Dallas Cowboys Update: Dallas Wide Receiver Drama Continues

When you place a bet online on the Dallas Cowboys for this upcoming season, you will be betting on a team that is a pre-season 12 to 1 favorite to win Super Bowl XLV. You will also be betting on a team in transition at a position that has been unstable for a couple of years now.

Wide receiver Patrick Crayton did not report to OTAs last week at the Dallas Cowboys Valley Ranch facilities, and receiver Sam Hurd was inactive during the workouts. Crayton is unhappy with his contract and his situation in Dallas, which adds more fuel to the NFL betting fire that Crayton was going to be the odd man out in the Cowboys’ wide receiver sweepstakes.

The Cowboys have tried a barrage of receivers in the past few seasons including Terry Glenn, Terrell Owens and Roy Williams. None of them have worked out to the satisfaction of Jerry Jones, and some of that has to do with Tony Romo. Just like with Stanley Cup betting, you can only count on a player that is comfortable in their team situation. Romo has not been comfortable with his receivers to this point, and that is why the Cowboys drafted Dez Bryant.

The speculation now is that Dez Bryant and Miles Austin will be the feature receivers on the outside with Roy Williams taking the beating in the slot. That would leave Sam Hurd and Patrick Crayton as fourth and fifth wide receivers. Hurd is sitting out these workouts because of a bad thumb, and says he is not unhappy with his situation in Dallas.

While Kobe Bryant is taking all of the mystery out of the Suns Lakers betting with 40-point games, Dallas Cowboys offensive line coach Hudson Houck is starting to take the guessing out of who will be the Cowboys offensive right tackle to replace Flozell Adams. Even though Marc Colombo is penciled in on the Cowboys’ website as the starter on the depth chart, it looks like fourth year man Doug Free could get the chance to win the job in training camp. Free had an impressive pre-season last year that saw him move up to the starting unit by the last pre-season game. He was inactive for 13 of the 16 games last season, but the Cowboys have big plans for Free and he could be the heir-apparent at right tackle.

After taking a beating in the media last season about going to Las Vegas during the playoffs and looking like he lost his focus on football, quarterback Tony Romo decided to participate in the team’s voluntary workouts rather than make his tee time to the PGA Tour’s Byron Nelson Championship. Dallas fans and teammates began to question Romo’s dedication to the team and the game when he developed a habit of partying rather than working, so Romo decided to show his new-found desire to play football by stepping on to the practice field rather than the first tee. According to Romo, it was not much of a decision at all.