The Cowboys Shift

While the 2026 full schedule comes out on Thursday, the Cowboys at least know they will play football on Sunday night, Sept. 13, against the Giants in the season opener now 18 weeks away as the Cowboys offseason moved into the phase where footballs and rookies were back on the field during Monday’s workout that should please rookie Jaishawn Barham, whose favorite interview answer has been “I play football."

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Talk about a deep dive into this past weekend’s Rookie Mini Camp, the guys pulled the curtain way back giving impressions not only of Caleb Downs but high marks for Jaishawn Barham and Malachi Lawrence, looking the part and their versatility. And with Nate joining the show, certainly putting emphasis on getting these young guys on the field as soon as possible.

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No matter what else happened in this 2026 NFL Draft, the fact Ohio State “football player” Caleb Downs unexpectedly fell into the Cowboys lap made this entire draft process wildly successful. That began an extensive look at the two first round picks, along with adding players the Cowboys previously traded for with what would have been picks in this draft.

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Sharing final thoughts before the start of Thursday’s NFL Draft, starting with the range of possibilities with the 12th pick in the first round, naming the middle linebacker position as being hopeful, and analyzing what might happen with the first 11 picks. Then what to do at 20, ,maybe trade down a tad. Plus, pointing out the Cowboys draft success when selecting between 1-17 in the first round, and possibilities in later rounds.

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NFL Draft excitement hitting feverish pitch, now just 10 days away, and after a little Masters talk, the guys hit the draft hard, starting with analyzing the Cowboys 20th pick, then middle linebacker talk as biggest need at 12 and Bill emptying his Big Green Notebook on an undersized cornerback saying why not.

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Mickey Spagnola, Everson Walls, Hek' ma Harrison, and Bill Jones debate key NFL Draft strategy questions for the Cowboys two weeks out from draft day, discuss jersey number changes and the Cowboys' defensive needs heading into the draft.

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Sure there is March Madness in play, but March Football is real, now that the NFL meetings are going on, and the Cowboys still are dabbling in free agency. Updates galore from the meetings today, status of George Pickens, still interest in middle linebackers, state of the tight ends and reminder next week's Mick Shots will be 9 a.m. on Thursday.

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Bill Jones, Everson Walls, and Hek’ma Harrison are without Mickey Spagnola this week to discuss JSN’s record-breaking contract in Seattle, what it means for the Cowboys — can they afford to extend George Pickens, the impact it would have on the salary cap, and a little March Madness banter.

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Whole lot of ground to cover, since legal tampering and free agency began following last Monday’s show, and as we know the Cowboys were quite busy, trading for DE Rashan Gary, followed by signing defensive secondary free agents, restructuring contracts to create salary cap room, trading a couple of defensive tackles to recover a third round draft choice, then pointing out the need at linebacker.

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The Cowboys turned into busy beavers over the weekend, restructuring contracts to create more salary cap space and by the opening of NFL legal tampering on Monday, having agreed to trade for Packers defensive end Rashad Gary and doing their due diligence on other potential moves, the guys posing several “would-ya” possibilities.

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