Cowboys' owner Jerry Jones has dreamed the ultimate dream.
Going on the "if you build it they will come" theme, the new $1.2 billion Cowboys Stadium has been everything Jones wanted and more.
With the Cowboys hosting Super Bowl XLV there this season, Jones doesn't mind being a little greedy.
"I don't mind telling you it's a great feeling to have a competitive team this year," Jones said. "It's a great feeling. And for this team to do the ultimate this year would be on par with having won the first Super Bowl. I haven't gotten over that. It would be something out of a story book. A man can dream."
With 20 of 22 starters back from last year, the Cowboys have the talent to make Jones' dream a reality.
To make it happen, however, the Cowboys will have to...
The NFL is a copycat league, and most everyone wants to be a carbon copy of one team in particular -- last season's Super Bowl champions. The New Orleans Saints won it all with the combination of an explosive, high-scoring offense and an aggressive defense. In the unpredictable NFC, they also were the conference's ninth different champion in as many years. Based on that formula, the Dallas Cowboys and Minnesota Vikings can be considered strong contenders.
Every day since the start of training camp, and sometimes twice a day, coach Wade Phillips studies the Dallas Cowboys roster and picks the 53 guys he thinks should make the team. He has to keep it fresh, because things keep changing. Players improve or regress, get hurt or heal. It's not always as simple as erasing one name and jotting down another.
Rookie wide receiver Dez Bryant won't see game action until the Sept. 12 season opener against the Washington Redskins, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said Wednesday.
Wade Phillips has watched the tape and wonders what all the fuss is about. He realizes the Cowboys aren't scoring touchdowns because of problems running, throwing or both. And the defense he coordinates was quite unimpressive in the latest game, a loss at Houston. But while he's unhappy with the lack of progress, he doesn't think his team is in trouble, either.
Companies controlled by Dallas
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones have paid out about $10 million to the two employees
seriously injured in the 2009 collapse of the team's practice facility, the
attorney for the pair said Monday.
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