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Coaches tab Thomas as smartest defensive player
Published 7/1/2008 at ESPN.com - NFL Nation - Blog
Posted by ESPN.com's James Walker James Lang/US Presswire Kevin Terrell/Getty Images It's no surprise that a pair of middle linebackers topped ESPN.com's survey of NFL head coaches for smartest defensive player. With six votes, ...

Zach Thomas Would Kill on NFL Jeopardy
Published 7/1/2008 by Ryan Wilson at FanHouse
Filed under: Cowboys, Ravens, NFL Fans I just figured ESPN.com's Mike Sando got a few head coaches on the horn, asked them some questions about why Rodney Harrison is such a dirty player, and then wrote up a nifty column about the findings. Turns out, the entire Hashmarks crew got in on the action, which is why I'm happy to announce that soulja boy aficionado Zach Thomas has been named the NFL's brainiest player! Unfortunately, there won't be any trips to the Playboy Mansion for the winner; instead, Thomas will be rocking a set of new encyclopedias. Nerd. The smartest defensive ...

Jerry Jones myths exposed
Published 7/1/2008 by Dave Halprin (Grizz) at Blogging The Boys: Front Page Posts
... ESPN also polled the NFL coaches on who is the smartest player in the league on defense. Guess what? The winner was a Cowboy, albeit a new one. ...

ESPN clearly out of ideas in mid-summer
Published 7/1/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Chip's Moody Blues) at Uwe Blog
Zach Thomas was clearly smarter than Jason Witten on this play Three Dallas Cowboys (or those associated with the franchise) were featured prominently in a ESPN feature today. In it, the World Wide Leader polled all the NFL coaches (with anonymity) asking them who the dirtiest and smartest players were. And ...

COACHES THINK HINES WARD AND ZACH THOMAS ARE LEAGUE’S BRIGHTEST
Published 7/1/2008 by Josh Alper at ProFootballTalk.com
While they were surveying NFL coaches to find out which players were the dirtiest, ESPN.com also asked them who they thought were the smartest offensive (non-QB) and defensive players in the league. Hines Ward of the Steelers and Zach Thomas of the Cowboys came out on top of the voting. While Rodney Harrison dominated the voting for dirtiest player ...

NFC East Hashlines: Summer Collector's Edition
Published 7/2/2008 at ESPN.com - NFL Nation - Blog
Posted by ESPN.com's Matt Mosley I've just submitted my first manuscript for "The Life and Times of Tony Sparano: The Early Years," so I'm returning to "full-time" blogging status this afternoon. Please enjoy this installment of NFC East Hashlines: Cowboys As Jacques Taylor reports in the longest running weekly online newsletter in the NFL, Cowboys defensive coordinator Brian Stewart is doing something pretty cool for minority college and pro coaches. Stewart, who was previously with Wade Phillips in San Diego, has a passion for helping young coaches, and that's ...

Which New Player Will Have The Biggest Impact This Season?
Published 7/3/2008 by DaveTroll (noreply@blogger.com) at DaveTroll: Cowboys Fan 4 Life!
Of all the new additions to the Cowboys, two high caliber players came via trade or through free agency. Those were Zach Thomas and Adam Jones. The rest were rookies and some lesser known players from other teams. My question to everyone is, who will have the biggest impact on offense and defense this season? For offense, my pick would be Felix Jones. He might not be the "starter", but I believe he could be the threat to the outside that the Cowboys have needed. He is quick to get to the outside and he has good hands to catch the ball out of the backfield. I know it is easy to pick the number one pick in the draft, but he will be ...

NFL head coaches prefer Chad Johnson over T.O.
Published 7/10/2008 at ESPN.com - NFL Nation - Blog
Posted by ESPN.com's James Walker Which Pro Bowl-caliber player would you not want on your roster? ...