Cowboys News: Micah answers critics, rooting for Guyton, contract details for ex-UFLers (2024)

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Some observers felt his performance tailed off as the season came to a close last year, but Parsons merely sees the criticism as a challenge. “When people want things, you have to answer the call. It is not a negative thing,” he said. “It is the most positive thing people can say to me because it pushes me and challenges me to be better.” He’s been hosting youth football camps all across Texas and at Penn State University, his alma mater, to raise money for his newly-created Lion’s Heart Foundation to benefit young people in his hometown.

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Pete Prisco puts six Cowboys in his top 100. Micah Parsons (9) is the highest-ranked Cowboy, while CeeDee Lamb (21) and Dak Prescott (49) are also in the top half. DeMarcus Lawrence (55), Tyler Smith (75), and Zack Martin (94) get in, too. DaRon Bland got an honorable mention.

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Diggs is a polarizing talent for his all-or-nothing gambling in the secondary, but now coming off an ACL tear, he’ll have to remind the NFL exactly who he is and what he brings to the table. He has just four total interceptions since his breakout 11-interception season in 2021 and is now playing under a new defensive coordinator in Mike Zimmer, in the first year of an enormous five-year extension he signed last offseason.

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There’s no dearth of talent at the position currently, but corners are always in demand in the NFL. There’s a loaded class coming in 2025, with Michigan’s Will Johnson, Notre Dame’s Benjamin Morrison, Ohio State’s Denzel Burke, Kentucky’s Maxwell Hairston, and Colorado’s Travis Hunter sure to be hot prospects come April.

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The entire coaching staff is on the hot seat, and the starting quarterback is in a contract year. That’s a lot of pressure to put on a left tackle. But the Cowboys’ larger hopes as a team can’t be realized without a solid debut from the rookie who’s now charged with protecting Prescott’s blind side… who’s also just learning the position. Tyler Guyton made only 14 starts at tackle in college.

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The Cowboys were very good at the screen in 2023. But for some reason, they didn’t run it very often. The play is a great way to buy time for a new, inexperienced, or otherwise struggling offensive line… so a change in that policy in 2024 could benefit the offense greatly.

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League owners are reportedly kicking around the idea of a QB salary cap- separate from the other positions- to help curb the astronomical salaries for passers. It sure would be helpful for the Cowboys now in their current situation with Dak Prescott, whereby they stand to owe him 22% or more of the current cap… or risk losing him. But the CBA simply does not allow such a move, and teams who have already paid their QBs would likely never support it anyway.

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In the rich history of Cowboys wide receivers, four of the top five share the same jersey. Bob Hayes, the only man to win both a Super Bowl ring and an Olympic gold medal, is an awfully good place to start. But then there’s the 88 Club: Lamb, Drew Pearson, Dez Bryant, and Michael Irvin, in that order.

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Among the revelations of the Netflix series is how nearly every squad member has to hold down a second job. One DCC alumna said her earnings equal that of a substitute teacher or a “Chick-fil-A worker that works full-time.” ESPN estimates the average NFL cheerleader to make about $22,500 per year, just under what an NFL mascot typically brings in… and less than half of what the water boys earn. And the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders are among the league’s highest-paid squads.

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The four-day championship event for youth and teenage players will include international teams as well as the best squads from the States. It will debut next month in Canton at the Pro Football Hall of Fame.