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The new kickoff rules have made kick return more important than it has been in a decade. Dallas needs to invest in a dynamic returner. CeeDee should not be fielding kicks.

Eagles at number one is not even debatable. They have the best roster top to bottom in the division and it is not particularly close.

Press coverage at 38% of snaps is aggressive. It works when you have elite corners but when those corners are young and developing, the physical toll is even greater because they are fighting through contact with less efficiency.

Sunday Ticket at $349 is actually a decent deal when you break it down per game. That is about $20 per game for every NFL game. I spend more than that on a single beer at AT&T Stadium.

Jerry gets too much blame and too much credit for draft picks. The reality is somewhere in the middle. He has a good scouting staff and mostly lets them do their job.

The soft middle is a trap. The Cowboys have a long history of playing down to bad opponents. Those Panthers and Titans games are not automatic wins.

Six touchdowns allowed in coverage is brutal. Even with the excuse of being a young player, that number has to drop significantly or we are looking at another bottom-10 pass defense.

Garrett at C-plus is generous. Nine and a half years and one playoff win. The clapping memes exist for a reason. Source: my wasted Sundays from 2011 to 2019.

Oxnard is beautiful. We turned the training camp trip into a family vacation. Camp in the morning, beach in the afternoon, dinner in Ventura. Highly recommend.

The Netflix documentary was incredible. It completely changed how I viewed the cheerleaders. The athletic demands are insane. These are elite dancers and athletes.

Eagles fan living in Dallas here. That rivalry is real in this city. I wore my Eagles jersey to work after Week 6 and three different people refused to talk to me. I love it.

The real solution is what the Chiefs do: draft well in the middle rounds and develop cheap talent. The Cowboys have not done that consistently.

The 45% number on three players is staggering. Even if all three are elite, you cannot build a 53-man roster when nearly half your money goes to three guys.

The Leon Lett Thanksgiving play is hilarious in hindsight but I remember my dad throwing the remote at the TV. Different energy in the moment.

The Dez catch still makes my blood boil. I was at that game. The stadium went from the loudest I have ever heard it to complete silence in about 3 seconds.

The nose tackle pick in round 3 of the draft directly addresses this. A 310-pound space eater who can hold point of attack. Exactly what we needed.

Texas Live is good but it gets overpriced on game days. $12 beers and $18 burgers. Stick to Wild Pitch for value.

Top 10 is fair. He is better than Cousins, better than Goff, probably better than Hurts. But he is not Mahomes, Allen, or Lamar. That tier is locked.

The EPA data supports this but the eye test does not always. There are moments where Dak looks lost in the pocket and no stat captures that feeling.

A 4.33 receiver in round 4 is great value. Even if he only runs go routes, that opens up the middle of the field for CeeDee.

Round 1 pick was a reach according to most big boards. PFF had him ranked 18th overall. But scheme fit matters and the Cowboys clearly loved him.

Keep it in Arlington. The infrastructure exists. The hotels exist. The entertainment district exists. Starting over in a new city makes zero sense.

AT&T Stadium still holds up honestly. The video board is iconic. But the concourse flow is terrible compared to newer stadiums. SoFi makes it feel dated.

Lamb is worth every penny. Without him this offense would be unwatchable. He is the only reason defenses cannot stack the box.

Bring a canopy. I cannot stress this enough. I got sunburned so badly at the Week 1 tailgate last year that I could not sleep that night. September in Arlington is no joke.

Parsons needs a ring to be in the conversation for number one. Ware never got one in Dallas either but at least he carried those mid-2000s teams to the playoffs.