The NFC East’s season kicks off tonight when the Eagles host the Packers at 7:15 p.m. Fortunately for me, since I don’t have a Peacock subscription, I don’t have to watch it. But it does mean it’s time for my … Read more
Written by: Richard Paolinelli
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After the first half of the Cowboys-Raiders preseason game on Saturday, it looked like the word of the week was going to be: Anemic. Because the NFC East was looking pretty anemic when it came to the scoreboard in the second week of preseason play. Philadelphia managed only … Read more
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The Dallas Cowboys have executed their second trade in as many weeks, stunning and exciting all of Cowboys Nation. As reported by several news outlets, the Cowboys sent a 2025 6th round pick to the New York Giants in exchange for DT Jordan Phillips and a 2025 7th … Read more
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The first full week of the NFL preseason is in the books. The NFC East exited the week with a 2-2 record. With the lone exception of Washington, most of the expected starters at nearly all of the skill positions rode the bench. That trend is likely to … Read more
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It’s opening day of the 2024 training camp for the Dallas Cowboys out in Oxnard. Which means it’s time for another edition of my way-too-early season predictions. Yesterday, my colleague Mario Herrera Jr. took umbrage with USA Today’s prediction of Dallas finishing 8-9 and in second place in … Read more
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With training camp set to open on Wednesday, the Dallas Cowboys officially begin their run on a new NFL season. We rarely mix sports and politics around here, but the fact is that we’re also in the run-up to a presidential election too. So let us dare to … Read more
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There has not been a division in football that has had more turnover than the NFC East in the last 20 years. The talk of the summer has been how bad the Cowboys front office is, the contract situations with CeeDee Lamb and Dak Prescott, followed by Micah … Read more
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The 2023 Dallas Cowboys schedule saw seven matchups with postseason teams, and to say they struggled in those seven critical games is an understatement. Dallas went 3-5 in total, including that embarrassing playoff loss to the Green Bay Packers. This trend has stuck around for the Cowboys in … Read more
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As we have pointed out ad nauseam here, it’s been nearly 30 years since the Cowboys have done any of the following: Won, or even played in, a Super Bowl. Won, or even played in, an NFC title game. Won a divisional round playoff game. The main reason … Read more
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When it comes to coaching staffs in the NFC East, the Dallas Cowboys have arguably the best overall among the top three positions. Mike McCarthy has won a Super Bowl and has led Dallas to three straight 12–5 seasons. Of the division’s head coaches, he’s the only one … Read more
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In yesterday’s post about the Cowboys’ defensive line I offered the option of moving Micah Parsons to a full-time linebacker in 2024. The primary reason for that suggestion is simple. The Cowboys do not have a solid group at linebacker on the depth chart. The loss of Leighton … Read more
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In Mike Zimmer’s second turn as the Dallas Cowboys’ Defensive Coordinator, he has three rooms in various need of improvement. In the case of the defensive line, he has a lot of work to do. The interior of that line was the Cowboys’ Achilles Heel in 2023 and … Read more
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Every team in the NFC East shares one thing in common — they will start the 2024 season with different offensive lines than those with which they ended the 2023 season. All four teams in the NFL’s NFC East division have large question marks hanging overhead as the … Read more
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When Dalton Schultz departed Dallas for Houston prior to the 2023 season, many felt the Cowboys were weak at tight end. Instead, they arguably have the best tight end in the NFC East. They could have the best tight end room in the division too. In his second … Read more
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For the most part, the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles have the best rooms at every position in the NFC East. This fact is never more apparent than when the four teams’ receivers rooms are examined. And the difference between Dallas and Philadelphia in this case is razor-thin. … Read more
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Barring a move between now and September’s opening kickoff, the Dallas Cowboys will go into the 2024 without a strong RB1. True, Ezekiel Elliott will likely be the starter, but the Cowboys will be a running back by committee team. They’ll likely be a pass-first team too. The … Read more
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The question posed by the headline above is not so simple because it depends on which part of the season we’re in when the question is asked. If you are talking during the regular season then it is Dak Prescott hands down. But the water gets murky when … Read more
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It has been 19 years since an NFC East team won back-to-back division titles. The 2024 Dallas Cowboys have a chance to end that streak. Despite an off-season that disappointed many fans and pundits, the ingredients are in place for the Cowboys to repeat as division champions. In … Read more
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At the beginning of the month I wrote a pre-draft/free agency prediction post regarding the NFC East. For those of you not wanting to jump over and review it the gist of it was that the Eagles were predicted to win the division in 2024. The Cowboys were … Read more
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Eagles Nation, tell me, please: What’s it like to have a front office that actually seems to know what it’s doing? While the Cowboys appeared to be throwing darts at the wall and picking whoever the dart hit on the final day of the draft, the rest of … Read more
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It’s finally draft week and the 2024 NFL Draft is just a few days away where the Chicago Bears are waiting to make the first overall pick. I decided to do a full NFC East 7-round mock draft to see how the division rivals can draft players in … Read more
Written by: Mario Herrera Jr.
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