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The slot corner signing was underrated. 74.2 PFF grade for $5M per year is excellent value. Smart, steady, and frees the young outside guys to take chances.

Year 3 breakout is a real trend at cornerback. The position has the steepest learning curve in the NFL. I am cautiously optimistic about our young guys.

Bill Parcells saved this franchise from irrelevance. People forget how bad the Dave Campo years were. Parcells deserves credit for building the core that carried Dallas for a decade.

The Star practices in Frisco are solid if you cannot fly to California. Not the same atmosphere but you still get to see the team up close and it is free.

Making the Team has been my guilty pleasure show for years. The fact that it has run for 16 seasons tells you everything about the brand power.

Splitting with Philly is fine but the Week 6 red zone interception still haunts me. You have CeeDee one-on-one and you throw into double coverage. Decision-making under pressure is still a question mark for Dak.

Restructuring is not free money. Every time you convert salary to bonus, you are borrowing from the future. The bill always comes due.

Super Bowl XXVII is the gold standard. 52-17 with 9 turnovers forced. That roster was maybe the greatest team ever assembled.

Jackie Smith dropping that TD in the Super Bowl is the most painful play in franchise history. A catch and the Cowboys win their third straight Super Bowl. Instead we lost to Pittsburgh.

Parsons 58.4 run defense grade is alarming but also expected. You do not pay a guy $28M to set the edge. You pay him to get sacks. The roster around him needs to handle the run.

The Star in Frisco is incredible for families. Free parking, free entry, kids can run around on the turf after the game. Jerry actually did something right with that facility.

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.

The safety pick in round 2 is my favorite selection. That 4.42 speed with the coverage instincts is exactly what this defense has been missing since the Darren Woodson era.

Whatever happens, the tailgating culture at the current stadium is irreplaceable. Those parking lots on a Sunday morning are sacred ground.

If public money is involved I will be at every city council meeting. Arlington already gave Jerry $325M and the economic impact studies were wildly optimistic. Source: Brookings Institution stadium financing study.

Losing Tyron Smith and Zack Martin in back-to-back years was always going to be catastrophic. Two Hall of Famers. You do not replace that overnight.

You cannot pay a QB $55M and a WR $34M and expect to have a complete roster. That is $89M on two players. The math does not work under the salary cap.

Post-game tailgating is the real pro tip here. I used to fight traffic for 90 minutes. Now I crack another beer, listen to the postgame radio show, and leave when the lot is half empty.

Ware did it in an era where offensive tackles were better. The 2010s had elite left tackles across the league. Parsons benefits from more scheme creativity getting him free rushes.

Dak is not the problem but he is not the solution either at $55M. You cannot pay a QB that much and have this little talent around him.

The coaching salaries are wild. Head coach at a top 6A program in DFW makes more than most college assistant coaches. Because winning state is THAT important here.

Southlake Carroll on a Friday night is what people outside Texas cannot comprehend. The entire city of 30,000 is at that stadium. Businesses close early.

Arlington having no public transit for a city of 400K is genuinely insane. They voted it down TWICE. The Jerry Jones effect.

Texas insurance is surprisingly cheap compared to most states. I pay less here for better coverage than I did in Michigan.

New homeowner tip: your first year appraisal is often way off because they use the sale price. Protest it immediately.