I’m sure there are academics out there who would say I’m besmirching Aristotle’s good name by using one of his defining works in a fantasy football article. To those tweed-laden, bespectacled folks, I say, “hey, it was you who introduced me to the idea, is not applying it to every aspect of my life an…
Dallas Cowboys QB Rayne Dakota Prescott is set to be a rich man within the next calendar year or so. How rich exactly is anyone’s guess, but the 2016 4th round pick out of Mississippi State is eligible for a contract extension after the 2018 season and may look to cash in. Prescott has been…
Everything closes fast in the NFL. Pockets collapse, running lanes shrink and the window to win the Super Bowl can be wide open today and nailed shut tomorrow. A good quarterback improves those Super Bowl chances. He might help to give you a couple of windows instead of just one. Longevity with a team is…
The Dallas Cowboys entered the 2018 NFL Draft with immediate positions of need. Linebacker, offensive guard, wide receiver and tight end were the positions that still needed to be filled after the free agency period. The Cowboys War Room did an excellent job of filling those positions while also taking the best players atop their…
Jerry Jones made a difficult decision last Friday to let go of the Dallas Cowboys’ all-time leader in touchdown receptions, Dez Bryant. Bryant had a stellar eight seasons in Dallas accumulating 531 catches for 7,459 yards and 73 touchdowns during that span. However, a majority of the aforementioned production was collected during his first five…
Since the end of the 2014 NFL season, the Dallas Cowboys haven’t been able to get the same production out of Dez Bryant as they once had. They’ve now decided this is the best time for him to be released and to save on the salary cap. Hitting the market in April will make it…
The NFL’s top wide receivers have been evolving in recent seasons and it’s currently having an impact on how we evaluate and value certain traits at the position. Two drafts ago, Ole Miss WR Laquon Treadwell was considered the next Dez Bryant due to his inability to create consistent separation and strong ball skills, highlighted…
The “How Were They Built” series is a 32-part set of pieces showcasing how each team’s roster in the National Football League was constructed. I’ll dive into how the players were acquired, either by trade, the draft, or free agency, how much money is spent on each position, and give a brief summary of the…
It was an odd last couple months for Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys offense. Prescott wound up going through the most difficult stretch of games in his short career. During the Ezekiel Elliott suspension, Prescott was sacked 17 times – eight of those came against Atlanta while LT Tyron Smith was inactive – and…
The Cowboys offense had yet to put points on the board with about a minute left in the first half of their Monday night tilt against the Arizona Cardinals. It was looking a lot like their 25-point loss in Denver the previous week on the offensive side of the ball. The Dallas offensive line wasn’t…
Led by offensive coordinator Scott Linehan, the Dallas Cowboys are using Run/Pass Options (RPO) to be more creative in the Red Zone in order to give their second year quarterback Dak Prescott more space to work with. It appears the team installed it last season when they used it in their comeback against the Green…
Dak Prescott is the starting quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys. A year ago that sentence might have given some people in Dallas anxiety. After all, Prescott was a fourth round rookie quarterback who was replacing the then franchise quarterback Tony Romo after a preseason injury. Yet, after one of the league’s best rookie seasons for…
Rich men play games like spiders while their prey, including ordinary folk, spin endlessly in a web, caught up in the gossamer fabrics of an ecosystem that demands its attention and participation. This is nowhere more evident than in the world of football where the game played out on the field goes hand and bushel…
With mandatory minicamps just finishing it’s officially holdout season: The time of year when players publicly announce their displeasure with their current contract and choose not to attend training camp to create leverage for an extension or a new deal. You’ll see this with players on their rookie deals and disgruntled veterans who believe their…
Background Travis Frederick was selected in the first round (pick 31) of the 2013 NFL Draft surprising nearly every analyst as well as Frederick himself. Six of the top 11 picks in that draft were offensive linemen, and Frederick was the ninth OL drafted in the first-round. Since that surprising selection in 2013, Frederick has…
It’s pretty much a word that Cole Beasley uses to sum up his ability to create separation with defenders last season. Because of Dez Bryant’s injury, Beasley developed a special chemistry with quarterback Dak Prescott early on and had a career season, catching 75 passes for 833 yards and five touchdowns. Beasley even put together…