent out of TCU may not be a shifty touchdown machine, but the 6-foot-3-inch, 240-pounder has shown skill for catching the ball out wide when needed.
10 Cowboys who need to step up for Dallas to take the next step in 2020 :: The Athletic
They’re not the glitziest names on the marquee, but they’re the guys who need to play lights out this season for Dallas to make the postseason. We’re talking guys like Dorance Armstrong, Xavier Woods, Chris Jones, and the two Connors.
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