The defending NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles may be the favorites to once again win the conference next season, but the window may be open for the Dallas Cowboys to sneak in and reach the Super Bowl.
Dallas added wide receiver Brandin Cooks, giving them a legitimate No. 2 wideout next to CeeDee Lamb, as well as cornerback Stephon Gilmore, who will line up opposite Pro Bowl cornerback Trevon Diggs.
Michael Gallup looks to be a very solid No. 3 wideout, and he says that he’s perhaps fully recovered from the torn ACL he suffered almost 18 months ago.
ICYMI: Cowboys WR Michael Gallup feeling "springy" after season back from injury: "I'm smiling every time I walk into that facility" https://t.co/OpZck1ZtSD pic.twitter.com/9zec5EWwQB
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ACL tears often take up to a year to return from, and afterward, it can take an athlete months, if not a year or two to fully become whatever they will be following the injury.
Gallup, a third-round choice in the 2018 NFL Draft, put up 1,107 yards and six touchdowns in his sophomore season in the NFL and 843 yards and five touchdowns the following year.
The Cowboys have had one of the league’s top offenses while winning 12 games in each of the last couple of years, only to go home early in the playoffs.
They lost offensive coordinator Kellen Moore, who joined the Los Angeles Chargers, and he has been replaced by Brian Schottenheimer, although head coach Mike McCarthy is still expected to call plays on that side of the football.
With Pro Bowl running back Tony Pollard emerging as a reliable player and All-Pro pass rusher Micah Parsons manning their front seven, the Cowboys are hoping to make a run at their sixth world championship and their first since the 1995 season.
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