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Mr. Tulsa Drew Pearson! What a great player and person.

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Alfred Morris isn't Zeke...but he's a very capable backup with surprisingly good quickness. I think the OL is starting to enforce their will on people (even worthless Cooper) and we will be okay.

The bigger problem in Dallas is that Beasley has gone into a funk and we have no deep threat to stretch the field.

Anyone who says that Bryant and Williams have that capability don't have a clue. We have the slowest receiving corp in the league.

Gust

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I love TWill but your right

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Maybe we should kick the tires on another Bryant...

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One note - having Alfred Morris and Darren McFadden taking Eliotts place, they may be the best backup tandem in the NFL in quite some years

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I like Alfred but I'm going to have to see it before I believe it.

ouch. Really liked this kid coming out in the draft. Hopefully he proves me really wrong;
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Eagles acquired Jay Ajayi from the Dolphins in exchange for a fourth-round pick.

While this looks shocking on the surface, coach Adam Gase took a shot at Ajayi following the team's loss to the Ravens last Thursday night and had clearly soured on the back. Now in Philly, Ajayi should take over as the lead back ahead of LeGarrette Blount and will get to run behind a solid offensive line for the first time in his career.

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ouch. Really liked this kid coming out in the draft. Hopefully he proves me really wrong;
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Eagles acquired Jay Ajayi from the Dolphins in exchange for a fourth-round pick.

While this looks shocking on the surface, coach Adam Gase took a shot at Ajayi following the team's loss to the Ravens last Thursday night and had clearly soured on the back. Now in Philly, Ajayi should take over as the lead back ahead of LeGarrette Blount and will get to run behind a solid offensive line for the first time in his career.

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I sure hope he doesn't succeed, lol

The Indianapolis Star reports the Colts discussed Frank Gore with the Eagles before Tuesday's trade deadline.

The Eagles ended up thinking bigger and acquiring Jay Ajayi. The Colts seemed to make everyone available with T.Y. Hilton, Vontae Davis and Donte Moncrief joining Gore but ended up standing pat. The Colts could eventually cut 34-year-old Gore, but he would be subject to waivers.

Been a long time since I've seen a 'smaller' interior DT be as good as Donald. 280ish

Maybe John Randle? He ran about 275ish for his early NFL HoFame career before getting up to 285-290

Jerry Jones confirmed reports that the Cowboys are working out free agent defensive end Owa Odighizuwa, who was released by the Giants in August. Odighizuwa appeared in 18 games for New York over the last two seasons, recording six tackles.

Just thinking - Rod Smith may be the back that benefits the most from Zeke being out. We havent really had a power type back in a while

here's the cake I owe you! Slaved all day on this !lol

assassin, you are too quiet! It is awful.

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assassin, you are too quiet! It is awful.

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Massive work done at Dentist. Will be on SlimFast for a few days. Normally thats not a bad thing...

In piecing together the 2017 NFL broadcast schedule, the league's media partners went all-in on the Dallas Cowboys, signing on Jerry Jones's charges to appear in 13 national TV windows. At the midway point in the season, it appears that the "Everything's Bigger" in Texas strategy has gone a long way toward preventing a significant ratings crash.

According to Nielsen live-plus-same day data, the Cowboys are once again TV's top draw, averaging 22 million viewers and a 12.4 household rating in their first five coast-to-coast broadcasts. Not only has Dallas factored in the season's highest-rated NFL broadcast -- the Cowboys' lopsided 42-17 loss in Denver on Sept. 17 delivered 26.0 million viewers and a 14.3 HH rating in Fox's Sunday afternoon window -- but the team has managed to put up huge numbers in regional coverage.

The top-rated NFL game in Week 4 was the Los Angeles Rams-Dallas single-header on Fox, which beat out all the games in the national windows with an average draw of 20.1 million viewers and an 11.5 household rating despite airing in only 32 percent of all TV markets.

While Dallas's ratings are down 5 percent compared to the year-ago period, when it was averaging 23 million viewers and a 13.1 rating, the franchise has plenty of opportunities to catch up over the balance of the season. The Cowboys are slated to appear in no fewer than eight upcoming nationally-televised games, including the team's traditional Thanksgiving Day Game (CBS has the honors this year) and a Christmas Eve slot against Seattle in Fox's big Sunday afternoon showcase.

On the other end of the continuum are the five teams that have been consigned to a single national TV date each: the Rams, 49ers, Browns, Jets, Bills. And then there are the Jaguars, which were effectively made invisible by the league's scheduling committee. Jacksonville's Sept. 24 blowout of Baltimore in London streamed on Yahoo and aired on linear TV only in the two home markets.

Trailing Dallas in the ratings win column are the Green Bay Packers, who through five national broadcasts are averaging 20.6 million viewers and an 11.7 rating. Cheeseheads and ad sales executives alike were pained to see quarterback Aaron Rodgers last month go down with a fractured right collarbone; the Packers are scheduled to appear in just three more national windows, but NBC has the right to flex out two of them for other games if it chooses.

If Rodgers's ouster casts a shadow over Green Bay's postseason plans, most of the other high-rated NFL teams are still in the playoff hunt. No. 3 Seattle (19.8 million viewers, 11.2 rating) is currently tied with the Rams for top honors in the NFC West, while No. 5 New England (18.8 million viewers, 11.0 rating) and No. 6 Pittsburgh (18.1 million, 10.5 rating) are knotted up with No. 9 Kansas City (15.9 million viewers, 9.4 rating) with an AFC-leading 6-2 record.

Of course, there are outliers. Thanks in large part to market size and a fanbase that's prone to fits of masochism, the uncharacteristically lousy New York Giants are presently the No. 7 NFL TV draw (17.6 million viewers, 10.1 rating), while the thoroughly mediocre Cincinnati Bengals occupy the rung below the G-Men with an average draw of 16.4 million viewers and a 9.5 rating.

The top 10 is rounded out by a surprisingly lowly (3-5) Oakland Raiders squad (15.8 million viewers, 9.3 rating) and the uninspiring NFC East representatives from the nation's capital (15.7 million, 9.3).

With half the season on the books, all NFL national and regional broadcasts are in aggregate averaging 14.9 million viewers and an 8.7 household rating, down 5 percent versus 15.6 million viewers in the year-ago period and off just 4 percent versus the 9.1 rating served up as of last season's midway point. Two NFL packages actually have shown year-to-year growth, as ESPN's "Monday Night Football" is up 5 percent with an average draw of 11.1 million viewers, while the NFL Network's standalone "Thursday Night Football" slate is up 14 percent with 6.33 million viewers.

Zeke plays on Sunday.

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Zeke plays on Sunday.

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Wow.

So what does this mean post-Sunday?

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Zeke plays on Sunday.

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Wow.

So what does this mean post-Sunday?

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Nothing. It is just a brief administrative stay to allow the Court time to assemble a motions panel to decide his emergency motion to stay the lower court's denial of his preliminary injunction. It's just a placeholder for this weekend.

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In piecing together the 2017 NFL broadcast schedule, the league's media partners went all-in on the Dallas Cowboys, signing on Jerry Jones's charges to appear in 13 national TV windows. At the midway point in the season, it appears that the "Everything's Bigger" in Texas strategy has gone a long way toward preventing a significant ratings crash.

According to Nielsen live-plus-same day data, the Cowboys are once again TV's top draw, averaging 22 million viewers and a 12.4 household rating in their first five coast-to-coast broadcasts. Not only has Dallas factored in the season's highest-rated NFL broadcast -- the Cowboys' lopsided 42-17 loss in Denver on Sept. 17 delivered 26.0 million viewers and a 14.3 HH rating in Fox's Sunday afternoon window -- but the team has managed to put up huge numbers in regional coverage.

The top-rated NFL game in Week 4 was the Los Angeles Rams-Dallas single-header on Fox, which beat out all the games in the national windows with an average draw of 20.1 million viewers and an 11.5 household rating despite airing in only 32 percent of all TV markets.

While Dallas's ratings are down 5 percent compared to the year-ago period, when it was averaging 23 million viewers and a 13.1 rating, the franchise has plenty of opportunities to catch up over the balance of the season. The Cowboys are slated to appear in no fewer than eight upcoming nationally-televised games, including the team's traditional Thanksgiving Day Game (CBS has the honors this year) and a Christmas Eve slot against Seattle in Fox's big Sunday afternoon showcase.

On the other end of the continuum are the five teams that have been consigned to a single national TV date each: the Rams, 49ers, Browns, Jets, Bills. And then there are the Jaguars, which were effectively made invisible by the league's scheduling committee. Jacksonville's Sept. 24 blowout of Baltimore in London streamed on Yahoo and aired on linear TV only in the two home markets.

Trailing Dallas in the ratings win column are the Green Bay Packers, who through five national broadcasts are averaging 20.6 million viewers and an 11.7 rating. Cheeseheads and ad sales executives alike were pained to see quarterback Aaron Rodgers last month go down with a fractured right collarbone; the Packers are scheduled to appear in just three more national windows, but NBC has the right to flex out two of them for other games if it chooses.

If Rodgers's ouster casts a shadow over Green Bay's postseason plans, most of the other high-rated NFL teams are still in the playoff hunt. No. 3 Seattle (19.8 million viewers, 11.2 rating) is currently tied with the Rams for top honors in the NFC West, while No. 5 New England (18.8 million viewers, 11.0 rating) and No. 6 Pittsburgh (18.1 million, 10.5 rating) are knotted up with No. 9 Kansas City (15.9 million viewers, 9.4 rating) with an AFC-leading 6-2 record.

Of course, there are outliers. Thanks in large part to market size and a fanbase that's prone to fits of masochism, the uncharacteristically lousy New York Giants are presently the No. 7 NFL TV draw (17.6 million viewers, 10.1 rating), while the thoroughly mediocre Cincinnati Bengals occupy the rung below the G-Men with an average draw of 16.4 million viewers and a 9.5 rating.

The top 10 is rounded out by a surprisingly lowly (3-5) Oakland Raiders squad (15.8 million viewers, 9.3 rating) and the uninspiring NFC East representatives from the nation's capital (15.7 million, 9.3).

With half the season on the books, all NFL national and regional broadcasts are in aggregate averaging 14.9 million viewers and an 8.7 household rating, down 5 percent versus 15.6 million viewers in the year-ago period and off just 4 percent versus the 9.1 rating served up as of last season's midway point. Two NFL packages actually have shown year-to-year growth, as ESPN's "Monday Night Football" is up 5 percent with an average draw of 11.1 million viewers, while the NFL Network's standalone "Thursday Night Football" slate is up 14 percent with 6.33 million viewers.

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wow, well we are America's team, lol I personally love them. ha

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assassin, you are too quiet! It is awful.

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Massive work done at Dentist. Will be on SlimFast for a few days. Normally thats not a bad thing...

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ouch, glad to know that you are ok. Enjoy that Slimfast, gag

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BaylorProud77 said:

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assassin, you are too quiet! It is awful.

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Massive work done at Dentist. Will be on SlimFast for a few days. Normally thats not a bad thing...

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ouch, glad to know that you are ok. Enjoy that Slimfast, gag

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I feel Johnny Cash "Hurt" playing 24/7!

Dez Bryant (knee) wasn't listed on the Cowboys' final injury report for Week 9 against the Chiefs. Bryant was limited to start the week but has practiced fully the last two days. Dez has scored a touchdown in four of his last six game

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assassin, you are too quiet! It is awful.

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Massive work done at Dentist. Will be on SlimFast for a few days. Normally thats not a bad thing...

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ouch, glad to know that you are ok. Enjoy that Slimfast, gag

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I feel Johnny Cash "Hurt" playing 24/7!

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lol, that is bad

Cole Beasley (questionable, concussion) will play Week 9 against the Chiefs

The (first) battle for Dallas - Texans vs Cowboys

http://www.dallascowboys.com/content/battle-dallas

Isn't Rico getting close to being eligible?


Also just read that Zeke's legal team are trying to settle with the NFL for a shorter suspension.

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Isn't Rico getting close to being eligible?


Also just read that Zeke's legal team are trying to settle with the NFL for a shorter suspension.

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https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2017/11/4/16593058/dallas-cowboys-rico-gathers-ezekiel-elliott-dez-bryant-dak-prescott-terrance-williams-cole-beasley

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Isn't Rico getting close to being eligible?

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as BF posted - also, Spagnola or Fisher noted a few days ago that there was also injuries to his neck and jaw. Hopefully that was the main reason he was out vs the concussion. To be out this long for being concussed would have to be pretty serious

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Also just read that Zeke's legal team are trying to settle with the NFL for a shorter suspension.

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They tried that earlier but the NFL said no. NFL would be pretty dumb not to renegotiate this one.

NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reports Ezekiel Elliott "could play for several months" if he wins his injunction with the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.
Elliott is playing Sunday on a temporary stay of his suspension. There's expected to be a ruling on his injunction this week that should provide more clarity on his status. It's possible Elliott will finish out the year if he wins his next court battle, but that's far from a lock.
Source: NFL Network
Nov 5 - 9:24 AM

We're Brock Osweiler, Denver Bronco fans today folks!@

Pluck the Eagles!

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We're Brock Osweiler, Denver Bronco fans today folks!@

Pluck the Eagles!

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Horses up 3-0

Check out the extra signage

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Check out the extra signage

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That sweet of them

Eaglettes starting to pull away from the geldings. 24-6

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Eaglettes starting to pull away from the geldings. 24-6

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31-9 and at mid-field....