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Cowboys Travis Frederick named 2020 George Halas Award winner

Former Cowboys center was selected by the PFWA as the 2020 George Halas Award winner.

Former Cowboys center Travis Frederick is the recipient of the 2020 George Halas Award, an honor given by the Pro Football Writer’s Association to an NFL player, coach or staff member who overcomes the most adversity to succeed.

Named after Chicago Bears legend George Halas, the award has been given yearly since 1969. Frederick is the second Dallas player to receive the George Halas Award (Roger Staubach, 1980), and comes after a season in which he played 16 high-quality games following a year-long absence due to Guillain-Barré syndrome. Frederick retired early this offseason following the valiant comeback campaign.

Frederick’s road to recovery has been well-chronicled, one that took a toll both mentally and physically. The ordeal likely cut short a prolific career for the 2013 first-round pick. Frederick started 96 games over six NFL seasons, was named to five Pro Bowls and earned three All-Pro honors. The only time he missed in his career was during that lost 2018 season.

Other finalists for this year’s George Halas Award included DT Everson Griffin, OT Russell Okung, TE Darren Waller, and Ravens TE coach Bobby Engram.

Travis Frederick honored with 2020 George Halas Courage Award

Former Dallas Cowboys center Travis Frederick has been honored with the 2020 George Halas Award

Former Dallas Cowboys center Travis Frederick has been named the 2020 George Halas Courage Award winner, it was announced Monday by the Pro Football Writers Association.

The Pro Football Writers Association George S. Halas Courage Award is given to an NFL player, coach or staff member who overcomes the most adversity to succeed.

Frederick retired in March He was a five-time Pro Bowler, including 2019 when he returned after missing the entire 2018 season due to Guillain-Barre syndrome.

Frederick was a first-round pick out of Wisconsin in 2013, selected 31st overall.

Previous winners of the George Halas Courage Award include Ryan Shazier, Marquise Goodwin, Eric Berry, O.J. Brigance and Steve Gleason.

Cowboys officially place Travis Frederick on retired list, freeing cap space

Travis Frederick retired months ago, but it was just made official. By waiting, the Cowboys will save cap space for the upcoming season.

On Thursday, the Dallas Cowboys placed former center Travis Frederick on the official reserve/retired list.

Frederick’s surprising retirement came on March 23, days after the former All-Pro turned just 29 years old. Frederick was originally set to cost $11.975 million against the Cowboys salary cap this season, but by delaying the formal retirement, Dallas is able to split Frederick’s remaining signing bonus allocatgion over the next two seasons.

This frees up $7 million for the Cowboys, the amount of his 2020 base salary. Now, as predicted by Cowboys Wire when the retirement was announced, Frederick will cost the Cowboys $4.975 million in the upcoming season, and $6.06 million the year after.

The move gives Dallas around $11.4 million in cap space. Signing their  rookie class will only cost around $3.1 million, leaving Dallas with over $8 million to sign additional free agents now or during the season.

Losing Frederick is a blow for the Dallas offensive line, but the Cowboys can now use the added cap space to comfortably sign their rookie class, and maybe even add another veteran free agent like Everson Griffen, who many have speculated would be a good fit with in Dallas.

Frederick missed the entire 2018 season with Guillain-Barre Syndrome, and while he started every game in 2019 and earned his fifth pro-bowl nod, he wasn’t his usual dominant self. Joe Looney, who started all 16 games at center while Frederick was out with his autoimmune disease, figures to play an important role again in the middle of the Cowboys offensive line. Connor McGovern, a third-round selection in 2019, and Tyler Biadasz, the Cowboys fourth round selection in 2020, should compete with Looney for the starting center position.

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Travis Frederick had one warm-up ball for Cowboys career; wants it now as souvenir

The newly-retired center has shed playing weight and his trademark beard, but he wants his warmup ball as a keepsake of his Cowboys career.

Somewhere at The Star in Frisco, there’s a football with Travis Frederick’s name on it. Maybe his name isn’t literally scrawled across the leather in black Sharpie. Or maybe it is. The ball could be on a shelf or in a locker or at the bottom of a mesh bag. It might be tucked away for safekeeping in a trainer’s desk. Either way, it’s Travis Frederick’s football. And he would like it back.

The 29-year-old center retired from football back in March after a heavily-decorated career with the Cowboys. He played five seasons, took 2018 off as he successfully battled Guillain-Barre Syndrome, and then returned in 2019. He was in the league for seven seasons. He played six. He earned a Pro Bowl nod in five.

And in that entire time, Frederick apparently warmed up with just one football. The same one, week in and week out, year after year. Now it’s the lone souvenir from his playing days he’d like to keep.

The nugget comes buried at the end of a Fort Worth Star-Telegram piece last week on Frederick. Writer Mac Engel details how life has already changed for the 2013 first-round draft pick after walking away from the game this offseason.

Frederick has dropped thirty pounds or so; he says, “That’s the dream: To get skinny.” He’s down two ring sizes and a shirt size already.

And the trademark beard has been shaved off.

During a call with Engel and ESPN’s Todd Archer, Frederick talked about his charity work with The Blocking Hunger Foundation, providing food and meals to children of lower-income families. He spoke of possibly entering the business world, maybe in the tech sector. He shared his plans to move back to Wisconsin.

And he talked about the Cowboys, now moving on without him. Joe Looney and rookie Tyler Biadasz are expected to compete for the starting center job this offseason. While Frederick has left a hole in middle of the offensive line, he’s confident that his former teammates will find success.

“The team is set up extremely well,” Frederick is quoted as saying. “The front office did a great job of getting people in place. On paper, it looks like a really, really solid team. They have a chance to go far. I’m excited to see them and watch them, and hopefully provide some outside guidance. I know whoever takes over at center will be well-cared for.”

Frederick hopes his treasured warm-up ball has been well-cared for, too. According to Engel, Frederick called team owner Jerry Jones in March to inform him of his decision to retire, and then immediately followed that phone call with another. This one was to the club’s equipment managers, asking for his ball. But with the facilities having been closed at the time due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ball was ostensibly locked away somewhere in the building. Frederick would have to wait for the world to return to normal to be reunited with his keepsake.

That Frederick had a single lucky warm-up ball is perhaps not surprising. On gamedays, the Wisconsin native had his own unique pregame routine with guard Zack Martin. The two 300-pound linemen would famously spend 45 minutes running full-blown receiver route trees and throwing passes to one another as a way to get loose before team warmups.

For Travis Frederick, the man whose grip on the ball started each play for the Cowboys, he’ll now rely on the team’s equipment staff to deliver his ball back to him to symbolically close out the center’s short but stellar career.

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Cowboys News: ‘No traction’ on Adams, Aikman sees Prescott deal before deadline

Also, Travis Frederick weighs in on the team’s chances, Jason Witten continues to mentor his Dallas understudy, and a possible rookie gem.

News doesn’t take a holiday, and the long weekend has seen several of the major players in the Cowboys’ current soap opera make a starring appearance. Jamal Adams, Dak Prescott, even Carson Wentz are in the headlines in Cowboys Nation.

Travis Frederick thinks the team is poised for success in 2020, and an online betting expert agrees. The team may have given up on chasing Everson Griffen, but Jason Witten hasn’t given up his mentoring role of Blake Jarwin. Look for Neville Gallimore to make a splash in his rookie year, and DeMarcus Lawrence makes a literal splash in his latest workout. That’s all on tap in the Memorial Day edition of News and Notes.

Report: ‘No traction’ for Cowboys’ pursuit of Jamal Adams :: ProFootballTalk

The flicker of hope may now be just the last glimmer of a dying ember for Cowboys fans who covet the Pro Bowl safety. Not only do the Jets apparently have no intention of trading Adams, the notion of chasing such a deal reportedly has “no traction” currently in the Dallas front office.

Exclusive: Troy Aikman – ‘I love Dak Prescott; the Dallas Cowboys will pay him” :: 105.3 The Fan

The Ring of Honor quarterback admits to being a little confused by the hoopla over Dak Prescott’s contract status, since it’s a given he’ll be a Cowboy in 2020. But Aikman made it crystal-clear to the Dallas radio station on Monday that he believes the club will reach an agreement with their starting passer, “and he’ll have a long-term contract as opposed to playing under the franchise tag this year.”

After recent call, Jarwin still learns from Witten :: The Mothership

Despite now being a Las Vegas Raider, the eleven-time Pro Bowler continues to be a mentor to Blake Jarwin, who moves from understudy to likely starter in Dallas. In a phone call several weeks ago, Jarwin says Witten “just told me ‘good luck, I’m excited for you. What an awesome opportunity this is for you.’ He just wants to make sure I don’t take anything for granted and push myself daily.”

Eagles blogger provides fair, level-headed evaluation of Prescott-Wentz debate :: Cowboys Wire

The two Class of 2016 quarterbacks will always be pitted head-to-head, like Coke-versus-Pepsi. One Philadelphia writer sets aside his fandom, dives deep into the film… and comes away with a solid perspective on who is better. The real winner here is everyone who enjoys the good old-fashioned back-and-forth rivalry that could help decide the NFC East for years.

Odds favor the Dallas Cowboys to take the NFC East :: The Landry Hat

2019 was a major disappointment for Cowboys Nation, but there’s encouraging news, at least according to one online outlet focused on betting odds. The Action Network has the Cowboys as the favorites to win the division after doing so in 2014, 2016, and 2018.

Retired Dallas Cowboys’ Travis Frederick lines up to take on his biggest opponent yet :: Fort Worth Star-Telegram

The Pro Bowl center has dropped over 30 pounds, is down one shirt size, and has shaved his trademark beard. But he’s attacking childhood hunger with his usual ferocity in light of the current pandemic crisis. As for his former co-workers, Frederick says, “The team is set up extremely well. The front office did a great job of getting people in place. On paper, it looks like a really, really solid team. They have a chance to go far.”

Cowboys’ lack of interest in Everson Griffen now clear? :: Inside the Star

To many, the former Viking seemed to be a perfect free agency fit in Dallas. But with the recent reinstatement of Aldon Smith and the team’s belief that Randy Gregory will soon follow, the addition of another defensive end has become much less a priority.

Predicting every NFL team’s 2020 surprise rookie gem :: Bleacher Report

Sure, first-nighters are supposed to make an immediate impact. But which later-round pick is poised to make the biggest leap in their freshman year in the pros? This list spotlights third-rounder Neville Gallimore from Oklahoma for his rare versatility.

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Cowboys News: Reinstatement chances for Gregory, Dallas the next dynasty?

More on Aldon Smith’s reinstatement, new numbers in Dak’s contract saga, who made the Top 100, and who wants an empty AT&T Stadium?

Christmas came early for the Cowboys and former Pro Bowler Aldon Smith. Now that the formerly dominant defensive star has been reinstated by the league, there’s plenty of getting up to speed for fans to do on what this means, both for Smith personally as well as from the team’s perspective. And what about Randy Gregory? Will he have his suspension lifted, too?

There’s also some new (but expected) math involved in the Dak Prescott contract saga, an eagerly-awaited list that ranks several Cowboys lower than expected, and whispers of how likely a new Dallas dynasty might be. All that, plus the team’s new man in the middle, an old-school football tradition falls by the wayside, and a division rival is hoping for an empty stadium when he visits Arlington. That’s all ahead in this edition of News and Notes.

Cowboys’ Aldon Smith reinstated by NFL from suspension after four-year absence :: USA Today

After a 54-month hiatus from the National Football League, the top-ten pick from 2011 has been cleared to add to his 47.5 career-sack resume starting Tuesday. The reinstatement follows a videoconference with commissioner Roger Goodell and comes the same day former sackmaster DeMarcus Ware expressed optimism that Smith could excel in the Cowboys’ new-look defense.

Instant analysis: How Aldon Smith fits Cowboys, what his role might be :: Cowboys Wire

Here’s the nuts and bolts of what Smith’s reinstatement means to the team, from his reunion with his 49ers position coach to his rocked-up physique to how he fits in with the likes of DeMarcus Lawrence, Gerald McCoy, and rookie Neville Gallimore.

Mike Garofalo breaks down Aldon Smith’s reinstatement :: NFL.com

The NFL Network insider shares some of what the league reportedly told Aldon Smith as they officially granted his reinstatement, including a plea that he use his experience to become an “example” to young players.

Aldon Smith received his long-awaited NFL reinstatement. Will Cowboys DE Randy Gregory be next? :: The Dallas Morning News

Aldon Smith wasn’t the only suspended defensive stud the Cowboys front office gambled on this offseason. Randy Gregory, suspended indefinitely in early 2019 but retained by the club, finds himself in a holding pattern similar to the one Smith just got out of. Gregory’s agent had this to say about his client’s chances of also being cleared to return: “We are working through the process.”

Cowboys Contracts: ‘Dak wants 45M for 5th year’ – and what that means :: Cowboy Maven

Analyst Chris Simms made waves on Tuesday by floating supposedly-inside info on the club’s back-and-forth with Dak Prescott, citing proposed numbers. The previous suppositions by Mike Fisher has been recalibrated, no longer saying the difference between the two sides is solely four-vs-five years for the same amount of annual salary.

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It seems Prescott indeed would be alright with a fifth year to the deal if it matches where the salary cap and the going rate for QBs will likely be.

Ware says Cowboys have offered ‘as much as they can’ for Dak :: 247Sports

Ex-Dallas defensive star DeMarcus Ware said in a new TV interview, “your play creates your pay.” When it comes to Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott, Ware suggests, “Yeah, he made it deep into the playoffs, but you haven’t won any championships. If you maybe had one of those rings on your hand, you might get 40 or 50 [million] right now.”

Pete Prisco’s top 100 NFL players of 2020: Patrick Mahomes takes top spot, Lamar Jackson cracks top 10 :: CBS Sports

When the senior writer of CBS Sports ranks his 100 best players, people listen. Cowboys fans may take issue with the placement of their team’s seven representatives: Ezekiel Elliott (17), Dak Prescott (46), Zack Martin (50), DeMarcus Lawrence (58), La’el Collins (77), Tyron Smith (80), and Amari Cooper (81).

Looney brings enthusiasm to new opportunity :: The Mothership

The team’s official website takes an in-depth look at fan favorite Joe Looney as he prepares to take over for the retired Travis Frederick as the Cowboys’ starting center.  He’ll bring his trademark positive attitude as he battles fourth-round draft pick Tyler Biadasz for the job in camp.

NFL’s next great dynasty? Chiefs, Cowboys, Bills among candidates :: NFL.com

Now that the Belichick/Brady partnership has been busted up, NFL.com columnist Adam Schein thinks the Cowboys have the fourth-best shot at being the league’s next dynasty.

Why the three-point stance could become a football thing of the past :: ESPN

A fascinating read here on the delicate dance between making football safer to play while allowing the most popular sport in America to remain recognizable. Kevin Seifert explains the science behind why the game’s youngest players are no longer allowed to put their hands in the dirt before the snap… and what such a rule change could ultimately mean for the evolution of the sport.

Ron Rivera: ‘It might be refreshing’ to play in Dallas, Philly without fans :: NBC Sports Washington

New Redskins coach Ron Rivera will be looking for every edge he can get in taking over the 3-13 team he inherited. In mulling over the prospect of playing the 2020 season in empty stadiums, Rivera says, “When you have to go someplace like Dallas or Philadelphia, it might be refreshing that you don’t have their fans in the stands. That’s for darn sure.”

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4 Cowboys draft picks named to PFF’s best-of-2010s decade list

PFF released their top 101 players of the 2010’s, see what Cowboys made the cut.

In the past decade PFF, or Pro Football Focus, has become a household name for their analysis and player grading systems. Recently, PFF published their list of the top 101 NFL players, since the 2010-2011 season. A number of Dallas Cowboys or former Cowboys made the list, including a trio of offensive linemen that should come as no surprise.

Before getting into the rankings a look at some of the criteria used. Rather than focusing on things like talent and potential, this list focus on measurable aspects of the game, such as production, efficiency and performance over the last 10 seasons. The ranking also values postseason performance, total playing time in the decade, and it was created with a “all positions created equal” mentality.

Without further ado, let’s look at the Cowboys that cracked PFF’s top 101 players of the last decade.

34. Travis Frederick, C

PFF: “It’s a shame that illness curtailed a career that was trending towards being one of the greatest in NFL history. Frederick hit the ground running as a pro and graded above 85.0 for the first five seasons of his career before Guillain-Barre syndrome forced him to miss the entirety of the 2018 season. He returned in 2019 and played the whole season, but he wasn’t the same player (though he was still very solid), so he chose to walk away. Even five years of Frederick’s best play is enough to see him rank among the best players of the past decade.”

43. Tyron Smith, T

PFF: “One of the most talented offensive linemen of all time, Tyron Smith has battled through injuries and still ended up as one of the best players of the decade. His peak play was as good as that of any tackle in NFL history. His 2015 regular season grade of 95.0 is the best single-season mark we have ever given to a tackle, and even though he suffered a number of injuries over the second half of the decade, he has never graded below 75.0 overall. Tyron Smith is the player every young offensive lineman wishes he could be — he has been one of the best players of the past decade in the trenches.”

51. Zack Martin, G

PFF: “One of the most consistently dominant linemen in the league every year, Zack Martin may have been the third-most-heralded lineman on his own offensive line for the better part of his career, often taking a backseat while Tyron Smith and Travis Frederick were heavily praised. However, the past few seasons have seen him elevate his game and earn far more recognition in his own right. Going up against — and largely shutting down — Fletcher Cox twice a season within the NFC East will help in that regard, and Martin has now earned an overall PFF grade above 85.0 in five of his first six seasons in the NFL.”

75. Dez Bryant, WR

PFF: “Late-career Dez Bryant became solely a possession receiver, but he was a true game-changer at his peak and a worthy heir to Michael Irvin’s No. 88 jersey in Dallas. Only 40 wide receivers caught 400 or more passes over the course of the decade. Meanwhile, Bryant caught 359 passes that moved the chains alone. He also broke 87 tackles and was singularly difficult to bring to the ground one on one at his best. For his career, Bryant produced a 101.9 passer rating for his quarterbacks when targeted.”

Those four players are the only players that made the list after spending the majority of the decade in Dallas. Two defensive linemen with recent connections also made the cut; recent signing Gerald McCoy, as well as Michael Bennett, who spent this past season with Dallas before leaving in the offseason.

72. Gerald McCoy, DT

PFF: “How fitting that Ndamukong Suh and Gerald McCoy — forever compared as draft prospects — end up one after another on the PFF Top 101 of the decade. McCoy is one of just five interior defenders to have notched 400 or more total pressures over the decade and was regularly the lone threat along the Tampa Bay defensive line that seemed impressively unable to surround him with any kind of assistance. McCoy has been one of the most consistently disruptive defensive tackles of the last decade.”

74.Michael Bennett, DL

PFF: “Michael Bennett, at his best, was a unique force along the defensive line. Ostensibly an edge rusher, he would spend considerable time inside as a defensive tackle and use his child-sized shoulder pads combined with his speed and quickness to knife through the defensive line and wreak havoc in the backfield. Only Von Miller and Cameron Wake had more total pressures over the decade than Bennett did, and no defensive lineman tackled the runner closer to the line of scrimmage on average than he did. For the decade, his average tackle depth was just half a yard downfield against the run.”

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Three Badgers included in PFF’s ‘All-Decade Top 101’

Sam Monson and the ProFootballFocus team compiled a list of the 101 best NFL players from the 2010s this week and included three former…

Sam Monson and the ProFootballFocus team compiled a list of the 101 best NFL players from the 2010s this week and included three former Badgers: J.J. Watt, Joe Thomas and Travis Frederick.

The website lists the top 101 players in the NFL after each season, but now that the decade has turned they took a shot at the best players to play in the league from 2010-2019.

The highest ranked was No. 9 overall J.J. Watt.

“Before Aaron Donald came on the scene, J.J. Watt was the most destructive defensive force PFF had ever graded in the NFL,” the article reads. “Watt had a four-season run with PFF grades of at least 91.4, averaging 93 total pressures per year in that time, a figure which led the league in 2019. J.J. Watt’s best play is as good as anything the league has seen.”

The Wisconsin native is the only active player of the three Badgers listed above and is under contract through the 2021 season. Though he has dealt with injuries since he entered the league, sings point towards a few more peak years for Watt as he continues to have one of the best NFL careers a Badger has ever had.

The next player on the list is Joe Thomas at No. 11 overall.

“Joe Thomas is unquestionably one of the best players in NFL history; he was the gold standard for pass protection from the moment he entered the NFL,” the article reads. “Thomas had three straight seasons in the decade with a PFF grade above 90.0 and will be Canton-bound before long.”

I detailed Thomas’ career last week and shared the remarkable NFL-best streak he had of 10,363 consecutive snaps played. If that isn’t enough, during his 11-year NFL career the Wisconsin native made 10 Pro Bowl appearances and was nominated to six All-Pro teams while blocking for a plethora of sub-par quarterbacks who did not make his job an easy one.

Travis Frederick, the last Badger on the list of 101 players, landed at No. 34 overall.

“It’s a shame that illness curtailed a career that was trending towards being one of the greatest in NFL history,” the article reads. “Frederick hit the ground running as a pro and graded above 85.0 for the first five seasons of his career before Guillain-Barre syndrome forced him to miss the entirety of the 2018 season…Even five years of Frederick’s best play is enough to see him rank among the best players of the past decade.”

Frederick just recently retired after the 2019 season and, as written by Monson, was dominant enough that only five peak years were enough to land him at No. 34 on the list. The Wisconsin native finished his seven-year career with six seasons of 16 games played, five Pro Bowl appearances and one All-Pro nomination.

Wisconsin’s 2nd-string offensive line in 2010 now costs more than $28 million

Wisconsin is known to be an offensive line factory for NFL teams, as year-after-year news comes out about a former Badger offensive…

Wisconsin is known to be an offensive line factory for NFL teams, as year-after-year news comes out about a former Badger offensive lineman in the NFL getting a big payday or signing their second or third contract with a team.

Just last year there were eight Wisconsin products up front for NFL teams with some of the highest earners being the Saints’ Ryan Ramczyk at $2.4 million, Kevin Zeitler at $5 million, Rick Wagner at $11.9 million and Travis Frederick at $10.97 million.

One of the most impressive and hard-to-believe stats about Barry Alvarez‘s football program being an incredible offensive line pipeline to the NFL: the 2nd-string offensive line to open the 2010 season in Madison is now worth more than $28 million.

The backup line, from left to right, was Robert Burge, Ryan Groy, Frederick, Zeitler and Wagner.

Four of those players, all except for Burge, were on NFL rosters in 2019 and their contracts were as follows:

Ryan Groy: $800,000

Travis Frederick: $10,975,000

Kevin Zeitler: $5,000,000

Rick Wagner: $11,900,000

That’s a combined $28,675,000 given to four players that opened the 2010 season not good enough to make the cut for the starting lineup.

With o-line contracts continuing to grow bigger and bigger–the highest-paid linemen now making upwards of $16 million a year–expect that number for later classes to continue to rise as the Wisconsin program continues to send their standouts up front to the next level.

Cowboys add OL depth with former first-rounder Cameron Erving

Dallas continues to stock its roster, this time adding a former first-round lineman who won a Super Bowl ring last year with Kansas City.

The Cowboys have added some beef to the offensive line following the retirement of Travis Frederick and free agency departures of Cameron Fleming and Xavier Su’a-Filo.

The club has agreed to terms with five-year veteran Cameron Erving, according to the official team website. Erving played most recently with Kansas City, starting eight games at left tackle during the Chiefs’ 2019 Super Bowl campaign. Erving can also play guard and even has experience at center. That multi-positional flexibility will make him a valuable addition to the Dallas line, where starters Tyron Smith and La’el Collins both missed time last season, and backups like Joe Looney, Fleming, and Su’a-Filo all played meaningful roles.

The new guy’s name may ring a bell with Cowboys fans. Erving was the other participant in an on-field scuffle with David Irving during the team’s 2016’s Week 9 win over Cleveland. Both players were ejected for the fight.

A first-round draft pick in 2015 out of Florida State, Erving spent his first two NFL seasons with the Browns before being traded to Kansas City in 2017. Erving is listed at 6-foot-5 inches and 313 pounds.

Looks like another smart and savvy pickup for the Cowboys, who continue to stock their roster with experienced players in key positions.

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