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M25 Dynasty: America's Team No Longer?

Posted on October 15, 2013 at 08:24 AM.

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Dallas Cowboys: Not America's Team Anymore?

Breaking news out of Texas with confirmation that Jerry Jones has sold the Dallas Cowboys ahead of the 2013 Pre-Season. While you take a moment to digest that first piece of news we will proceed to give you some further words to consider, the new owner of America's Team is an Australian mining magnate. That's right Jerry Jones after years of finding way after way of leaving Cowboys fans dissatisfied with on-field and off-field decisions and the lack of success has added to his history of befuddling decisions (extending a 32 year old Romo for 6 years anyone?) by selling to an Australian, granted with the approval of the NFL and the other owners of course.

What exactly does this mean for Tony Romo and the Cowboys? Nobody is too certain yet as it appears that this Australian AJ Stuart may just yet have some surprises up his sleeve as this newsletter from Australia dated March 2013 would indicate below:

Could he really try and bring in a bucket load of Australian's to take up spots in an NFL team? Is there really that much talent floating around in Australia? Sure we have seen some solid Australian Punters in the NFL the likes of Mat McBriar, himself a former Dallas Cowboy, Saverio Rocca who is currently with the Redskins and Darren Bennett a former San Diego Charger, but could an Australian really hold down an other position?

That Australian team mentioned in the news letter above finished eighth out of eight teams in those 2011 World Championships, not even scoring against two opponents, including the United States, which fielded college players, they certainly didnt win a game. We can only sincerely hope that AJ Stuart has no intention of ripping apart the fabric of a team loved by many, although we can imagine the glee members of the NFC East may feel about this revelation.

Stay tuned for more information as details leek about the new ownership in Dallas and what it means for the NFL as we know it.

Stop the presses!!!

Major news coming out of the NFL offices this morning, with Roger Goodell announcing that due to an overwhelming player backlash at the new ownership of the Dallas Cowboys special measures that had been agreed upon by all owners including the new Cowboys owner would be implemented.

The Dallas Cowboys playing list will be dissolved, without cap penalties, as a result the Dallas Cowboys will be allowed to sign 2 players from the original list ahead of a mini draft!!! With the exception of the rookies, who were made aware of the pending ownership transition when drafted, all other players on the list will be open to being drafted by another NFL team, or potentially even the Cowboys.

From our understanding the draft order will in fact be based on regular season finishing position last season and when the Cowboys pick at 18, they can also pick two additional players for a total of 3 (should they choose so) before the draft continues. NFL teams can decline to use their pick should they consider it of no use to them, any un-signed players after this draft will be released into free agency.

Meanwhile AJ Stuart and the Dallas Cowboys will be scrambling to put a team together ahead of pre-season.

Below is the draft order:

NFL Draft - Round 1 Recap
Pick	Team	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt
1.	Chiefs
2.	Jaguars
3.	Eagles
4.	Raiders
5.	Lions
6.	Browns
7.	Cardinals
8.	Titans
9.	Jets
10.	Bills
11.	Buccaneers
12.	Chargers
13.	Saints
14.	Dolphins
15.	Panthers
16.	Rams
17.	Steelers
18.	Cowboys
19.	Giants
20.	Redskins
21.	Vikings
22.	Bengals
23.	Bears
24.	Ravens
25.	Seahawks
26.	Colts
27.	Packers
28.	49ers
29.	Patriots
30.	Texans
31.	Broncos
32.	Falcons

It is believed the Cowboys have come to terms with Sean Lee and Tyron Smith, as well as all their rookies.

The Cowboys list did look like this:

Dallas Cowboys Roster
#	OFFENSE	POS	AGE	HT	WT	COLLEGE
9	Tony Romo (91)	QB	33	6'2"	228	E.Illinois
18	Kyle Orton (77)	QB	30	6'4"	225	Purdue
7	Alex Tanney (65)	QB	25	6'4"	220	Monmouth
29	Demarco Murray (86)	HB	25	6'0"	215	Oklahoma
25	Lance Dunbar (72)	HB	23	5'8"	188	North Texas
21	Joseph Randle (R) (69)	HB	21	6'0"	198	Oklahoma St.
34	Phillip Tanner (68)	HB	25	6'0"	218	Mid Tenn St.
84	James Hanna (63)	FB	24	6'4"	250	Oklahoma
88	Dez Bryant (95)	WR	24	6'2"	222	Oklahoma St.
19	Miles Austin (83)	WR	29	6'2"	216	Monmouth
83	Terrance Williams (R) (73)	WR	23	6'2"	200	Baylor
17	Dwayne Harris (72)	WR	25	5'10"	207	East Carolina
11	Cole Beasley (67)	WR	24	5'8"	187	SMU
16	Tim Benford (60)	WR	23	5'11"	193	Tenn. Tech
86	Jamar Newsome (60)	WR	25	6'1"	201	UCF
82	Jason Witten (95)	TE	31	6'6"	261	Tennessee
89	Gavin Escobar (R) (72)	TE	22	6'6"	249	S.D. State
87	Andre Smith (68)	TE	24	6'5"	267	Virginia Tech
91	L.P. Ladouceur (52)	TE	32	6'5"	260	California
77	Tyron Smith (89)	LT	22	6'5	308	USC
75	Darrion Weems (66)	LT	24	6'5"	320	Oregon
65	Ronld Leary (71)	LG	24	6'3"	318	Memphis
62	David Arkin (69)	LG	25	6'5"	310	Missouri State
66	Ray Dominguez (64)	LG	25	6'4"	334	Arkansas
72	Travis Frederick (R) (75)	C	22	6'3"	311	Wisconsin
67	Phil Costa (74)	C	26	6'3"	302	Maryland
63	Ryan Cook (72)	C	30	6'6"	328	New Mexico
64	Brian Waters (87)	RG	35	6'3"	320	North Texas
73	Mackenzy Bernadeau (76)	RG	27	6'4"	333	Bentley College
68	Doug Free (82)	RT	29	6'6"	325	N. Illinois
78	Jermey Parnell (78)	RT	27	6'6"	311	Ole Miss
#	DEFENSE	POS	AGE	HT	WT	COLLEGE
93	Anthony Spencer (89)	LE	29	6'3"	250	Purdue
99	George Selvie (73)	LE	26	6'4"	270	USF
98	Tyrone Crawford (72)	LE	23	6'4"	282	Boise State
55	Edgar Jones (70)	LE	28	6'3"	262	SE Missouri St.
94	Demarcus Ware (96)	RE	31	6'4"	254	Troy
70	Drake Nevis (73)	RE	24	6'1"	310	LSU
51	Kyle Wilber (70)	RE	24	6'4"	246	Wake Forest
95	Caesar Rayford (R) (67)	RE	27	6'7"	267	Washington
97	Jason Hatcher (89)	DT	31	6'6"	299	Grambling St.
90	Jay Ratliff (84)	DT	32	6'4"	303	Auburn
92	David Carter (71)	DT	25	6'5"	300	UCLA
96	Nick Hayden (68)	DT	26	6'4"	301	Wisconsin
79	Ben Bass (66)	DT	24	6'5"	294	Texas A&M
52	Justin Durant (82)	LOLB	27	6'1"	228	Hampton
57	Devonte Holloman (R) (67)	LOLB	22	6'1"	242	South Carolina
50	Sean Lee (90)	MLB	27	6'2"	234	Penn State
58	Kyle Bosworth (62)	MLB	26	6'1"	236	UCLA
54	Bruce Carter (80)	ROLB	25	6'2"	246	North Carolina
59	Ernie Sims (71)	ROLB	28	6'0"	233	Florida State
39	Brandon Carr (89)	CB	27	6'0"	206	Grand Valley St.
24	Morris Claiborne (79)	CB	23	5'11"	190	LSU
32	Orlando Scandrick (77)	CB	26	5'10"	191	Boise State
20	B.W. Webb (R) (69)	CB	23	5'11"	178	William & Mary
33	Chris Greenwood (66)	CB	24	6'1"	193	Albion College
31	Micah Pellerin (60)	CB	24	6'0"	202	Hampton
42	Barry Church (79)	FS	25	6'2"	218	Toledo
37	Matt Johnson (71)	FS	24	6'1"	212	Eastern Wash.
38	Jeff Heath (R) (68)	FS	22	6'1"	209	Saginaw Valley
40	Danny McCray (67)	FS	25	6'1"	222	LSU
27	J.J. Wilcox (R) (71)	SS	23	6'0"	217	Ga. Southern
#	SPECIAL TEAMS	POS	AGE	HT	WT	COLLEGE
5	Dan Bailey (86)	K	25	6'0"	188	Oklahoma St.
6	Chris Jones (65)	P	24	6'0"	197	Carson-Newman

INTERACTIVE OPPORTUNITY:
You may draft for the teams in the list above the Cowboys, anybody listed on the list (starting with rosters as of last roster update) apart from rookies and Sean Lee and Tyron Smith. Please consider team need and contract, although if I can edit contract terms when assigning these players before officially starting the CFM I will make them more reasonable on the basis these players have received payouts. If you wish to interact please nominate if you wish to do one pick, or all the picks until my turn at 18 (when I may pick up to 3 of the players left), or the picks remaining after my pick/picks at 18.