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From Disaster To Dominance, How The Cowboys Built The Next Great Wall Of Dallas

... of mowing down defensive linemen and scraping by them to make blocks at the second level and all the way downfield. If he gets his body squared and both of his hands on a defender, Smith can do things that barely seem real. — ✭ Chase ✭ (@Chase Lab NFL) December 12, 2016. Where Smith really shines, though, is in pass protection. His massive arms and uncommonly strong hands give him an advantage against nearly any pass-rusher that tries to beat him with a power move. Announcers, coaches and players league-wide regularly acknowledge that once Smith hits a rusher with his initial punch, that player has nearly no chance to reach the Dallas quarterback, so strong is the impact of Smith hitting you. Those physical gifts, combined with his remarkably quick kick-step off the snap, result in his rarely getting ...

Cowboys Legend Roger Staubach Remembers How It Stuck

... wasn’t the first person to use the term as part of a sports explanation, but he’s the one who ignited the use of “Hail Mary” on a widespread basis. Before Staubach-to-Pearson, those desperate heaves were commonly referred to as a “bomb” or an “alley-oop” pass. More than 42 years since that magic at Metropolitan Stadium in Minneapolis, “Hail Mary” is such a widely used term that it’s transcended the football world. “Now it’s a term used for everything,” Staubach said. “Politicians and everybody else use it. One of the worse times I heard it used was when I was watching someone on TV talk about O. J. Simpson, and the commentator said, ‘Man, it’s going to take a Hail Mary for him to get another trial.’ “. Then Staubach pondered another possibility. Jason Garrett has earned Cowboys' respect, but it's still time to 'Finish the Fight'. “I could have ...

Atlanta Falcons Await Cowboys In Nfc Championship Game If Dallas Gets Past Packers

... up a dominating win over Detroit in the opening round, the game turning dramatically on a holding penalty in the second quarter that wiped out Hester's return to the Atlanta 7. Instead of having first-and-goal and a chance to extend a 10-7 lead, Seattle was backed up to its 7. After Thomas Rawls was thrown for a 3-yard loss, Wilson attempted to drop back for a pass. One problem: rookie right guard Rees Odhiambo, taking over after Germain Ifedi was injured, stepped back onto Wilson's foot, sending the quarterback tumbling down in the end zone. Ben Garland fell on Wilson for a safety that turned the momentum Atlanta's way. Matt Bryant's 35-yard field goal put the Falcons ahead to stay, and the home team closed out the first half with a 99-yard drive touchdown that was extended by Sanu's brilliant, one-handed catch for 22 yards with Jeremy Lane grabbing at his arm. After getting beat on Seattle's first possession, an Atlanta defense featuring four rookies ...

Cowboys Are Going To Beat The Packers In A 'landslide

... Bart Scott? Not so much. "The same way the Giants had a bad matchup, I'm saying Green Bay probably going to get their 'thing' handed to them pretty bad," Scott said. "(Rodgers is) going to have to be more efficient. He's not going to get as many possessions. That's the thing. When you can run the football [like the Cowboys], everything is available. The best defense is a great offense. That's why I say I think this is going to be a landslide.". "(Rodgers) can put up 24, but then I think at the same time, (the Cowboys have) shown that they can put up 34," Scott said. "Once you start running the ball, man, I'm telling you: It's like taking somebody's pride. It's like smacking somebody. Punch me in the face, kick me in the chest - don't smack me, man. That's like toying with me. I think this Dallas Cowboy line can toy with that light (Green Bay) line.". Scott goes on to say that the Cowboys will win "by about 10 points." Not exactly a blowout, but Scott argues that the 'Boys will be able to control the ...

Is This The Year The Cowboys Finally Have An Actual Home-field Advantage

... and '90 s Cowboys. It puts a fire in your step.”. But millennials aren’t the most commonly blamed Cowboys fan. Stan Shults put his Dallas Cowboys flag on his antenna as he waited in line to tailgate before a 2014 Cowboys home game. Stan “Tiger” Shults, a member of the Gate 6 Tailgaters, a collection of Cowboys superfans, said Texas Stadium was largely filled with the same fans every home game. That’s no longer the case. “The seats in front of us are corporate seats, and there are different people there every week,” said Shults, 56, a Decatur resident. “This might be the only time they come to a game or certainly they only come once a year. I don’t think they know what to do.”. Those fans often need video board instructions to know when to stand and when to yell, he said. Dunham said that for years — even in Irving — Cowboys ticket holders have been perceived as skewing toward the “wine and cheese” crowd. That criticism was magnified in Arlington, where seat licenses sometimes cost tens of thousands of dollars and modern art hangs on the walls. Shults said that when the Cowboys ...

How Cowboys Went From Lovable Losers To America’s Team For The Right Reasons

... know by now not to take Sunday for granted. “It’s special; you have to appreciate everything. When I was young I didn’t know that,” said linebacker Justin Durant, who signed with the Cowboys in July 2016, just before he was going to retire. “When I came back here I expected something special.”. Uhhh. why. The team may carry the brand-name power of the “Dallas Cowboys,” but fans of the Arizona Cardinals are more familiar with the Super Bowl than an entire generation of Cowboys fans. The only teams not to appear in an NFC title game since January 1996 are the Detroit Lions, Washington Redskins and our Dallas Cowboys. Somewhere in the great beyond Tom Landry and Tex Schramm are ordering a double over this development. The Cowboys can’t dethrone the New England Patriots just yet, but they are good enough to be consistently relevant for the right reasons. The Cowboys are 5 1/2-point favorites to defeat the Packers in the NFC ...

He Says A Lot Because He’s Seen A Lot

... opportunity to do this and to do it in this particular place.”. The Cowboys host Green Bay in an NFC divisional playoff game at AT&T Stadium in Arlington on Sunday. Sham will be there calling the game on KRLD FM/105.3 The Fan. I think he’s phenomenal. Dallas Stars broadcaster Daryl Reaugh, on Brad Sham. Sham started on the Cowboys’ broadcast in the middle of the 1976 season as the color analyst to play-by-play man Verne Lundquist. When Lundquist left to do NFL games, Sham was promoted to become the Cowboys’ play-by-play voice in 1984. “We worked together from ’76 until ’83, and then I left and he moved over from the co-pilot’s seat to the pilot’s chair and he’s had one terrific career ever since then,” Lundquist said. “Brad and I remain very, very, very good friends.”. Lundquist and others acknowledged that Sham’s knack for being overly prepared is what sets him apart from associates in his craft. TCU's Dixon breaks down the big ...

Cowboys' Jerry Jones Looking Over Shoulder At Past Nfl Playoff Failures

... Cowboys' Jerry Jones looking over shoulder at past NFL playoff failures Cowboys owner Jerry Jones knows in the postseason a fine line separates destiny from heartbreak. Check out this story on __link__: __link__ j JKCGu. Cancel Send. A link has been sent to your friend's email address. A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. To find out more about Facebook commenting please read the Conversation Guidelines and FAQs. Cowboys' Jerry Jones looking over shoulder at past NFL playoff failures. Jarrett Bell , USA TODAY Sports 3:50 p.m. ET Jan. 14, 2017. USA TODAY Sports' Lorenzo Reyes makes his picks for this weekend's NFL playoff games. USA TODAY Sports. Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. (Photo: Raymond Carlin III, USA TODAY Sports). FRISCO, Texas – Imagine if there were two Jerry Jones eccentrics calling the shots. Double the hype. Double the pressure. Double trouble. Triple the cash flow. Two Jerrys. One is optimistic, flowing as a forward thinker. The other is pessimistic, a bit haunted by the past. “If we think we’re going to play the Green ...

3-year-old Cowboys Fan Is All Heart

... fan has heart in it. Kevin Reece , WFAA 10:30 PM. CST January 13, 2017. Jayden King. CONNECT TWEET LINKEDIN GOOGLE+ PINTEREST. When you meet 3-year-old Jayden King, you don’t immediately sense that he’s been through a pretty tough fight. But when he starts reciting Dallas Cowboys players' names and jersey numbers, and announces that the team must “finish the fight,” you realize he knows what he’s talking about. Doctors diagnosed the problem when his mom was 28 weeks pregnant. He would have his first open heart surgery just four days after he was born. He has Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. "Which essentially means he has half of a heart,” said his mom Laci King. Two more open heart surgeries would follow, the most recent this past year. But that half a heart, three surgeries later, is pretty dang full. And it has Cowboys fever. There's absolutely nothing wrong with his 3-year-old brain. Ask him and he’ll ...

3 Reasons Why The Cowboys Will Beat The Packers

... Cowboys started off the season shaky, but once the team realized how dangerous Dak Prescott can be with his legs in the red zone, the team exploded. Dak's Read Option TD __link__/qt Rk V 5 KZEU. — Marcus Mosher (@Marcus_Mosher) November 1, 2016. Their opponent in the divisional round finished 26 th in red-zone defense. On top of that, the Packers don’t have anyone who can match up with Dez Bryant in the red zone (not many teams do). I suspect that we see a lot of read-option, power runs and fades to Bryant inside the 20. If the averages hold out, Dallas shouldn’t have much trouble finishing off drives this weekend, and that’ll determine whether the Cowboys can win this game. Dallas had the 2 nd-fewest defensive penalties in 2016. Aaron Rodgers lives for free plays. As we’ve seen over his career, he loves to use a hard count to keep defensive linemen honest. If he can get them to jump, Rodgers will take a shot down the field. The Packers are going to move the ball on Dallas, so the Cowboys can’t afford to give Green Bay free yardage. In their first matchup, the Cowboys had multiple penalties that extended drives. ...