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IRVING, Texas - When defensive coordinator Rob Ryan was shown the door after last season, it seemed much of the team's swagger and boasting went with him. But as the Cowboys kicked off OTAs on Tuesday at Valley Ranch, safety Barry Church would not...

The Cowboys' projected starting defensive line is Anthony Spencer, Jason Hatcher, Jay Ratliff and DeMarcus Ware. Three of the four starters -- Hatcher, Ratliff and Ware -- are in their 30s, and Spencer and Hatcher are entering the final year of th...

IRVING, Texas - If Monte Kiffin ever feels his age, he can turn to safety Will Allen to feel young again. Allen's defensive coordinator last year in Pittsburgh was Dick LeBeau, who is older than Kiffin. LeBeau turns 76 in September. Kiffin turn...

Dallas Cowboys What are the Cowboys' top storylines this offseason? The Dallas Morning News shares its top 10. Monte Kiffin and Rod Marinelli are already making an impact in Dallas. New York Giants Rookie safety Cooper Taylor models himse...

Monte Kiffin told his players to study two teams' defenses from last season: the Chicago Bears and Seattle Seahawks. A couple of Kiffin disciples (new Dallas defensive line coach Rod Marinelli and new Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Gus Bradley) c...

GRAPEVINE, Texas - Linebacker Bruce Carter has heard one name over and over again since the Cowboys hired Monte Kiffin as defensive coordinator. "Everybody's just been hitting me with it - Derrick Brooks, Derrick Brooks," Carter said. "That's a go...

This Friday's links are sorted in order of the populations of the states in which the teams play their home games. Enjoy. Dallas Cowboys Jason Witten will be happy to welcome second-round pick Gavin Escobar as a teammate and fellow Cowboys tigh...

GRAPEVINE, Texas -- Change is nothing new for Dallas Cowboys cornerback Brandon Carr. After all, he'll be adjusting to a new defensive coordinator for the third consecutive season. Carr played for Romeo Crennel in 2011 with Kansas City, Rob Ryan l...

GRAPEVINE, Texas - Will Allen came in as a fourth-round pick at Tampa Bay with Monte Kiffin as his defensive coordinator in 2004. Nine years later, Allen has been reunited with Kiffin, who is in his first year as the Cowboys' defensive coordinator, ...

Cowboys' new defensive coaches hammering home the importance of creating turnovers.

The Cowboys insist moving DeMarcus Ware is no big deal, but it comes with risks.

Football Outsiders is doing a series of posts called "Red Flags," which take a look at the biggest remaining issue facing each team with the draft behind us and minicamps getting underway. Today's post is on the NFC East teams , and I'm breaking it u...

Things tend to get lost in translation when Jerry Jones goes off on a tangent. So it's no surprise that much of the initial reaction to Jerry's post-draft declaration that Tony Romo would spend "Peyton Manning-type time" at Valley Ranch was off ba...

IRVING, Texas - Matt Eberflus came to the Cowboys in 2011 as Rob Ryan's wingman. When Ryan was jettisoned after the 2012 season, the Cowboys made sure they kept Eberflus, their linebackers coach, despite making the move from Ryan's 3-4 to Monte Ki...

The Dallas Cowboys' new 4-3 defensive alignment, with Monte Kiffin as coordinator and Rod Marinelli as line coach, will require the four man on the defensive line to be responsible for the pass rush. This may sound obvious to some, but Marinelli is m...

Few things betray Roger Goodell's unquenchable thirst for power like the NFL's efforts to be a constant fixture in the sports calendar. It's not enough that football dominates Sundays (and Mondays, and now Thursdays) between September and February. N...