http://www.cowboysbeat.com A Dallas Cowboys Blog Wed, 07 May 2008 02:18:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en DallasCowboys.com has a writeup about Danny Amendola, a rookie free agent out of Texas Tech who has been opening some eyes at minicamp and is drawing comparisons to Wes Welker. Playing alongside Michael Crabtree, Amendola was forced into the position of second fiddle, but he had a strong ... http://www.cowboysbeat.com/2008/05/danny-amendola-impresses-dallas-coaches/ I might be the only one with this sentiment, but I am not looking forward to the impending announcement that HBO will be filming a new Hard Knocks series this year and that the Cowboys will be in the limelight. It's one thing when it is a 5-11 team being filmed, ... http://www.cowboysbeat.com/2008/05/hard-knocks-with-the-cowboys-say-it-aint-so/ Once again, Dallas leaves a draft with additional picks in the next year's draft. No extra first rounder this time, but an extra third and an extra fourth isn't too shabby. Some quality players come out of those rounds. (For example, Marion Barber III.) Overall, I would ... http://www.cowboysbeat.com/2008/04/dallas-completes-draft-with-more-picks-next-year/ The first day of the draft is over, and it looks like the Cowboys really did have blinders on and were staring down Felix Jones all the way.   After Rashard Mendenhall slipped all the way down to the Cowboys, Dallas went ahead and pulled the trigger on Jones despite the ... http://www.cowboysbeat.com/2008/04/a-very-c-draft-for-cowboys-on-first-day/ I just don't buy all this hype on Dallas choosing Felix Jones. I was watching the NFL Network's mock draft last night and I had to grown when they came to the Cowboys and had them picking Felix Jones with the 22nd pick. It's bad enough that I've seen so ... http://www.cowboysbeat.com/2008/04/felix-jones-to-dallas-a-done-deal/ Well, okay, Pacman will arrive in Dallas if and when the commish gives him the thumbs up.   The terms of the deal:  Dallas gives Tennessee a fourth round pick in this draft and an additional sixth round pick in the 2009 draft if Pacman steps on the field this year.  ... http://www.cowboysbeat.com/2008/04/pacman-arrives-in-dallas/ Jaime Aron, an AP sports writer, believes Jerry Jones is "...soooo in his element at this draft." Why does Jaime think Jerry Jones is happy? "He has two first-round picks, the only team with such lavish trade bait." This is what Jaime Aron writes in his article, Jones ... http://www.cowboysbeat.com/2008/04/sports-media-should-learn-to-read-the-sporting-news/ The NFL schedule made its debut last week, and it looks like the Cowboys are in for a tough start to the 2008 campaign. The road does get easier, and it can be a good thing to have the hardest games right up front so long as you ... http://www.cowboysbeat.com/2008/04/the-2008-dallas-cowboys-schedule/ Yahoo reports that Bryant Gumbel and the NFL Network will part ways with Gumbel giving up his play-by-play duties on the network. And it's about damn time!  It was quite obvious within only a few games that Bryant Gumbel was such a bad announcer that he was making the Monday Night ... http://www.cowboysbeat.com/2008/04/nfl-network-makes-right-decision-in-dumping-gumbel/ When asked about the chances of signing Chris Henry, the troubled wide receiver recently cut from the Bengals, Jerry Jones said, "Unlikely, unlikely, just because of what we're doing at wide receiver.  Just the nature of it, but it's unlikely." His answer makes sense if you think about it.   At ... http://www.cowboysbeat.com/2008/04/why-pacman-and-not-henry/