One of my favorite Cowboy's Stadium memories revolved around a jersey. We were playing the Eagles (this was ~10 years ago). They were beating us early and this Eagle's jersey wearing fool was talking crap. Then the game turned in the Cowboys favor and this guy started hearing it from everyone!

It was late in the game when I noticed the jersey he was wearing... it was a Kevin Kobb jersey (this was the year after Philly gave up on the guy). I pronounced loudly for everyone to hear "Awww heck yeah dude, you're wearing a Kobb jersey, right on bro!!!!".

Oh man, everybody in that entire section pointed and laughed and the only thing he could do was drop his head down and take what he had coming to him!!!

The Cowboys FB page is an epic failure and you guys should read the comments.

It's like they have ZERO self awareness or idea as to what will set the fans off. The last 24 hours have been filled with many different Zeke posts from the team. Almost as if they have pulled off some major coup to get him and the comments are brutal under each post. Before that, they were focusing on Cowboys players style.

Orlando Ayala Cant Read said:

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The Cowboys FB page is an epic failure and you guys should read the comments.

It's like they have ZERO self awareness or idea as to what will set the fans off. The last 24 hours have been filled with many different Zeke posts from the team. Almost as if they have pulled off some major coup to get him and the comments are brutal under each post. Before that, they were focusing on Cowboys players style.

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Well, he did average 3.5 yards a rush last year, only slightly lower than the 3.8 he averaged with the cowboys his last year here.

But, I'm sure Jerry knows somethIng we don't…

Broaddus says the Cowboys LOVE Dowdle and think he can be an everydown back.
He predicted they will go with the current RB room and overpay with draft picks mid year, like they did with Cooper, if RB by committee doesn't work.

There's nothing wrong w Dowdle.

Barkley contract, $12.2M/y,
Rico $1.3M/yr

That's good relative value.

I took the inaction to mean they are happy with Dowdle as compared to the options on the board late in the 3rd. That said, he basically missed most of 2 seasons due to different injuries and didn't exactly light it up in the chances he got last season, which 90ish carries was not chump change. So there has to be some level of concern about keeping him available and impactful. I like what I see from him in flashes, but gonna need a lot more than flashes.

I still have hope for deuce. He's a midget, but I just can't imagine that much college production doing absolutely nothing in the pros. Other super short RBs have been super valuable and too many to name

Kiper gave the Boys the same draft grade of B- that I did. Not sure if that's a good or bad thing but seems not great

I like the talent they did get. Realistically, a team drafting where they were and without a 4th is unlikely to get a high grade.

Dowdle didn't scream 15-20 carry guy to me. And Duece is nothing but situational type guy. Maybe 5 touches max and 4 of those swing passes out of the backfield.

There was prob only one guy in this entire draft that would get more that 15 carries a game for Dallas.

Ok I'm just saying Dowdle doesn't seem like him either so what are they doing? I still say it was mistake to not at least make Henry an offer. Give him 10-15 carries a game then Dowdle looks much better.

I just think it was going to be a by committee RB room regardless.

Yeah probably so. I just prefer having that guy you can count on.

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I just think it was going to be a by committee RB room regardless.

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That may be but what if your committee is a bunch of mediocre talent? At this point, I am not a believer.

Right now there's no reason to believe it will be any better than the below average 4.0-4.1 YPC rushing game that it was last year. But we'll see. Usually you like to see that 2nd back have a higher YPC, then when he becomes a starter it usually drops. But Dowdle's YPC was right at their team average YPC.

I love Henry but 2 years $16 million is not in the budget.

I'm more than OK with Dallas not paying Henry that kinda deal.

Lets see on Dowdle. Obviously they know what they have in him so maybe he'll surprise.

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I love Henry but 2 years $16 million is not in the budget.

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It is if you win your division

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They would have to do more than win the division. They won the division last year and look how ticked off everyone is.

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Not sure they were ticked because they won their division. It's what happened after…

There's nothing I hate more than modern RBs without any burst. Sure they will, sometimes, run through a few guys or punish a tired defense. But that doesn't help you when they are consistently getting 2-3 yard gains most of the game.

No thanks on Henry and no thanks on Zeke getting more than 5 carries a game this season.

Charean Williams went off on how poorly the Cowboys have managed themselves and the cap the last few years on TexAgs Radio this morning. Saying what a lot of us already have said but a few seem unwilling to accept.

To be fair, there's a bit of an axe to grind there. She's not well liked within the organization.

Her and OB just constantly berating and bashing the cowboys is brutal. I get it, we're all battered cowboys fans at this point and they deserve their fair share of heat for the way they have done things AT TIMES over the past 10 or so year, but they are exhausting.

Exactly; winning the division alone wouldn't have justified the over spend on Henry.

Agristotle said:

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Exactly; winning the division alone wouldn't have justified the over spend on Henry.

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Lots of IFS , but IF they were guaranteed to win the division with Henry, they'd have taken Henry.

Looks like all the teams in the East have gotten better - we'll all except one - but we did resign Zeke…

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Agristotle said:

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Exactly; winning the division alone wouldn't have justified the over spend on Henry.

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Lots of IFS , but IF they were guaranteed to win the division with Henry, they'd have taken Henry.

Looks like all the teams in the East have gotten better - we'll all except one - but we did resign Zeke…

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Dude, you're insufferable. If the Cowboys bring you such misery, maybe you should stop following them.

Giants and Redskins might've improved but they were already sht to start with. Ain't nowhere to go but up.

He's been like for years. Just ignore him.

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Southlake said:

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Agristotle said:

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Exactly; winning the division alone wouldn't have justified the over spend on Henry.

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Lots of IFS , but IF they were guaranteed to win the division with Henry, they'd have taken Henry.

Looks like all the teams in the East have gotten better - we'll all except one - but we did resign Zeke…

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Dude, you're insufferable. If the Cowboys bring you such misery, maybe you should stop following them.

Giants and Redskins might've improved but they were already sht to start with. Ain't nowhere to go but up.

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Yes, insufferable because I'm right. And, you're right too,the cowboys do bring me misery, just like everyone else on this BB. Of course if you're happy with the way this team / Organization has been, more power to you. Continue to enjoy Jerry's sh#t show.

You know, the Cowboys have had really good luck with TE and it might look like they found another DUDE.

What are they gonna do with all the bodies? Keep in mind, John Stephens from last year that was making a big impression in camp before he got hurt.

If anybody is bored and needs something to listen to, the Locked On Cowboys Podcast did a really great job on today's short episode of breaking down the pros and cons of Mike Zimmer. Most of the cons they talk about are really centered around it being the first year of Zimmer (and maybe the only year) and the fact that it could take guys on the defensive side of the ball a little longer to catch onto what Zimmer is trying to do because of the step up in complexity that he brings. Dan Quinn was hyper simplistic in that he wanted to affect the passing game by any means necessary, either by playing smaller faster players across the board or running stunts on 60% of defensive snaps. It was see QB go get QB, and that was about it. Zimmer is going to beef up the front and LBers, ask them to play assignments more and try to confuse QBs instead of simply going to get them down after down. This may not go super well at the beginning of the season, but it could reap rewards in the playoffs if we can get there.