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    Cowboys Move On

    Letting Murray take big money in Philly is right — if painful — call for Cowboys

    Matthew Postins
    Mar 13, 2015 | 8:48 am

    Okay, so if we’re done burning DeMarco Murray jerseys in effigy, can we discuss this whole contract thing rationally? No? Well, I tried.

    Murray is a Philadelphia Eagle now, the result of a five-year, $42 million offer that outclassed what the Dallas Cowboys were reportedly willing to part with. ESPN reported that the Cowboys were offering about $6 million a year. The Eagles offered Murray an average of $8 million a year, with half of it guaranteed. In fact, Murray will get $18 million guaranteed for what ESPN called “skill and injury.” Basically, that means he gets it no matter what.

    Murray wanted big money, and he got it. Apparently he wanted it in Philadelphia too. Murray reportedly called the Eagles on Wednesday to inquire about taking over for LeSean McCoy, whom the Eagles traded to Buffalo. Who is going to say no to that?

    Plus, the Eagles’ trade for quarterback Sam Bradford paid off in a way they probably didn’t expect. Bradford and Murray were college roommates at Oklahoma, and head coach Chip Kelly runs an up-tempo offense they both played in and liked at OU. Bradford told reporters on Wednesday that he was actively recruiting Murray. Sounds like he was listening.

    Murray told reporters after signing the deal that he felt the Eagles “[were] a great opportunity for me to win a Super Bowl, at the end of the day.” In other words, better than the Cowboys. You can debate the merits of whether that’s accurate.

    Look, I get it. It’s Murray. He was the NFL’s top running back last year and earned plenty of respect for his production and his professionalism while in Dallas. Fans like him. Plus, it’s the Eagles. The Cowboys will see him twice a year, which is bound to be great theater. So it all smarts a little bit.

    But Murray understands the business end of this. He plays a position that has one of the highest attrition rates in the NFL. Once you hit 30, you may as well be playing on borrowed time. This is basically his last contract, and he has to make it count. The difference in the two deals was about $10 million. That’s the NFL equivalent of trying to jump the Grand Canyon on a Vespa.

    That’s why the Cowboys are doing this right. Murray had more than 400 touches last year and was hugely productive. But he can’t do that forever. There is plenty of historical data out there to suggest that running backs with Murray’s workload tail off the next year and tail off faster once they hit 28. (Murray just turned 27.) There is also data out there to suggest that age makes a difference in all of this. Twenty-eight seems to be the red line.

    My belief is that Murray probably has two highly productive years left before he starts to tail off. Hopefully its gradual, but he won’t be the same player at the end of this deal than he is now. That much is clear. The Cowboys may have gambled and lost on keeping Murray on the cheap, but the long game says they’re making the right choice.

    But there is the short term, and losing Murray is a big problem.

    The Cowboys have three backs on the roster — Joseph Randle, Lance Dunbar and Ryan Williams. Randle may face a suspension, pending what happens with his legal issues. Dunbar doesn’t seem like a 20-carry-a-game back, and Williams hasn’t toted a full load in two years. The Cowboys now need a running back, perhaps two, and that changes their strategy the next few months.

    There are some budget-conscious choices on the free agency market. Buffalo’s C.J. Spiller, Miami’s Knowshon Moreno, Indianapolis’ Trent Richardson and Oakland’s Darren McFadden are all on the market. So are some older options like Carolina’s DeAngelo Williams and Atlanta’s Steven Jackson, both 31. The Cowboys need one of them quickly.

    I know you think I’m leaving someone out — Adrian Peterson. This is a pipe dream. Had the Vikings wanted to get rid of him, they would have done so before free agency so they could save some cap space. The remainder of his contract — $42 million over the next three years — makes him practically untradeable. Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones would have to give up too much.

    The real change in strategy is the draft. The Cowboys are going to have to spend a pick, probably in the first three rounds, to find a new back. The benefits are simple — the Cowboys can control that back’s costs for four years, and it will be far less than what they would have paid Murray.

    This isn’t a great draft for running backs, but two stand out — Wisconsin’s Melvin Gordon and Georgia’s Todd Gurley, the latter of which is still recovering from ACL surgery and might be had at a discount, perhaps a second-round pick.

    This isn’t the time for the Cowboys to panic. Naturally they’ve thought about all of this. But the biggest reason not to panic is up front. The Cowboys have perhaps the best offensive line in football and prepared for this possibility by making sure that right tackle Doug Free didn’t leave in free agency.

    Whomever the Cowboys sign or draft to run the football behind will benefit greatly from the foundation the Cowboys have built up front the last four years. That investment may just allow the Cowboys to continue to run the football productively in 2015. Now, it likely won’t be at the level Murray played at a year ago, but that doesn’t mean the running game and the offense can’t still be effective.

    That’s the key here. The Cowboys aren’t the team they were a few years ago, built around one player — that player being Tony Romo. They’re now a more balanced team that can absorb the hit of losing a player, even one as productive as Murray.
    And in the long run that’s what will keep the Cowboys in a position to contend.

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    Women's Basketball News

    Dallas Wings new women's basketball stars get warm welcome from city

    Alex Bentley
    Apr 23, 2025 | 12:15 pm
    WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert and Dallas Wings No. 1 draft pick Paige Bueckers
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    The Dallas Wings No. 1 draft pick Paige Bueckers brings big hopes for fans in the 2025 season

    The newest members of women's basketball team the Dallas Wings are already making waves: Paige Bueckers, the No. 1 pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft, and her fellow new recruits were welcomed by a press conference at Dallas City Hall on April 23 — part of the Dallas Wings' official introduction of the rookie class.

    According to a releasae, Dallas Wings draftees Paige Bueckers, Aziaha James, Madison Scott, JJ Quinerly, and Aaronette Vonleh were welcomed by Mayor Eric Johnson and City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert, and gifted with cowboy hats by the City of Dallas Economic Development Corporation.

    The team will start the 2025-2026 season playing at the Memorial Arena in the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center. Their home arena is College Park Center on the UT Arlington campus, with one exception: They'll be playing their June 27 game against the Indiana Fever, featuring superstar Caitlin Clark, at American Airlines Center in Dallas.

    Fans will have to pony up the big bucks for that epic game, with the price for two tickets starting at $255, although the upper 300 level has not yet been opened for sale. Those wanting to sit near the floor behind the baseline will run themselves a pretty $1,205 for two seats.

    After Clark joined the WNBA in 2024, almost half of the other teams in the league moved their home games against the Fever to larger arenas. All of the other Wings home games are currently scheduled to take place at College Park Center.

    If all goes as planned, 2025 will be the last season for the Wings at that venue. In 2024, the team announced plans to move to the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas Memorial Arena in Dallas, starting with the 2026 season.

    Bueckers joins the Wings after closing out her college career by winning her first national championship, with Connecticut dominating the previous champions, South Carolina, 82-59. She's considered by many to be the league's next superstar.

    The 2025 Dallas Wings season comes with much anticipation. Since the end of the 2024 season, the Wings have revamped their front office, which included the hiring of Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations and General Manager Curt Miller and Head Coach Chris Koclanes. In addition to the 2025 WNBA Draft Class, Miller made significant roster moves during free agency which included signing reigning WNBA Most Improved Player DiJonai Carrington, 2022 All-Rookie Team pick NaLyssa Smith, former Wings guard Tyasha Harris and 2020 All-WNBA Second Team member Myisha Hines-Allen.

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