With a new head coach has come a new way of naming team captains for the Dallas Cowboys. Like he used to do in Green Bay, Mike McCarthy will be picking captains on a weekly basis and has started with QB Dak Prescott, LB Jaylon Smith, and LS … Read more
Written by: Jess Haynie
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The 2020 season is here and the excitement around the Dallas Cowboys is high, as it usually is. This year a stacked offense, a new head coach and a lot of new additions to the defense have reinvigorated Super Bowl aspirations across Cowboys Nation. The excitement should be … Read more
Written by: Shane Carter
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With football officially back it’s probably time for us to start looking at the Dallas Cowboys on a week to week basis. With that in mind I thought I’d share with all of you which players could end up being the Cowboys X-factor each week on both offense … Read more
Written by: Brian Martin
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Entering his fifth year with the Dallas Cowboys and fresh off his first Pro Bowl appearance, Jaylon Smith will be returning to a role similar to what he played during his time at Notre Dame. Smith is making the switch from middle to weak side linebacker under new … Read more
Written by: Brian Martin
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Cuando los Dallas Cowboys seleccionaron a Leighton Vander Esch en la primera ronda del NFL Draft 2018, muchos cuestionaron la selección. El linebacker proveniente de Boise State cargaba con muchas “banderas rojas” de salud que incluso habían causado que más de un equipo de la NFL lo eliminara … Read more
Written by: Mauricio Rodriguez
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We’re a little more than a week into Dallas Cowboys training camp and several players are making noise this Summer. Now we’re not talking about one or two practices, we’re talking about players who are consistently showing up as stand outs in the practice reports. As we generally … Read more
Written by: John Williams
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Last week when speaking to the media, Leighton Vander Esch confirmed that he’d be making the move to the middle linebacker role in the defense while Jaylon Smith would transition to weakside linebacker. Those two positions are generally pretty similar, especially as defenses play an overwhelming majority of … Read more
Written by: John Williams
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In 2018, the emergence of Jaylon Smith and then-rookie Leighton Vander Esch gave the Cowboys one of if not the best linebacker duo in the NFL. Sprinkle in veteran Sean Lee and you can make the case it was the best unit if it’s kind in the league. … Read more
Written by: Matthew Lenix
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On Sunday, star players from around the NFL executed a coordinated social media campaign to express their health and safety concerns about trying to play in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. DeMarcus Lawrence, Gerald McCoy, Jaylon Smith, three of the Dallas Cowboys’ top defensive stars, took to … Read more
Written by: Jess Haynie
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Cowboys linebacker Jaylon Smith has never been one to shy away from helping others off the field. This week, Smith hosted the inaugural Minority Entrepreneurship Institute Showcase as The Star in Frisco. Smith founded the MEI back in 2019, looking to help close the “economic and educational gap … Read more
Written by: Kevin Brady
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With all of the additions the Dallas Cowboys made this offseason, there’s a lot to be excited and intrigued about. On offense, the Dallas Cowboys are going to be a lot of fun to watch and could contend to be the best offense in the NFL in 2020. … Read more
Written by: John Williams
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In 2018 when the Dallas Cowboys drafted Leighton Vander Esch, the team was set up to have a three-headed monster at linebacker. Unfortunately that season, Sean Lee only played in seven games due to multiple hamstring injuries. Last season, Vander Esch missed seven games with a neck issue … Read more
Written by: Matthew Lenix
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In 2018, Jaylon Smith and Leighton Vander Esch both took the NFL by storm and quickly established themselves as the best linebacker duo in the league. The former racked up 121 tackles and four sacks, while the latter led the team with 140 tackles and garnered Pro Bowl … Read more
Written by: Matthew Lenix
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With a new coaching staff comes a new outlook on the talent that the Dallas Cowboys have on the roster. They won’t see players the same way that the previous regime did and may look to deploy them in a way that might be more fruitful. Earlier this … Read more
Written by: John Williams
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Heading into in the 2019 season, the Dallas Cowboys were in a great position at the linebacker position. After Jaylon Smith and Leighton Vander Esch broke out in the 2018 season confidence at the linebacker position was sky-high. With Sean Lee and Joe Thomas providing depth, there was … Read more
Written by: John Williams
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Jaylon Smith’s career has been a rollercoaster. Originally thought of as a top ten pick in the 2016 draft, a potentially career ending knee injury sent Smith crashing down draft boards. No one knew where Smith would land on draft day, and no one knew what version of … Read more
Written by: Kevin Brady
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The Dallas Cowboys will now have greater representation at the 2020 Pro Bowl thanks to the additions of Wide Receiver Amari Cooper and Linebacker Jaylon Smith, who were named as alternates today. That takes the total number of Cowboys to six for this year’s game. The original selections … Read more
Written by: Jess Haynie
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Desperate times have fallen upon the Dallas Cowboys. After losing four of their last five games, they’re 7-8 and have watched their lead in the NFC East disappear as they are now one game behind the Philadelphia Eagles. The inconsistent play of the Cowboys has made for a … Read more
Written by: Matthew Lenix
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If there’s one thing the current Dallas Cowboys front office should be acclaimed for, it’s their ability to draft. Outside of just a couple blips on the radar, each draft class the Cowboys have put together over the last decade has been rather impressive. From nailing first round … Read more
Written by: Kevin Brady
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After a three-game losing streak, the Dallas Cowboys have bounced back with two consecutive wins against the Philadelphia Eagles and New York Giants. They currently sit at 5-3 and hold the top spot in the NFC East. This Sunday night the Cowboys host the 6-3 Minnesota Vikings who … Read more
Written by: Matthew Lenix
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The Dallas Cowboys started to get the return on their investment of Jaylon Smith in a major way in 2018. He finished with 121 tackles (six tackles for loss), four sacks, four passes defended, two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, and a touchdown. With that type of production … Read more
Written by: Matthew Lenix
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