All Entries in the "Dallas Cowboys" Category
Cowboys WR Dez Bryant Pays $55K Dinner Tab
Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant wasn’t aware of the rookie “hazing” ritual of carrying Roy Williams’ shoulder pads early on during training camp. To make up for his transgression, Bryant took the offensive players out for dinner to a Dallas steakhouse on Monday night. Williams decided to invite the defensive players, too, which meant [...]
Cowboys Sign TE Scott Chandler Off Practice Squad
As expected, the Dallas Cowboys have reached an injury settlement with fullback Deon Anderson. Tight end Scott Chandler has been promoted from the team’s practice squad to fill Anderson’s spot on the 53-man roster. A 2007 fourth-round pick out of Iowa by the San Diego Chargers, the 6-7, 272-pound Chandler spent his first two seasons [...]
Cowboys TE Jason Witten Expects to Play Next Week
Dallas Cowboys tight end Jason Witten was not allowed to return to Sunday’s 27-20 loss to the Chicago Bears after being diagnosed with a concussion following a fourth quarter reception. Witten got into a heated discussion on the sidelines with Cowboys doctor Robert Fowler. Witten expects to play next Sunday against the Houston Texans, David [...]
Cowboys Turn Off Contract Tap
After signing restricted free agent wide receiver Miles Austin to a six-year contract extension worth over $50 million, Dallas Cowboys COO and Director of Player Personel Stephen Jones says the team will not extend any more contracts. “We can’t extend ourselves out there any more,” Jones said, according to Gerry Fraley of the Dallas Morning [...]
Cowboys WR Miles Austin Agrees to 6-Year Extension
Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Miles Austin has agreed to terms on a six-year contract extension, reports Michael Lombardi of NFL.com. Exact terms were not disclosed, but Lombardi reports Austin’s new deal will be worth over $50 million. An undrafted free agent from Monmouth, the 6-3, 214-pound Austin has 99 receptions for 1,674 yards and 14 [...]
Cowboys RT Marc Colombo Expected to Miss Season Opener
Dallas Cowboys right tackle Marc Colombo is not expected to play in the team’s 2010 regular season-opener on Sunday night, reports Tim MacMahon of ESPNDallas.com. Colombo did not practice on Wednesday, and MacMahon reports that Colombo is not expected to practice today. Colombo had arthroscopic surgery on his right knee in mid-August, which was expected [...]
Seahawks to Sign NT Junior Siavii
The Seattle Seahawks are set to sign free agent defensive tackle Junior Siavii, Calvin Watkins of ESPNDallas.com reports. Siavii (6-5, 320) was released by the Dallas Cowboys on Saturday. A former second-round pick (36th overall) out of Oregon by the Kansas City Chiefs in 2004, Siavii has appeared in 42 games during his career, totaling [...]
Cowboys WR Sam Hurd Turns Down Paycut
Todd Archer of the Dallas Morning News reports Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Sam Hurd has turned a proposed paycut. Hurd was a restricted free agent this off-season who the Cowboys tendered at the “Second Round” level, which carries a $1.759 million base salary this season. Dallas trimmed $2 million off their payroll on Friday by [...]
Cowboys Trade OL Pat McQuistan to the Dolphins
Dallas Cowboys back-up offensive lineman Pat McQuistan has been traded to the Miami Dolphins for an undisclosed draft choice, Todd Archer of the Dallas Morning News reports. A seventh-round pick (211th overall) out of Weber State by the Cowboys in 2006, McQuistan (6-6, 317) has played in a back-up role in 40 games for the [...]
Cowboys Trade WR Patrick Crayton to the Chargers
Jason La Canfora of the NFL Network reports the Dallas Cowboys have traded veteran wide receiver Patrick Crayton to the San Diego Chargers. The Chargers will send a 2011 seventh-round pick to the Cowboys, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports. Crayton is scheduled to earn $2 million in base salary this season, and as the fourth receiver [...]
Crayton’s Agent to Ask For Release
Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Patrick Crayton is ticketed for a fourth or fifth receiver role this season. With his $2 million base salary, that puts the 31-year old on the bubble of making the 53-man roster. With a contract that doesn’t appeal to other NFL teams, the Cowboys are unlikely to find a team willing [...]
Cowboys Could Part With Crayton
Patrick Crayton’s six-year stint with the Dallas Cowboys may come to an end this week. The 31-year old wide receiver is the team’s fourth receiver, doesn’t appear to be in the mix as a punt returner, and is set to make $4.5 million over the next two seasons, including $2 million in 2010. Crayton has [...]
Cowboys WR Dez Bryant Won’t Play in Pre-Season Finale
Dallas Cowboys first-round wide receiver Dez Bryant will not play in the team’s pre-season finale Thursday night against the Miami Dolphins, reports Todd Archer of the Dallas Morning News. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones made the announcement prior to the team’s Kickoff Luncheon at Cowboys Stadium. Bryant suffered a high right ankle sprain on July 30, [...]
Settlements Reached In Accident at Cowboys Practice Facility
Dallas Cowboys special teams coach Joe DeCamilis and scout Rich Behm reached financial settlements with two companies controlled by Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, the Associated Press reports. DeCamilis suffered a broken vertebrae and Behm was paralyzed from the waist down when the Cowboys’ practice facility collapsed in high winds on May 2, 2009. Attorney Frank [...]
Cowboys WR Sam Hurd Hopes Money Doesn’t Hurt Roster Status
Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Sam Hurd is in a battle with Kevin Ogletree with a roster spot, and he hopes his higher salary isn’t a factor in the team’s decision. “Now if that would happen, that’s mean,” Hurd said, according to David Moore of the Dallas Morning News. “I hope they would never say that. [...]
