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LeBron James talking about Kobe Bryant yesterday (Video: @SportsCenter)
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Jay Williams speaking about Kobe Bryant
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Troy Aikman on @dfwticket on Cowboys WR CeeDee Lamb only having one catch vs. the 49ers:
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Cowboys pregame video honoring Ezekiel Elliott
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John Madden, the G.O.A.T.
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CeeDee vs. Diggs
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Dak Prescott was extremely emotional as he was leaving the field
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AT&T Stadium doors have opened for Cowboys vs. Seahawks
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Your dad says one thing and you’re going to Sacramento
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Most TDs scored in the NFL this season
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The Cowboys play on turf. Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb made it clear that they both prefer to play on grass. Micah Parsons said he’d play on concrete if he had to. Dak: “He’s young.”
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Cowboys WR CeeDee Lamb recently had a significant amount of ink added to his back (Photos: Andres Ortega on Instagram instagram.com/p/Co8hrbGpQiL/…)
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Minnesota fans booed Luka Doncic as he spoke after winning conference finals MVP. Luka then booed them back
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Cowboys path to Super Bowl No. 6: - Beat the Giants - Have Eagles beat Washington - Beat Tom Brady - Beat Aaron Rodgers in Green Bay - Beat Drew Brees in New Orleans - Beat Patrick Mahomes in Super Bowl It’s that easy.
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Troy Aikman with tears in his eyes as Jimmy Johnson chokes up while talking about how much it means to him to now be a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
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Odell Beckham Jr., Micah Parsons and Trevon Diggs arriving at the Mavericks game
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George Pickens, Dak Prescott pregame pep talk
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Dak to Zeke: “Hold my crutches.” 😂
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New WR drill Amari Cooper and Michael Gallup were working on today
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Since 1970
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Cowboys QB Dak Prescott receiving the Walter Payton Man of the Year award before the Super Bowl in Arizona. Eagles fans booing him. Dak laughs: “Philly fans.”
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That settles it. He would’ve went to Duke
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Big cheers for Cowboys WR Amari Cooper and CB Trevon Diggs as they’re shown on the Alabama sideline during today’s Cotton Bowl
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Cowboys owner Jerry Jones on @1053thefan said an Eagles fan told him today: "Keep doing the job you're doing this year."
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Dallas Cowboys’ projected offensive starters Sunday vs. the Giants: QB: Dak Prescott RB: Ezekiel Elliott TE: Jason Witten WR: Amari Cooper WR: Michael Gallup WR: Randall Cobb RT: La’el Collins RG: Zack Martin C: Travis Frederick LG: Connor Williams LT: Tyron Smith
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John Madden calling NFL games was the absolute best
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Who did this?
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Trevon Diggs to his son Aaiden
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Cowboys RB Tony Pollard with a new tattoo leg sleeve via Onder Ink (same group that recently did work for Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb) instagram.com/reel/CqbvyyPgX…
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Dak Prescott has seen enough of the missed extra points. “Go for f**ckin’ two!”
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Cowboys CB Trevon Diggs was hurt at first when Nick Saban wanted to move him from WR to CB at Alabama. Diggs was in tears. He now thanks Saban for making that move
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Larry Allen lifting 225 pounds 43 times
NFL Legacy
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Stephon Gilmore, Brandon Aubrey
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Dak Prescott on the Cowboys releasing Ezekiel Elliott
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Dak Prescott pulled a turkey leg out of the red kettle
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Micah Parsons beats out Tyreek Hill, Nick Chubb and Trevon Diggs (Video: @NFL)
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Great photo from last night taken by @dallascowboys
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Kaiir Elam interception and great celebration
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Cowboys LB Micah Parsons wins NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year
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“Let’s go home. I’d rather be in Dallas anyway.” (Video: @NFL)
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Dak Prescott
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The doors just opened at AT&T Stadium for the Cowboys home opener against the New York Jets
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Dak Prescott and George Pickens
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Former Cowboys WR Drew Pearson is going into the Pro Football Hall of Fame
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Dak Prescott’s neighbors put up a “Get Well Soon” sign in front of his home (Photo: @SuzanCahanin)
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JR Smith
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New Cowboys WR George Pickens
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Amari Cooper when he was asked in February if he could imagine playing with a 41-year-old Tom Brady: “No. I don’t want to play with Tom Brady. I want to beat Tom Brady. I want to play with Dak Prescott. And I believe that we can get the job done.”
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Some Cowboys player is screaming in the locker room right now. It lasted for at least a minute
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Cowboys LB Micah Parsons on not going on @undisputed: “My starting QB went down and we lost, I just didn’t think it was appropriate for me to be on the show at that point. I need to step up and be a leader. It shouldn’t be on TV, it should be in this locker room.”
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Micah Parsons in a group chat with Cowboys teammates: “If you don’t got your family in town or your wife don’t feel like cooking (for Thanksgiving), you’re more than welcome to come to my house. My mom makes enough for about 100 people. Anybody can come. I always enjoy bonding.”
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A tearful Emmitt Smith shares his thoughts on the passing of his former teammate Larry Allen (Video: Emmitt Smith’s Instagram)
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It’s going to be a long time before Cowboys fans believe in this franchise again
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2006 Miami Dolphins coaching staff
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The Cowboys headquarters, The Star, in Frisco
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NFL’s best defensive player, Micah Parsons
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Cowboys QB Dak Prescott has been named NFC Offensive Player of the Month Cowboys CB DaRon Bland has been named NFC Defensive Player of the Month
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A frustrated Jerry Jones had some comments about the sun impacting play at AT&T Stadium: “By the way, we know where the sun is going to be when we decide to flip the coin or not. We do know where the damn sun is going to be in our own stadium.” Why not put up curtains over the windows? Jerry: “Well let’s tear the damn stadium down and build another one? Are you kidding me? “Everybody has got the same thing. Every team that comes in here has the same issues. “I’m saying, the world knows where the sun is. You get to know that almost a year in advance. Someone asked me about the sun. What about the sun? Where’s the moon?”
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Micah Parsons last year while the Cowboys were on the clock: “We want Dallas. If it’s Dallas, I’m crying.” (Video: @NFL)
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This was ruled not a TD for Luke Schoonmaker
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Micah Parsons has been voted the 2021 NFL Rookie of the Year and NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year by @PFWAwriters. Parsons is the third Cowboys player selected as the PFWA’s Rookie of the Year (Tony Dorsett in 1977, Ezekiel Elliott in 2016) and the first to receive DPOY.
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Trevon Diggs playing WR, Stefon Diggs playing CB
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The reaction in the Cowboys draft room when Jerry Jones told the team’s assistant director of college scouting Chris Vaughn that Dallas was drafting his son, Kansas State RB Deuce Vaughn (Video: @jlkurtz)
John Kurtz
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Micah Parsons got his wish, he texted Cowboys DC Dan Quinn earlier in the day that he wanted Mazi Smith (Video: @BleacherReport)
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After reviewing the two tripping penalties in yesterday’s game, the NFL told the Cowboys today that they should not have been called
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Tony Romo in the Netflix Cowboys series says he believes Dallas has had teams over the last 30 years good enough to win the Super Bowl. They just didn’t have the key play or key quarter. Romo: “You want to blame Jerry for those things? It’s hard for me to ever think that.”
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DeMarvion Overshown is back at practice
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CBS camera capturing the Cowboys’ Landry Shift victory formation from above the line
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😳 (Video: Cowboyspride on IG)
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Dak Prescott, George Pickens, CeeDee Lamb
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Micah Parsons
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Jerry Jones after Quinnen Williams’ first sack as a Cowboy
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Simi Fehoko vs. Trevon Diggs
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Here’s why Dak Prescott had a cut under his right eye after the game (Video: @insidetheNFL)
Inside the NFL
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AT&T Stadium doors have opened for Cowboys vs. 49ers
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Dez Bryant and Cole Beasley before tonight’s playoff game (Photo via @akoPhoto1, @AaronKazreports)
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Micah Parsons two years ago while the Cowboys were on the clock: “We want Dallas. If it’s Dallas, I’m crying.” (Video: @NFL)
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Earl Thomas went into Cowboys locker room to talk with Dez. Earl to Garrett: “If y’all have the chance, come get me.”
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Dallas Mavericks fans would like the team’s GM fired
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Jim Nantz mentions to Tony Romo that yesterday was the 5-year anniversary of the overturned Dez Bryant catch in Green Bay. Romo: “That’s a great memory, Jim. Let’s go to break so I can be very upset. See you when we get back.”
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Dez Bryant greeting the entire team on their way back to the locker room
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Source: The Cowboys have traded for WR Brandin Cooks. Dallas’ potential starting offense: QB: Dak Prescott RB: Tony Pollard WR: CeeDee Lamb WR: Michael Gallup WR: Brandin Cooks TE: Jake Ferguson LT: Tyron Smith LG: Tyler Smith C: Tyler Biadasz RG: Zack Martin RT: Terence Steele
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Cowboys vs. Raiders
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George Pickens 👀
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Dallas Cowboys’ projected Week 1 starters: QB: Dak Prescott RB: Ezekiel Elliott WR: Amari Cooper WR: Randall Cobb WR: Michael Gallup TE: Jason Witten LT: Tyron Smith LG: Connor Williams C: Travis Frederick RG: Zack Martin RT: La’el Collins
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Micah Parsons was not sick. He took some C4 energy powder before the game. “I got some water to help put it down. By the fifth play it felt like my heart was gonna jump outta my chest. I felt like I was about to explode. I’m never doing that shit again.”
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They said trading a first-round pick was too much
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Cowboys rookie LB/DE Micah Parsons said he had lunch with future Hall of Famer DeMarcus Ware yesterday. Got some playoff tips
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Cowboys DC Mike Nolan just stopped his conference call with reporters because he had Tobasco sauce on his finger and accidentally wiped his eye
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Cowboys fans at today’s training camp practice
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Cowboys DE Micah Parsons: “There’s really not much movement” on contract talks. “I want to be here. At the end of the day, they sign the checks. Let’s see if they want me to be here.” “I’m doing this for myself and my teammates. This isn’t for Jerry.”
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Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer had an owl get into his house last night. “I don’t know if the owl was looking for the snakes (that recently bit his dogs) or what was going on, but it’s actually the story of a coach’s wife. So I’m in game plan meetings last night doing some red zone stuff and I leave the meeting about 10 o’clock and I go back to my phone, and I literally had 72 text messages on my phone. Seventy-two. I’m a popular guy, so that’s nothing abnormal. “But it literally started with a text from my son to his mother saying, ‘There’s a big hawk-sized bird in here,’ and I began to look down and there was an owl. My son was doing some work and he had the sliders open and all of a sudden an owl came (into the house). “We’re not very outdoorsy people and so he wasn’t really quite sure what to do, so he called my soon-to-be nephew, who’s marrying my niece, and the two of them together, Frick and Frack, tried to figure it out. They couldn’t do it. All they did was piss it off. And so in typical coaching fashion, I called my wife and I said, ‘Honey, I’m going to stay at the condo tonight, you got this.’ “But they got the owl removed. The owl has been returned to its safe domain. … They called animal control. A gentleman came with a net, like a pool net. I might have to look at that as another job. Just kinda become an animal control guy. I’m so experienced now with wildlife in and around Dallas. “I think we won when we had the snake issue, so that’s probably a good omen. I’ll put an elephant in my garage if I have to next. If that’s what it takes to win, I’ll do it.” (Photo: gemmi_schottenheimer on Instagram)
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Interceptions in first 18 NFL games: Ronde Barber: 2 Darrell Green: 2 Jalen Ramsey: 2 Ty Law: 3 Patrick Peterson: 3 Darrelle Revis: 4 Rod Woodson: 4 Charles Woodson: 5 Deion Sanders: 6 Richard Sherman: 6 Champ Bailey: 7 Trevon Diggs: 10
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Cowboys Pro Bowlers: Trevon Diggs, Micah Parsons, CeeDee Lamb, Bryan Anger (Photo: instagram.com/p/CZmxhBOPNBb/…)
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Troy Aikman on Jimmy Johnson making @ProFootballHOF: “It was emotional for me b/c I know what he meant to those teams. I know that he built those teams...He deserved to be in it before anyone else was in it from the (90s Cowboys) group..I think he’s gonna look real good in gold.”
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George Pickens: “It’s definitely a relief (to get my first TD). I wanted to get in that box. It’s definitely for the team, because I know what type of guys we have. So with special plays like (yesterday), we can win a lot of games.” CeeDee Lamb: “You start to understand how much of a demon he really is. He can take over the game. He’s electric. Just give him an opportunity. He drew like 5 (pass interference penalties). I mean, do what you want with that information.” Dak Prescott: “They keep pass (interfering with him). We’re good. We can get better. Me and CeeDee can get better. All of us can get better. That’s the standard. … He’s continuing to grow in the right direction, and (I’m) proud of the work that he’s put in and the trust that we have in each other.”
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Cowboys are wearing these on Sunday
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Trevon Diggs grew up about 10 minutes from FedEx Field. He never went to a Washington game. “I was a Cowboys fan. Never went to one.”
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Amari Cooper said on the game-winning TD he came back in the huddle, lined up on the left. Amari said CeeDee Lamb wanted the ball bad. Cooper Rush said the play was double left. Lamb to Amari: “Coop, you want to let me get this?” Amari: “Hell no!”
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Nice work, Will McClay
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