Just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse for the Dallas Cowboys defensive, the Cowboys placed defensive end Marcus Spears and rookie safety Akwasi Owusu-Ansah on injured reserve. Owusu-Ansah was retuning kicks for the team and Spears was coming into his own playing opposite DeMarcus Ware.

To fill the two roster spots, the Cowboys are signing defensive ends Jeremy Clark and Jimmy Saddler-McQueen to address depth at that position.

See what happens when Steven misses an episode of the DCSR? The team loses its focus and they find themselves with another loss. The Cowboys go down at home again, leaving Steven to ask, “Will the Cowboys win a game at home this year? Forget winning at home in the Super Bowl.”

The Cowboys now sit at 1-3, and this week, they face a 1-3 Minnesota Vikings team that will be just as hungry for a win, but the Vikings may possibly be without QB Brett Favre. Steven thinks it may be time for the Cowboys to get focused and stop committing silly penalties.

This week, Steven gives out a game ball to an forgotten man. Find out who gets it.

Week 5 Recap: vs Tennessee Titans

The Good:
WR Roy Williams: Williams is finally starting to play like the receivers Jerry Jones traded to get. In the past two games, Williams has caught 11 passes for 204 yards and 3 TDs. If he can perform like that week in and week out, the Cowboys will be tough to defend.

The Good – Part II:
RB Felix Jones: The Cowboys finally got the running game going with Felix Jones this week, as he rushed for 109 yards on 19 carries. I still think Jones needs to get 25 to 30 touches per game if the Cowboys are going to be successful going forward. Jones is a dynamic runner and when he finally got his chance with 19 carries, he proved he can carry the load.

The Bad:
QB Tony Romo: Not only does Romo need to protect the ball better, he needs to make better decisions with the ball. He threw three interceptions in the loss this week. It’s now how many interceptions he threw that is the problem, it’s where he threw them. The first was inside the redzone as Michael Griffin intercepted a pass intended for TE Martellus Bennett in the endzone. But his second was worse, getting picked off at the Dallas 16 yard line by Alterraun Verner that setup the Titans with a 1st and goal at the Dallas 1 yard line. Romo cannot give the opponents a short field by making poor decisions with the ball.

The Ugly:
Penalties: The Cowboys have to focus this week and avoid those costly penalties at crucial points in the game. This week the Cowboys were penalized 12 times for 133 yards. Outrageous! The worse penalty came late in the fourth quarter just as the Cowboys had scored the tying touchdown, a 18 yard TD pass from Romo to TE Jason Witten. Witten proceeded to hand the ball to offensive lineman Marc Colombo, and Colombo was penalized 15 yards for unsportsmanlike conduct forcing the Cowboys to kick-off from their own 15 yard line. On that ensuing kick, the Titans Marc Mariani returned the kick 69 yards and after another 15 yard penalty for a face-mask by kicker David Buehler, the Titans started with a 1st and goal on the Cowboys 6. Chris Johnson scored the winning touchdown from 1 yard out three plays later. Penalties – the Cowboys have got to be more disciplined and stop committing stupid penalties.

Cowboys WR Roy Williams, coming off his best performance as a Cowboys, said he would get his revenge on rookie WR Dez Bryant, and on Monday night it was time to pay the piper! According to Calvin Watkins of ESPNDallas.com, Byrant offered to bring the Cowboys offensive unit to dinner at Pappas Bros. Steakhouse.

As a way to get back at the rookie for the training camp incident where Bryant wouldn’t carry Williams shoulder pads into the locker room, Williams decided to invite the defense as well. With all the extra mouths at the dinner, the bill came to just under $55,000. Apparently, some of the players took home some very expensive bottles of wine.

David Wells, Bryant’s adviser said,

They got the young fella. What could he say? He had to pay it unless he wanted to wash dishes for a month.”

That must been one heck a of a dinner, and I imagine the wait staff got a pretty hefty tip as well.

Next time Dez, carry the damn shoulder pads!

It’s back! The return of the Dallas Cowboys Star Report.

Steven has finally said enough is enough and brought back the show set to cover the Dallas Cowboys football season. The Cowboys find themselves in a position they have not been in since 2001 with a 0-2 start, but Steven tells you why there hope for this week at Houston and for the rest of the season. Listen up as Steven sends his positive vibes out to the team.

Even though the team lost again, Steven found it easy to give out two game balls. Find out who gets them.

Week 2 Recap: vs Chicago Bears

The Good:
WR Miles Austin: Miles is becoming “Mr. Consistency” in the Cowboys offense. Austin put up another solid perfomance against Chicago catching 10 passes for 142 yards in the loss at home. Austin is proving he is worth every bit of his new contract.

The Good – Part II:
WR Dez Bryant: Although Bryant only had 2 catches for 52 yards, he provided the Cowboys with the most spectacular play of this short season. Early in the 1st quarter, Bryant took a punt and raced 62 yards for a touchdown to give the Cowboys a 7-3 lead. Bryant needs to be on the field more on the offensive side of the ball and given more targets, because as well all saw Sunday, he knows what to do with the ball once it is in his hands.

The Bad:
K David Buehler: Buehler missed another field goal this week, brining his season total to 2 out of 4. I am pretty sure the Cowboys were hoping for Buehler to be a little more accurate than 50% on field goal attempts. I say Buehler gets one more week to show that he can be counted on to be a consistent field goal kicker. If he misses again, the Cowboys need to bring in another kicker.

The Ugly:
Turnovers: The Cowboys only had three turnovers, which is great considering other teams had five to seven turnovers in some games in Week 2. QB Tony Romo threw two interceptions in the first half, but only one was his fault. The most crucial turnover happened late in the 4th quarter. The Cowboys were down 27-17 with a little less than five minuets left in the game when on 1st and 10 from the Chicago 37, Romo hit WR Roy Williams for a short gain at the Chicago 31 yard line. Instead of knowing the situation and going down to make it 2nd and 3, Williams tried to gain more yards and he was wrapped up driven backwards and stripped of the ball and the fumble was recovered by Brian Urlacher, all be sealing the victory for the Bears.

The Cowboys have to focus this week and avoid those costly turnovers at crucial points in the game to avoid falling to 0-3 this week at Houston.

What a way to lose the game! In all my years of watching football, I have never seen a game end with an offensive penalty negating a game-tying and potentially game-winning touchdown!

Ouch. This one will be sting a bit.

Let’s get to it and take a look at Week 1: The Good, the bad and the ugly!

The Good:
WR Miles Austin: After a loss like that, it is hard to find any positives in the game, but one simply cannot overlook Miles Austin. Not only did he have the Cowboys sole touchdown in the game, a 4-yard TD pass in the 3rd Quarter, he caught every pass thrown his way. QB Tony Romo threw Austin’s way 11 times, and Austin caught all 11 passes. A 12-yard catch was negated in the 4th quarter due to a Martellus Bennett illegal block above the waist penalty giving an Austin 10 catches for 146-yards and 1 TD. Guess that will put to rest any thoughts of Austin being a one-year wonder.

The Bad:
RB Tashard Choice fumble just before the half: With the Cowboys trailing 3-0 as the 1st half was coming to a close, Choice caught a short pass from Romo and tried to fight for a few extra yards. Instead, DeAngelo Hall stripped the ball, picked up and scored what turned out to be the winning points. Although Choice cannot take full responsibility for this play, since the coaching staff should have called in a kneel down play, Choice made the wrong choice by trying to gain a few extra yards on a meaningless play.

The Ugly:
T Alex Barron: I always thought the Cowboys made a mistake drafting Bobby Carpenter, but when they traded him away to St. Louis this off-season for Alex Barron, I said that was an even bigger mistake. The Cowboys found out just how big of a mistake it was on Sunday night as Barron habitually got beat off the corner and was flagged for three offensive holding penalties including the game ending holding penalty against Brian Orakpo which nullified the game-tying touchdown. Let’s hope Marc Colombo gets healthy and is ready for the Bears in Week 2.

Ex-Cowboy Michael Irvin, one of the greatest wide receivers in Cowboys history, had some interesting things to say about current Cowboys WR Roy Williams. While making his Super Bowl prediction on NFL Network Irvin said,

I won’t take Dallas until Dallas has whatever it needs to stop playing 10 vs. 11. And with Roy Williams on the field, they’re playing 10 vs. 11. Now, if they put the young boy Dez Bryant in? You better believe I’ll take Dallas.”

Hear that? 10 vs 11.

According to the Dallas Morning News, in 25 regular-season games with the Cowboys, Williams was the target of 128 passes from QB Tony Romo. He only caught 57 of them. And once again during the preseason, Williams and Romo did appear to be on the same page.

Don’t worry Michael. These things will work themselves out on their own and once Dez starts producing more than Roy on the field, the Cowboys will be hard pressed to keep Bryant out of the starting lineup. In my opinion, the Cowboys traded the wrong player to the Chargers. They should have kept Crayton and shipped Roy to San Diego.

Miles Austin has signed a six-year contract extension worth about $54 million with the Cowboys on Thursday. Add the $3 million salary he received for his one-year restricted free agent tender this season, and that brings his total to about $57 million over seven years. That’s big time!

Austin said,

It feels great to be wanted by this team because I want to be here. I wanted to be here all along. My career started here. You guys gave me a shot and obviously I put my all out here every day, and I’m going to continue to do that and hopefully for a long time.”

Looks like Miles is here to stay and that is a good thing. Right now, QB Tony Romo is on the same page with two players, Miles and TE Jason Witten. Hopfully, Miles will put up the kinds of numbers worthy of such a lucrative contract. Go Miles!

Cowboys TE Martellus Bennett finds himself on the Non Football Injury (NFI) list before practice even begins.

Apparently, MartyB, hurt himself away from the team. Read more at DallasCowboys.com

Bennett Headlines Four Injury List Designees.

Check out the Cowboys roster moves as they get ready to open practices in San Antonio this weekend.

Hodge, Owusu-Ansah Headed to PUP List.

So much for all the critics! What do they all know anyways? Today, Cowboys rookie WR Dez Bryant, selected 24th overall, squashed all their doubt and uncertainly regarding the possibility of him looking to get paid top 10 money and becoming a rookie hold out.

Dez became the first first-round draft pick of the 2010 NFL Draft to sign a contact with his team. Bryant’s deal puts to rest all the naysayers and guarantees the rookie wide receiver will be on the practice field when the Cowboys open training camp practices in San Antonio on Saturday.

Bryant said in a statement,

This was very important to me to be able to get this done in time for the first practice. I want to help this team. I want to compete. I can’t wait to start playing football again.”

Bryant signed a five-year deal worth a reported $11.8 million dollars with $8.5 million dollars guaranteed. The contract is just shy of last year’s 24th pick, Peria Jerry, ($13.25 million), but has more guaranteed dollars than Peria’s $7.55M guaranteed.

Bryant also said,

This was my call. I told Eugene (his agent) that I wanted to be in camp on time. I just want to play football.”

And so here he is, signed and ready to play in the NFL for the Dallas Cowboys. Forget the past kid, go out and make then say, “WOW!” Bryant is nor worried about playing time or even starting, but he wants to be on the field. “Don’t get me wrong. I would love to start, but I don’t care about it,” Dez said. “I just want to earn my playing time and do whatever it takes to help this team.”

Roy Williams, you have just been put on notice!