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IRVING, Texas - Day 2 of the Cowboys' organized team activities is today, but it is closed to the media. Here some observations from Day 1: What did Tony Romo actually do on the field? He was coach-like, especially with the receivers, tight ends ...

Kevin Scarbinsky of AL.com recently suggested that an NFL roster comprised exclusively of Alabama and LSU players wouldn't be a terrible idea. As he points out, according to a listing on ESPN.com, there are 49 players from LSU in the NFL and 41 pl...

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 -- 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...

BATON ROUGE, La. -- GeauxTigerNation writer Gary Laney answers your questions: From: Biff (Chicago): Do the recruiting coaches feel any advantage in having someone like Lavar Edwards, who wasn't a starter his senior year, get drafted into the NFL?...

IRVING, Texas -- Over the last few years, the Cowboys have had draft picks who weren't ready to start practicing come rookie minicamp. Sean Lee, Bruce Carter, Matt Johnson and Morris Claiborne were just some of the players whose careers were dela...

If ever the Dallas Cowboys were going to draft a quarterback and develop him behind Tony Romo, this year's fourth round would have been the time to do it. The Giants moved up to pick No. 110 to take Ryan Nassib. The Steelers took Landry Jones at No. ...

Where they're picking: No. 18 Conventional wisdom tells us the top six offensive linemen will be gone by 18, depriving the Cowboys of the chance to address their most significant short-term and long-term need. The mock drafts in which this happens...

Todd Archer ran some numbers, and his conclusion is that the Dallas Cowboys struggle with the draft. Here's some of his data: Since 2007, the Cowboys have drafted 47 players and only 18 remain. That's not good. After a quick perusal of the NFC East,...

IRVING, Texas - On Tuesday I upset some people when I questioned the philosophy the Cowboys chose in 2011 and '12 to select Tyron Smith and Morris Claiborne. I believe they left too much on the table by not taking a trade with Jacksonville in 2011...

The Cowboys moved up from the No. 14 spot of the 2012 NFL draft to select LSU cornerback Morris Claiborne with the sixth overall pick. Claiborne was the second-highest rated player on the Cowboys' draft board, following quarterback Andrew Luck. ...

There was concern, I won't lie, as I sat there with the No. 18 pick for the Dallas Cowboys in the ESPN.com blogger mock draft. Dallas absolutely needs to come out of the first round with a new starting offensive lineman, and they were going off the b...

Missing the playoffs again isn't an acceptable notion around Valley Ranch for the Dallas Cowboys. There are many questions surrounding this draft class, but the Cowboys can't miss here. The Cowboys have to find a starter or a significant contribut...

IRVING, Texas - Jerry Jones views himself as something of a gambler when it comes to the NFL draft. The Cowboys owner and general manager is willing to take some risks that others may not make. With their first-round picks the last two seasons, th...

IRVING, Texas - The Cowboys' pre-draft press conference took a strange turn when the Jones family, unprompted, went off on a tangent trying to justify their first-round picks from five years ago. The point was made through the prism of wanting to ...

Cowboys coach Jason Garrett runs the draft, and that could determine his future