Cowboys Rumors & News

NFL.com "Mike McCarthy is settling in as the new Dallas Cowboys head coach. He can still look onto the Green Bay Packers dark green and gold with fondness though. Hence, the second-winningest coach in Packers history is happy to see Green Bay in the NFC..." January 18

Heavy "Queue up the Odell Beckham-to-Dallas Cowboys rumors. While the mercurial wide receiver remains (for now) in Cleveland, his longtime instructor now resides in Dallas. According to ESPN’s Todd Archer, the Cowboys are hiring former Browns wide receivers coach Adam..." January 18

Pro Football Talk "Despite posturing that is both predictable and necessary to getting a deal done, a new labor agreement seems to be on the horizon. As one source with knowledge of the dynamics explained it to PFT, the “ball [is] at the 30 yard line and going in.” While the source added..." January 18

Heavy "The New England Patriots is barely underway and Tom Brady remains without a contract for the 2020 season. Reports of his family suite at Gillette Stadium being cleaned out and his family moving into their Greenwich, Connecticut home dominated the news this..." January 17

Dallas Morning News "As the Cowboys’ staff for the 2020 season continues to take shape, head coach Mike McCarthy cleared the air on some important issues surrounding the team while meeting with the media Thursday evening. Notably, McCarthy said Kellen Moore will continue to call plays on offense..." January 16

Pro Football Rumors "The NFL’s collective bargaining agreement expires in March 2021, which means that a labor stoppage could be on the horizon. The owners and players have been talking for months about a new deal and the latest update brings reason for optimism.  In an NFLPA memo to..." January 16

New York Post "Former Dallas Cowboys great Drew Pearson was surrounded by family and friends when he realized he had been passed over for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Centennial Class on Wednesday. A video showed Pearson upset and understandably frustrated when he found out he was not a part of the..." January 16

People "Just two days after revealing she’ll take the 2020 Grammy Awards‘ stage later this month, Demi Lovato has announced she’ll perform the national anthem at Super Bowl LIV. The pop superstar, 27, broke the news on Instagram, sharing an official photo touting..." January 16

Dallas Morning News "The divisional round of the NFL playoffs came with an additional surprise when former Dallas Cowboys head coach Jimmy Johnson was informed he was headed to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on live TV. Shortly after the announcement, congratulations came from all directions for..." January 15

Clutch Points "There were five teams in the NFL that hired new head coaches and there were concerns that arose pertaining to the hires. Due to the lack of hires for coaches of ethnic-minority, the league is considering making changes to the Rooney Rule. The Rooney Rule was named..." January 15

CBS Sports "The best tight end of all time, the most heralded quarterback prospect since John Elway and now the best middle linebacker of the 2010s have all retired in the past year before their 30th birthday. Luke Kuechly's surprise news Tuesday night added to the growing list of..." January 15

Big Blue View "Lunda Wells, a New York Giants assistant coach since 2012, is moving on join the staff of the Dallas Cowboys, per a report from Adam Schefter. Wells will become the tight end coach for the Cowboys, filling the same role he had for the Giants the past two..." January 15

NFL.com "The Pro Football Hall of Fame Centennial Class of 2020's remaining 13 inductees -- 10 seniors and three contributors -- are being revealed today on Good Morning Football live on NFL Network. They follow the previous announcements over the weekend of Bill..." January 15

Larry Brown Sports "The Raiders had one of the most improved defensive lines in football this season, which it is why it is so unexpected that their defensive line coach is now looking for a new job. Raiders head coach Jon Gruden has hired Rod Marinelli as his new defensive line coach to replace Brentson..." January 14

Pro Football Talk "There was a time when some thought the Fritz Pollard Alliance failed to show sufficient zeal regarding the league’s hiring practices. Those days definitely have ended. Now led by former NFL G.M. and league executive Rod Graves, who last week called the situation..." January 13

Larry Brown Sports "Jason Garrett was finally let go as the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys a week after the regular season ended, but he should be able to find a new job in the NFL fairly quickly if he wants to coach in 2020. While all the head coaching vacancies around the league have now been filled,..." January 13

Yahoo! Sports "New Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy will not retain defensive passing game coordinator/secondary coach Kris Richard or quarterbacks coach Jon Kitna, David Moore of the Dallas Morning News reports. Kitna, a former NFL quarterback who played 13 games for the..." January 13

Clutch Points "Mike McCarthy is continuing to assemble an impressive coaching staff after becoming the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. According to Yahoo Sports’ Pete Thamel, McCarthy has brought in Texas A&M’s Maurice Linguist to be the defensive backs coach. Over the..." January 12

TMZ "Terrell Owens is dead wrong ... Dak Prescott -- NOT Tom Brady -- should be the Cowboys starting QB ... 'cause he's a flat-out better quarterback. Chill, that ain't coming from us ... those are the sentiments of HOF signal caller Warren Moon,..." January 12

Heavy "It was fun while it lasted. Spawned by Terrell Owens, the off-the-wall idea of Tom Brady playing for the Dallas Cowboys has taken on a life of its own, with local media surveying the team’s higher-ups about the possibility. Which granted Dallas vice..." January 11

Pro Football Rumors "Introduced during these collective bargaining agreement discussions, the 17-game schedule has become one of the central components of the negotiations. It appears the talks are progressing, and Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk reports (on Twitter) the revised schedule is likely to be part of..." January 11

Total Pro Sports "Can you just imagine if any other head coach in the NFL got disrespected like this? Unlike other franchises in the league, the Dallas Cowboys front office runs so much differently because owner Jerry Jones cannot just sit back and let the coach he hired handle things solely by..." January 11

Larry Brown Sports "Mike McCarthy had a whirlwind week with the Dallas Cowboys. He went from interviewing with the Cowboys and spending the night at Jerry Jones’ place to holding an introductory press conference on Wednesday. He’s worked on putting together a staff and has some strong..." January 11

The Big Lead "For Jerry Jones, it was love at first sight when he met new Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy. The duo had a slumber party and signed a contract the next day. This is a match made in heaven. An owner and a coach with one shared vision. A dynamic football duo. " January 11

Pro Football Talk "In advance of free agency, Jeff Heath had to get some work done. According to Todd Archer of ESPN.com, the Cowboys safety had surgery on his left shoulder today. " January 10

Boston "Tom Brady tried it. Nick Foles perfected it. More quarterbacks are doing it. Catching passes isn’t just for wide receivers, tight ends and running backs anymore. Coaches aren’t shy about drawing up trick plays that let quarterbacks use their hands for more than throwing a..." January 10

NFL.com "With the Dallas Cowboys' season over, the Jason Garrett drama settled, and Mike McCarthy in the saddle, the Joneses will now gallop forward with their most pressing matter of the offseason: locking down Dak Prescott. Prescott put contract talk on hold during the 2019..." January 10

Larry Brown Sports "Jerry Jones has a reputation for keeping himself in the spotlight and meddling in issues that would normally be handled by a head coach, but new Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy says he is not the least bit concerned about that. In fact, he claims he has never seen or heard of his boss doing..." January 10

CBS Sports "Jason Garrett is out. Mike McCarthy is in. That description is wildly more succinct than what actually occurred for the Dallas Cowboys in the span of seven days, by the way.  At one point, Garrett was not out but McCarthy was still brought in, hired and formally announced to..." January 10

Larry Brown Sports "The 2019 regular season is over, and we’re now onto the divisional round of the NFL Playoffs. That also means we’re just two months and some days removed from the start of the new league year and the craziness that is free agency. This year, free agency is going to have a..." January 10

USA Today "The recommendations from Nick Saban and Bill Belichick certainly played a part in Joe Judge's candidacy in getting the audience to convince team brass he deserved to be the next coach of the New York Giants. "I knew fully every day that there were coaches out there..." January 10

TMZ "Longtime NFL executive Marc Ross says the "Rooney Rule" is a "mockery" and a "sham" and if it isn't fixed, talented minority coaches will continue to be overlooked. If you're not familiar with Ross ... he has 21 years of front office..." January 09

CBS Sports "Now that the Dallas Cowboys have their man with Mike McCarthy having been officially introduced as the ninth head coach in the storied history of the franchise, the next several steps for the offseason can again ascend the totem. McCarthy is hard at work nailing down what's..." January 09

Fort Worth Star-Telegram "New Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy kept most of his football plans to himself at his introductory press conference on Wednesday. But wasn’t shy about his plans for the team’s two biggest stars, quarterback Dak Prescott and running back Ezekiel Elliott. The..." January 09

USA Today "The Rooney Rule will be useless until NFL owners acknowledge the real problem. Themselves. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and league officials can compile all the lists they want, consult every diversity expert there is and even browbeat owners into interviewing minority..." January 09

Heavy "The Detroit Lions have a mighty tempting option that became available to them in terms of their standing in the NFL Draft with the news that Tua Tagovailoa would be skipping his senior season to head to the NFL. Now, with Tagovailoa on the board, seemingly anything is..." January 09

The Score "These aren't your father's Ravens. Heck, these Ravens - the ones that rattled off 12 straight wins to claim the AFC North and top seed in the conference - are vastly different from the overpowering and intimidating units that won two Super Bowls and contended for several..." January 09

Daily Snark "FYI: The NFL is not dying. Of the 50 most-watched television broadcasts of 2019, 41 of them were NFL games. Of course, the most-watched broadcast is Super Bowl 53 but the lists also includes of regular season games that were more entertaining than anything else. " January 09

Heavy "On Tuesday, the Kansas City Chiefs promoted G Ryan Hunter from the practice squad to the active roster to fill the spot of rookie S Juan Thornhill, who the team placed on injured reserve. Today the team made a few more additions to the roster. Kansas City has added..." January 09

Dallas Morning News "The Cowboys are moving on from two assistant coaches according to multiple sources. Offensive line coach Marc Colombo and wide receivers coach Sanjay Lal were let go with two years remaining on their contracts. Colombo, a former Cowboys player, who retired in 2012, moved into the..." January 09

Pro Football Talk "The NFL continues to ban marijuana use, despite dramatic changes in societal attitudes regarding the consumption of cannabis. But the pressure on the league to change its ways continues to mount. Nevada, the new home in 2020 of the Raiders, has become the first state to prohibit..." January 08

The Spun "Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has reacted to the Dallas Cowboys hiring his former head coach in Mike McCarthy. Much has been made of the relationship between Rodgers and McCarthy, but there doesn’t appear to be any bad blood between them. Rodgers told reporters..." January 08

The Score "Mike McCarthy spoke to the media for the first time as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys on Wednesday and had effusive praise for his new quarterback.  "I'm excited about the opportunity to work with Dak (Prescott). What he's done so far is very..." January 08

CBS Sports "It's officially official. Mike McCarthy is the ninth head coach in the history of the Dallas Cowboys, and the first in NFL history to pilot both the Cowboys and the Green Bay Packers. McCarthy took to the podium on Wednesday, Jan. 8 -- flanked by owner Jerry Jones and..." January 08

Yahoo! Sports "Joe Philbin took over as the interim head coach in Green Bay when Mike McCarthy was fired last season and it looks like the two men will be back together in 2020. Todd Archer of ESPN.com reports that Philbin is expected to be McCarthy’s offensive line coach.  " January 08

ESPN "Jerry Jones and Stephen Jones did not enter Saturday's interview with Mike McCarthy with a preconception that he would become the Dallas Cowboys' coach less than 48 hours later, but a high-ranking source said McCarthy "blew the socks off" with his..." January 08

ESPN "Marvin Lewis, who was one of only two known candidates to interview for the Dallas Cowboys' head-coaching position, says he is fine with how the process went despite not getting the job. "There's a lot bigger problems than myself out there," Lewis told..." January 08

NBC News "It's the battle of the billionaires. The campaigns of former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and President Donald Trump each plan to spend $10 million for advertisements during the telecast of next month's Super Bowl. Bloomberg locked down a 60-second spot, The New..." January 08

Pro Football Talk "In response to the news that the Panthers will pay coach Matt Rhule $60 million over seven years (with incentives that can kick the total to $70 million), some have begun to rattle off the earnings of other coaches, by way of comparison. But there’s a problem with the numbers that..." January 08

NESN "Jason Garrett is out of a job in Dallas, but there’s an off chance he remains in the NFC East. The Cowboys officially parted ways with Garrett on Sunday night after nine-plus seasons. Owner Jerry Jones wasted little time finding a replacement, as former Green Bay Packers head..." January 07