Across The Cowboys

The 2026 NFL schedule is out and the Cowboys got COOKED. Brazil. A Week 14 bye. Eight playoff teams on the slate. Paul, Mike, and Brenden react to Dallas' brutal schedule, pick their trap games, circled matchups, and make their season win predictions — and let's just say not everyone is optimistic. Plus, which team absolutely won the schedule release on social media? We have a clear winner...

Paul, Mike 'The Pig' Crum and Brenden ‘Fergy’ Smith are back with a new episode of their latest series 'Cowboys Crystal Ball' A series where the boys bring on a guest to discuss and predict the Cowboys' 2024 schedule in 4-week increments, predict the Dallas Cowboys 2023 record, and make their Super Bowl 59 prediction. Joining the guys tonight is Mike's younger brother Mitch...

Paul Ryan, Mike 'The Pig' Crum, and Brenden 'Fergy' Smith are back and this week they're breaking down the Dallas Cowboys 2024 regular season schedule. After winning the NFC East division in 2023, the schedule makers decided to make the 2024 season a little more challenging. With matchups versus the AFC North, NFC South, San Francisco 49ers, and Detroit Lions. Is Mike McCarthy...

Paul Ryan and Dave 'PigskinPapers' Hartman are back and this week they'll be breaking down the 2024 NFL draft. The Falcons shocked the world when they took Michael Penix 8th overall. The Minnesota Vikings got 'their guy' in JJ McCarthy. Sean Payton claims to have tricked the Vikings into taking JJ McCarthy but is the joke on Denver for drafting Bo Nix? This draft class was load...

Paul, Mike 'The Pig' Crum and Brenden 'Fergy' Smith are back together again...FINALLY to recap and analyze the Dallas Cowboys 2024 draft. With only 7 picks in this draft after trading for Trey Lance, Brandin Cooks, and Stephon Gilmore in 2022. Every Cowboys fan wanted the Cowboys to trade back and acquire additional draft picks, especially with the lack of activity in free agency,...

The boys are back where it all started! 5 years ago Paul and Mike recorded their first ever episode of the Across The Cowboys Mock Draft and the rest is history. The guys have been part of the CeeDee Lamb slide, the Micah Parsons miracle, the anger and confusion that was the Tyler Smith, and of course who can forget last year's Mazi 'holy s*&t they took him' Smith pick. It has been...

Paul, Mike ‘The Pig’ Crum, and Brenden ‘Fergy’ Smith are back! This week is the beginning of everyone’s favorite series ‘Building the Cowboys’ a series where Paul, Mike, and Brenden bring on draft scouts, player analysts, lovers of the NFL Draft, and sometimes Cowboys fans to act as the GM of the Cowboys, draft who they think are the best players/fits for the Cowboys team and try to ‘build’ the be...

Join Paul and Dave as they discuss the incoming rookie class. Dave and Paul aren't “film guys” as the kids say, so the fellas brought in some reinforcements to share some insight into the 2024 rookie class and find which players are the “who's, who” in this upcoming drafting. Aaron St. Dennis expert ranker and writer at FantasyPros and co-creator of The Fantasy Football Universe joins the...

Paul, Mike ‘The Pig’ Crum and Brenden ‘Fergy’ Smith are back! This week is the beginning of everyone’s favorite series ‘Building the Cowboys’ a series where Paul, Mike, and Brenden bring on draft scouts, player analysts, lovers of the NFL Draft, and sometimes Cowboys fans to act as the GM of the Cowboys, draft who they think are the best players/fits for the Cowboys team and try to ‘build’ the bes...

Paul, Mike ‘The Pig’ Crum and Brenden ‘Fergy’ Smith are back! This week is the beginning of everyone’s favorite series ‘Building the Cowboys’ a series where Paul, Mike, and Brenden bring on draft scouts, player analysts, lovers of the NFL Draft, and sometimes Cowboys fans to act as the GM of the Cowboys, draft who they think are the best players/fits for the Cowboys team and try to ‘build’ the bes...

Paul Ryan and Dave ‘PigSkinPapers’ Hartman are back for Part 2 of their free agency discussion and this week they're breaking down all the changes in the wide receiver landscape the last two weeks. Calvin Ridley, Jerry Jeudy, and Gabe Davis got the bag, and Rondale Moore and Darnell Mooney joined forces in Atlanta, but what does that mean for Drake London? Diontae Johnson is on his way to Caro...

Paul Ryan, Mike "The Pig" Crum, and Brenden 'Fergy' Smith are back and this week they're breaking down the first week of the Dallas Cowboys free agency. It was a "busy" week for the Cowboys, albeit not in the way one would think but leave it to Jerry Jones to perfect 'busy doing nothing'. The Cowboys always find a way to dominate headlines for things they di...

Paul Ryan and Dave PigskinPapers Hartman are back and this week they're breaking down the first 3 days of NFL Free Agency.  Running backs are getting paid! And, it begs the question “are running backs great again?" It's only been 3 days, but both the Dallas Cowboys and Miami Dolphins have had a rough start to free agency, with Mike McCarthy and Dak Prescott on one year deals, is Dalla...

NFL Free Agency has begun and that means the Dallas Cowboys will....not do very much. For the last 3 years the Dallas Cowboys have been one of the cheapest teams in the NFL! Even then it's always nice to know what moves could the Cowboys make if they wanted to and what better person to break down the Cowboys salary cap than #CowboysNation salary cap expert Frankie Kenneth. Frankie has been a s...

Paul Ryan and Dave 'PigskinPapers' Hartman are back and this week they're recapping the overtime thriller that was Super Bowl 58 featuring the defending Super Bowl champions Kansas City Chiefs and  Patrick Mahomes versus Kyle Shanahan and the San Francisco 49ers.  Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes joined the elite company winning their 3rd Super Bowl and officially reaching dynasty status,...

Paul Ryan, Mike 'The Pig' Crum, and Brenden 'Fergy' Smith are back and this week they're recapping the nail-biter that was Super Bowl 58. With a final score of 23 - 25, the game wasn't the shoot-out some thought it would be, and early on Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs offense looked out of sorts. But alas the great ones always find a way and now Andy Reid and Pa...

The crew is back in full tonight as host Paul Ryan makes his return from the IR. The football season is almost over but with the big game right around the corner, the guys still have plenty to talk about tonight. Making his fourth Super Bowl appearance in his 8th season, if Patrick Mahomes wins on Sunday where does that put him on the all-time QB list? Travis Kelce broke records held by Rob Gronko...

After a week off a week off and their Cowboys wounds almost healed, Brenden 'Fergy' Smith and Mike 'The Pig' Crum are back to breakdown and dissect some interesting comments made by former Cowboys wide receiver and content creator Jesse Holley. Jesse appeared on a podcast recently and didn't hold back when asked what he thought of star defensive end Micah Parsons. Going so far...

The Cowboys got their asses kicked and we're all sad! Season 4 - Episode 26 Paul, Mike and sometimes Brenden will be here every week to keep you updated on all things Cowboys and keep you entertained with original Cowboys Content. You can NOW go live with the guys every week.  Every Monday and Friday Paul and Mike will be streaming their episodes on Twitter. Join the fun! Monday is the flagshi...

Paul Ryan, Mike 'The Pig' Crum, and Brenden 'Fergy' Smith are back with the first EVER playoff episode of their newest series 'Cowboys Sneak Peek'. Facing off in a playoff matchup for the ninth time in the history of their franchises, Cowboys and Packers is a historic match-up.  The Packers have bested the Cowboys in their last two playoff matchups, but with Aaron Rodgers o...

Paul Ryan, Mike 'The Pig' Crum, and Brenden 'Fergy' Smith are back and this week they're breaking down the Dallas Cowboys Week 18 mashing of the Ron Rivera led Washington Commanders.  The Commanders made it known that their season was over before the Week 18 matchup versus the Cowboys. They had no intention of playing spoiler or trying to interfere with the Dallas Cowboys'...

Paul Ryan, Mike 'The Pig' Crum and Brenden 'Fergy' Smith are back this week to recap and review the thrilling Week 17 victory over Dan Campbell and the Detroit Lions. At 11 - 5 this marks three consecutive double-digit winning seasons for Mike McCarthy and Dan Quinn, but can Dak and the Cowboys win a Super Bowl with this coaching staff? After their Week 17 victory, Dallas hasn'...

The boys are back baby! The NFL season is here and what better time to bring back the fan-favorite series 'Offsides with Paul, and Mike'. Like most of their series, Offsides is all about connecting with people and talking about food Jk (there is no food talk, we promise) but to talk football. This series offers a unique spin on breaking down the Cowboys' upcoming matchup. Instead of Pa...

The boys are back! And this week they FINALLY found a guest crazy (brave) enough to come on the pod to talk about how they feel about the state of their, the matchup with the Cowboys, what it's like being a fan, and everything in between. This week the Cowboys are heading to Miami and  Bienvenido a Miami, are you a fan of Will Smith? Creator of PigskinPapers, co-host of the NOT ATB Fantasy Sho...

Paul Ryan, Mike 'The Pig' Crum, and Brenden 'Fergy' Smith are back and unfortunately, they won't be recapping the Dallas Cowboys sixth win in a row. Instead, the fellas have been tasked with discussing an ugly 31 - 10 loss to James Cook and the Buffalo Bills. It was a nice run, but as we get closer to the playoffs and the competition stiffens, are the Cowboys up to the task? Za...