Dallas Cowboys Update: Things are Coming Together for the Cowboys

The online betting crowd can see the stars starting to align for the Dallas Cowboys, but everyone is trying to avoid getting over-confident. In week 10, the Cowboys blasted the Buffalo Bills 44-7 for Dallas’ second win in a row. The team is now 5-4 and in the thick of the hunt for the NFC East title. The next three Dallas opponents have a combined record of 8-19 with the next up being the Washington Redskins. After the Redskins, the Cowboys have games against the Miami Dolphins and Arizona Cardinals. Miami and Arizona have shown that they are weak teams that are capable of winning on any given week. But those are two more games the Cowboys could win.

Not only could the Cowboys’ price per head record be 8-4 after the next three games, Dallas has also discovered a running game with DeMarco Murray that it never knew it had. With Murray teamed up with running back Felix Jones in the Dallas backfield, the two will make a formidable combination.

The one thing that the Cowboys are missing is pay per head veteran wide receiver Miles Austin who will be out another one to three weeks with a hamstring injury. There were rumors that the Cowboys may be thinking of signing a veteran wide receiver to pick up the slack for a set of receivers that seems to get hurt a lot. But Dallas found out in the Buffalo game that it is deep at wide receiver and does not need to make any moves. Receivers such as Laurent Robinson and Jesse Holley were able to step up, and don’t forget about veteran tight end Jason Witten’s contributions as well.

The bet online stars have aligned for a former Cowboy as Tashard Choice will be able to play against the Cowboys in week 11. Choice was released on October 31 and signed by the Redskins. Choice had an injured shoulder when he was let go by Dallas, so he could not play his first few games as a Redskin. But he is ready to go and says he is anxious to play against his former teammates.

When Choice was released by Dallas, it was done because the Cowboys felt that DeMarco Murray was enough of a stud that he could carry the team until Felix Jones returns. With Jones ready to come back, the Cowboys now have the running game that it thought it had when Jones and Marion Barber were in the Dallas backfield. Barber turned out to be injury-prone and wildly inconsistent with his production and did not give the balance to the running game that Dallas was hoping for.

Murray gives NFL fans in Dallas something to cheer about, and he also helps to take a lot of pressure off of quarterback Tony Romo. Many observers think that the problems the Cowboys were having were due to the fact that Dallas had to rely on Romo with no running game. The emergence of a running game, and the Cowboys recent turn around towards a winning record, are not a coincidence in the eyes of many fans and sports observers.

Dallas Cowboys Update: More Wide Receiver Problems

The sports betting fans in Dallas watched as number one wide receiver Miles Austin injured his hamstring in week two and missed the next two weeks. Wide receiver Dez Bryant has also missed time due to injury. Just as Bryant shows signs of being healthy enough to perform at a high level, Miles Austin gets injured again in the win over Seattle in week nine. Miles will be out for another two to three weeks, and that makes room for rookie Laurent Robinson to make an impact on the Cowboys’ coaching staff.

While Robinson is a good price per head receiver, the persistent injuries at the wide receiver position are working to make the Cowboys thin at that position. To remedy the situation, owner Jerry Jones has indicated that the Cowboys will go out into the free agency market and see who they can pick up. The first name that came to most fans’ minds was former Cowboy Terrell Owens. Jones and the Cowboys have not indicated that they will be talking to Owens, but they have also not ruled out the possibility.

The pay per head football fans in Dallas may be wondering what is going on at the running back position. When starter Felix Jones went down with an injury, the Cowboys turned to rookie running back DeMarco Murray to carry the load in Jones’ absence. Murray has done an exceptional job and many fans are wondering if Murray has won the starting job from Jones. According to head coach Jason Garrett, Felix Jones returns this week as the Cowboys’ starting running back and will get put immediately back into the starting position.

Garrett commented on the job that Murray has done saying that Murray and third-string running back Phillip Tanner have created a lot of options for the Cowboys’ offense that Dallas was unaware it had. Garrett indicated that, because of the emergence of Murray, the Cowboys may start using a two-back approach more often, which is similar to what the team did when running back Marion Barber was on the roster.

A Forbes article has been circulating that lists Tony Romo as one of the most hated players in the NFL. But a 5 dimes review of the content of the article shows that Romo is more respected than hated. The article lists Romo’s jersey as one of the top sellers in the league, which makes the Dallas quarterback a hit with the fans. But his popularity has caused some NFL players to dislike Romo. Romo detractors are waving the article around trying to gain momentum on the notion that Romo is hated by his teammates. But the truth is that the article talks more about player jealousy from outside the Cowboys’ locker room than any issues with the Cowboys itself.

The NFL schedule is half over for the Dallas Cowboys, and the team is lucky to be 4-4 at this point. Veteran leaders such as Jason Witten identify how lucky the Cowboys team is to be at the .500 mark, and warn Dallas players that now is the time to get the team rolling into a playoff mode.

Dallas Cowboys Update: Romo Still Has Team’s Confidence

The sports betting world watched as the Dallas Cowboys almost pulled off the win over the New York Jets on opening weekend in the new Meadowlands. But quarterback Tony Romo’s two costly turnovers late in the game were the difference as the Cowboys lost 27-24. Rather than a barrage of questions and criticisms about Romo coming from the Cowboys’ locker room, there was nothing but a stream of praise.

Veteran tight end Jason Witten says that the team knows what Romo is capable of and that the Jets game was just a bad night. Cowboys’ owner Jerry Jones said that the team showed the promise of a good season in that one game and that he thinks Dallas will be a playoff contender this season.

The Cowboys performed better than expected as the defensive secondary held up to the Jets’ passing game and the Dallas receivers were able to navigate through Darrelle Revis and Antonio Cromartie. The young offensive line played well and that could affect a lot of NFL betting lines for the rest of the season. Romo did play well until the last nine minutes of the game when he gave up a fumble and threw an interception. But the Cowboys did have a lot of good things to take from that game without having to do much fishing for positives.

Second-year wide receiver Dez Bryant was injured late in the game against the Jets which prompted some interesting rumors to start swirling around the Cowboys. Bryant is expected to play in week two, but the lack of depth in the Cowboys’ receiving corps has caused some people to speculate that Dallas my sign veteran wide receiver Terrell Owens for a second stint with the team. The Cowboys have not made any comment on Owens, but he would be a welcome addition to a receiving corps that has lost a lot of depth over the past couple of years.

NFL fans in Dallas like to see the team make smart personnel moves in a time when there is so much uncertainty on the field. That is why the recent announcement of a contract extension for veteran tight end Jason Witten was welcome news to Cowboys’ fans. Witten is one of the leaders of the team on and off the field, and his hard work was rewarded with a five-year contract extension worth a reported $37 million. According to sources close to Witten, that will insure that the Cowboys’ tight end finishes his career in Dallas.

The betonline.com reviews of the new Dallas defense under new coordinator Rob Ryan are promising. Most Cowboys fans will admit that Ryan does not have much to work with, but he had all of his components working at high efficiency against the New York Jets offense. The Cowboys weak secondary was bent, but it did not break. The defensive line allowed some big running plays, but it was able to control the line of scrimmage for much of the game and put pressure on New York quarterback Mark Sanchez. The fans got to see a more aggressive Dallas defense that gives promise to a new season.

Dallas Sports Fan – Rangers Face Huge Week, Cowboys Prepare For Regular Season

While fishing fans get ready for the final long weekend of the summer, most sports betting players will be gearing up for a big week when it comes to the Texas Rangers, who are about to embark on a road trip that could make or break their season. Meanwhile, the Dallas Cowboys will line up for their preseason finale on Thursday night.

Texas Rangers

While the Rangers are still the MLB betting favorites to take the American League West, they can’t take their foot off the gas yet as they’re only up on the Los Angeles Angels by 3.5 games after winning two of three against the Angels last weekend. The Rangers followed up that series by splitting the first two games of their series at home against Tampa Bay, with the finale going off on Thursday night. It won’t get any easier over the next week as well as the Rangers will board a plane after the Tampa Bay game and head straight to Boston for a crucial three-game set against the Red Sox in a clash of two teams with real aspirations of claiming the American League pennant. Then, the Rangers will head to Tampa Bay for another meeting with the Rays, and they can’t afford to slip up with the Angels hot on their heels.

Dallas Cowboys

If you make NFL picks, the third game of the preseason is the game you should watch as teams gave their starters as much work as they’ll receive before the regular season kicks off next week. The Cowboys came away with a 23-17 win in Minnesota, a place that has given them all kinds of trouble in the regular season, so hopefully, they’ll have some confidence for their next trip to the Midwest. Tony Romo was 15-of-20 for 141 yards, while Dez Bryant had five catches for 67 yards, and it isn’t a stretch to think that Bryant could be the breakout player of the year if Romo can stay healthy. Some NFL fans and analysts are skeptical of Bryant because of a few off-field problems, but Bryant is incredibly talented and has the potential to be the Cowboys’ No.1 receiver at some point this year, even with Miles Austin and tight end Jason Witten on the field. The Cowboys will wrap up their preseason in Miami as they look to fill out their roster, so don’t expect to see the starters on the field for very long, at most, a series or two. Look for the center position to be an area of focus as Dallas released Pro Bowler Andre Gurode, and since the Cowboys have to keep Romo on the field after last year’s broken clavicle, the line will be a crucial element of their sports betting odds.

Dallas Cowboys Update: Cowboys Start Free Agency in Cap Trouble

Sports betting football fans were glad to hear that the lockout is finally over and the players can get back to work. But the NFL betting lines on what free agent pick-ups the Cowboys will make are a little blurry as the Cowboys enter free agency almost $20 million over the cap. That is no small amount of change, and the Cowboys still need to sign players such as right offensive tackle Mark Colombo.

But, in his true NFL maverick fashion, Cowboys’ owner Jerry Jones insists that Dallas has plenty of room under the $120 million cap to sign existing free agents, get new free agents and sign draft picks. The Cowboys even figure to be players in the race to sign free agent cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha from the Oakland Raiders.

It is obvious that Jones needs to start making some cuts in order to get under his cap number and still be able to put a competitive team on the field. Some surprising names that have come up in recent rumors are wide receiver Roy Williams and quarterback Tony Romo. But more realistic speculation has Colombo being released and possibly even offensive lineman Doug Free. This will not be an easy time at Valley Ranch as Jerry Jones and his front office have some very difficult decisions to make.

The cloud of bad behavior that has been hanging over Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant seems to have returned. Despite his insistence that all of his past debts have been paid, Bryant and his advisor David Wells are being sued by jeweler Eleow Hunt for almost $600,000 in jewelry, cash advances and tickets to sporting events. Bryant had recently declared that all of his past misgivings are behind him and he is looking forward to the start of the 2011 season. But with a January 2012 court date hanging over his head, Bryant is far from out of the financial woods.

With the lockout over and players preparing to meet with their coaches, Cowboys tight end Jason Witten gave a betonline review of the player-organized workouts. Witten conceded that the players would have benefited from more time with their new coaching staff, but he was also quick to point out that the players learned a lot about working as a team when they ran their own practices.

Witten indicated that the bonding and learning experiences the players had during the lockout will go a long way to helping the coaches to implement new offensive and defensive systems. The players took the time to understand the effectiveness of certain practice drills, and worked on their own systems that they believe will help enhance the new coaching staff’s ideas.

After much speculation as to where the Cowboys will open training camp, the Cowboys announced tentative plans to open camp at the Alamodome in San Antonio, TX. Dallas has held camp in San Antonio in the past, and the festival-like atmosphere is something that the players and coaches seem to enjoy. Camp opens in San Antonio this Thursday, and the Cowboys will stay in the Alamodome until August 10^th.

Dallas Cowboys Update: Free Agents Are Disappearing

Sports betting experts know that the Dallas Cowboys need help in the defensive secondary. As the 2011 March Madness betting approaches, the free agency signings continue and the Cowboys are missing out. Even though the sportsbook promo observers believe there is a good chance that the players will get locked out by the owners when the contract extension expires on Friday; that is not stopping the teams from signing free agents.

When free agency started, the betting services were curious to see how long it would take the Cowboys to sign a marquee safety or cornerback. So far Bob Sanders and O.J. Atogwe have both come and gone without so much as a sound from Valley Ranch. It could be that the Cowboys are waiting to see what the new collective bargaining agreement will look like before signing players. If that is the case, then the Cowboys will continue to miss out on opportunities. If the Cowboys are hoping to solve their secondary problem in the draft, then they are taking a huge risk.

The labor dispute has reached to all corners of the Cowboys’ organization. Despite the possibility that there could be no training camp and preseason, officials at the Alamodome in San Antonio, TX are still preparing to host part of the Cowboys’ training camp this summer. All of the preparations for Cowboys training camp in San Antonio in July are being made, but if the players get locked out on Friday then the work will stop along with training camp preparations all over the NFL.

The players are starting to speak out about the current labor negotiations as well. Tight end and offensive team leader Jason Witten has said that he was hoping for some sort of miracle to prevent the March 4 lockout. When that small miracle happened, Witten says that it made him hopeful that the two sides will have an agreement in place before the next scheduled deadline of March 11.

Running back Tashard Choice is not being as forgiving as Witten. Choice used his Twitter account to send a message that he felt the owners were being greedy when it came to the most recent negotiations. None of the owners have commented on Choice’s message, but Choice posted a follow up message thanking the fans for their support throughout the difficult contract renewal period.

The Cowboys followed up on their promise to make sure that offensive lineman Doug Free stays in Dallas by placing a first and third-round tender offer on the 27-year-old veteran. That means that if any team wants to try and sign Free away from the Cowboys, they will have to give up a first and third-round pick. Other tender offers extended by the Cowboys include second-round tenders to defensive players Stephen Bowen and Jason Hatcher along with a seventh-round tender to safety Alan Ball. Free’s deal is worth $3.4 million, Bowen and Hatcher get $1.9 million and Ball’s deal is worth $1.2 million.

Dallas Cowboys Update: New Head Coach to be Named This Week

Dallas Cowboys Update: New Head Coach to be Named This Week

It appears to be a good sports bet that Jason Garrett will have the interim term removed from his title and be named the Dallas Cowboys new head coach as early as this week. The NFL betting lines have speculated for a while now that owner Jerry Jones will be naming Garrett as the official new head coach at a press conference sometime Tuesday or Wednesday.

But, true to Jerry Jones’ style, the Cowboys owner is not tipping his hand just yet. As the Super Bowl betting begins without the Dallas Cowboys, Jones is claiming that he is still in search of a coach and is still interviewing candidates. Many NFL predictions have Bill Cowher and Jon Gruden as front-runners for the job, but neither former Super Bowl winning head coach has made a comment on the process.

For his part, Jerry Jones has said that no NFL head coach has won a Super Bowl with two different teams. Jones could be reminding the media that Bill Parcels was supposed to bring a Super Bowl title to the New York Jets, New England Patriots and Dallas after winning the big game with the New York Giants, but Parcels failed to win the Super Bowl after leaving the Giants.

In a move that could be exposing the Cowboys head coach search process, interim head coach Jason Garrett has already started to hint at coaches he will want for his staff. One coach Garrett mentioned specifically was Wisconsin Badgers offensive coordinator Paul Chryst. There are strong rumors that Garrett’s first move if the interim tag is removed will be to bring in Chryst as the new offensive coordinator of the Dallas Cowboys.

Because of their 6-10 record, the Dallas Cowboys have secured the number nine pick in the 2011 NFL draft. The Cowboys seemed to come into the 2010 season with very few weak spots on either side of the ball, but as the season played out it became apparent that the Cowboys were deficient on the offensive line as well as the defensive secondary. The Cowboys get the chance to add to their already talented roster by either using the number nine pick, or trading it for experienced players.

This year will be a unique draft because of the looming cloud of an expiring collective bargaining agreement. If a new CBA is not in place by July, then there may not be a 2011 season. Teams are hoarding coaches and players in anticipation of the carnage to come. The Cowboys may decide to trade their pick because of the high cost, and high uncertainty, that a top 10 pick brings. No one in the Dallas Cowboys front office has commented on the draft order as of yet.

The Cowboys had five players named to the 2011 NFC Pro Bowl team despite the 6-10 record. OLB DeMarcus Ware, TE Jason Witten, P Mat McBriar, OL Andre Gurode and DT Jay Ratliff will represent the Cowboys in Hawaii the week before the Super Bowl.

Dallas Cowboys Update: The Jon Kitna Watch Continues

Dallas Cowboys Update: The Jon Kitna Watch Continues

If you plan on placing an online sports bet on the Dallas Cowboys this week, you may want to wait until the Cowboys decide who is playing quarterback. Despite his spirited, and well-choreographed, comeback against the Arizona Cardinals on Christmas Day, the NFL betting lines experts were informed that Dallas third-string quarterback Stephen McGee is not a lock to start the last game of the season.

The sports betting bonus crowd will have to wait and see what kind of progress quarterback Jon Kitna has with his torn abdomen muscle before finding out who will start. Kitna has still not been able to practice since his injury in the third quarter of the Arizona game, but people are holding off on any NFL predictions regarding Kitna’s status until Friday.

While Kitna sits on the sidelines and watches practice, McGee has been taking all of the snaps with the first-string offense. The Cowboys have not brought in any other quarterback to practice, and no other Cowboy player was seen taking snaps besides McGee.

The Cowboys actually have a very practical reason for wanting to at least have Kitna in uniform for this game. Once you get past Stephen McGee on the depth chart, there really is no one to play quarterback for the Cowboys. Starting quarterback Tony Romo is out for the season, so the Cowboys would have no one to play quarterback if McGee were to get hurt and Kitna is not on the field. It is unclear as to whether or not the Cowboys will sign a quarterback for the one game, or designate a back-up quarterback from the current roster if Kitna cannot go.

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The Little Things Haunting The Cowboys

Dallas Cowboys Update: The Little Things Haunting The Cowboys

The betting experts are starting to re-think their NFL predictions in the preseason that the Dallas Cowboys would be NFC East champions. But, as some of the Cowboys like to point out, it is not all the Cowboys’ doing.

In their week five loss to the Tennessee Titans, the Dallas Cowboys point to a questionable call by the referee as just one example of how the Cowboys seem snake-bit this year. When tight end Jason Witten scored the game-tying touchdown late in the fourth quarter he handed the ball to offensive lineman Marc Colombo. After Colombo spiked the ball, he chest-bumped Witten and fell to the ground. The referees flagged Colombo for excessive celebration. With the 15 yards tacked on to the kick off, the Cowboys were unable to pin the Titans with the kick. The Titans marched down the field and won the game.

The referees did not put the Cowboys in a hole that required a game-tying touchdown late in the fourth quarter, and they also did not help the Titans to score the game-winning touchdown at the end of the game. But the Cowboys point to that penalty as an example of the little things that keep haunting the Cowboys this season.

The NFL betting world loves to play the “if the season ended today” game, but the Dallas Cowboys do not have time for speculation. The Cowboys have admitted that one of the things that is killing their season is the penalties they are taking and the mental mistakes that are causing turnovers and big plays against them. Linebacker and defensive team captain Keith Brooking refers to the brand of football that the Cowboys are playing as “stupid football” and has challenged his defensive teammates to work harder to cut down on the mistakes.

In order to understand how costly the Cowboys mistakes have been this season, one only needs to look at how the team is playing in comparison to their record. The Cowboys offense is ranked second in the league with an average of 422 yards per game. The passing game has been throwing for an average of 326 yards per game, the running game is gaining an average of 95.2 yards per game and the team is scoring an average of 20 points per game. The Dallas defense is holding opposing offenses to just 305 total yards per game, but the defense is giving up almost 22 points per game. Mistakes, penalties and bad positional playing is costing the Cowboys big this season.

While many of the NFL scores have not been on the side of the Cowboys this season, there has been on mystery surrounding Dallas that has been resolved. Rookie wide receiver Dez Bryant was indeed tricked into paying the entire tab for the offensive team’s dinner at the beginning of the season. The total wound up being $54,896, and Bryant recognizes it as a rookie hazing. Bryant laughs the incident off and says that apologies, and re-payment, from his teammates are not necessary.

Dallas Cowboys Update: Roy Williams is not the Dinner Culprit

Much has been made the past few days about the $55,000 offensive team dinner that Dez Bryant reportedly paid for unknowingly. The offensive team did go out to dinner, it did cost $55,000, and reportedly Dez Bryant did pay for it. But anyone that was betting on whether or not Roy Williams paid with Bryant’s credit card as payback for Bryant not carrying Williams’ pads in training camp would be wrong.

Williams vehemently denied pulling the $55,000 prank, and he sees the whole incident as the indication of a larger problem with the NFL betting media. Williams blasted the media for starting the rumor as an attempt to divide an already troubled Dallas locker room. According to Williams, everything is fine and the media has made much more out of this incident that it was.

The crowd that bets on NFL scores is starting to wonder where the two-headed running back monster is that was supposed to be one of the features of the Dallas offense. Running backs Felix Jones and Marion Barber were supposed to strike fear into opposing defenses, but instead Jones has touched the ball less than nine times a game. Even the third leg in this running back trio, Tashard Choice, has been sidelined with only eight carries all season long.

Speculation is running wild as to why the Cowboys are not utilizing their three very talented running backs. Barber proved last season that he could be a work horse every game, but Jones showed a tendency to get injured. It could be that the Cowboys are limiting Jones and Choice in anticipation of unveiling a new running attack in the playoffs. But in order to do that, the Cowboys have to get to the playoffs first.

Dallas tight end Jason Witten has had a rough season already. First he was sidelined with a concussion, and then he was injured in the week three win over the Houston Texans. But the bye week has been good to the all-pro tight end, and one of Witten’s NFL predictions is that he will be on the field in week five against the Tennessee Titans and ready to play.

With three sacks of Houston quarterback Matt Schaub, Cowboys defensive lineman DeMarcus Ware showed that he is back to mid-season form by grabbing the NFC defensive player of the week honors last week. Ware is not tied for third on the Cowboys all-time list of multi-sack games. He has 68.5 career sacks and is a force on the front line for the Cowboys this season.

Rookie wide receiver Dez Bryant should be making the sports pages for his play while being injured as opposed to any hazing gone wrong. Bryant fractured his ribs in week one against the Washington Redskins, but he has been playing ever since. The injury has required additional padding and injections for pain and inflammation prior to each game, but Bryant is working to find his role in the Dallas Cowboys offense.

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