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DALLAS — Tyler Smith is scheduled for surgery on his left thumb Tuesday and is expected to miss four to six weeks. On the Shan & RJ show on 105.3 The Fan that same morning, Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones said Smith aggravated an injury he carried...

DALLAS — Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones said the team has serious financial room to make a trade right now, and that Dallas is in play around the NFL. Jones spoke Tuesday morning during his weekly in-season appearance on the Shan & RJ show on 105.3 The...

DALLAS — Dallas Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer is the pick for NFL Coach of the Year in a survey of league executives and scouts that ESPN published Tuesday morning. Jeremy Fowler wrote that the race carried no runaway favorite and called Schottenheimer a bit of a wild card. Schottenheimer has...

DALLAS — Caleb Downs is the pick to win NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year in a survey of league executives and scouts that ESPN published Tuesday morning. Jeremy Fowler polled the group on eight awards ahead of Wednesday night's season opener between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks....

FRISCO, Texas — Joe Milton III called his release last week shocking. The quarterback is back with the Dallas Cowboys on the practice squad, one rung below the job he lost to Sam Howell. Nick Eatman of DallasCowboys.com published the availability Monday. Dallas waived Milton on Aug. 31, one day...

FRISCO, Texas — Todd Archer of ESPN reported Monday night that Tyler Smith's thumb began bothering him late in camp in Oxnard, California. Back in Frisco, the Dallas Cowboys used two padded practices to look for a workaround that would let him play. Nothing held up. Surgery became the answer....

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants released wide receiver Darius Slayton on Monday, six days before they open the season against the Dallas Cowboys at MetLife Stadium. New York announced the move, which also cleared the NFL's daily transaction wire. No one else on the roster had been...

FRISCO, Texas — No team in the NFL allowed more points last season than the Dallas Cowboys. Christian Parker's first Dallas defense opens Sunday night against a quarterback who runs. Brian Schottenheimer said he feels very different about this defense going into game one than he did a year ago....

FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys led the NFL in drives of 10 or more plays last season and had the fewest three-and-outs of any team. Third-and-six or less is where Dallas was good last season, Brian Schottenheimer said. Third-and-seven and longer is hard for everybody. "I think it's always...

FRISCO, Texas — Javonte Williams ran for 1,201 yards on 252 carries with 11 touchdowns last season, all career highs. Dallas Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer has not settled how the carries behind him get divided. "Javonte's our bell cow. The other guys are certainly going to play, but Javonte's our...