A month after the top two Dallas Cowboys draft picks sent jerseys (well, jersey pre-orders) flying off the (figurative) shelves, a list of the top 50 jersey sellers across the NFL came out and the Cowboys didn’t do nearly as well.
Only one Dallas player made that top 50, and it’s not the famous quarterback and it’s not the receiver who has taken up all the offseason headlines. Meanwhile, the Cowboys seemed to have settled on a player to wear the green dot; now he needs to stay healthy. And there is big-time controversy with the cheerleaders.
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All the losses on the field may have taken a dent in the Dallas Cowboys’ appeal, or maybe their fans have all the gear they need, but the recent NFLPA’s Top 50 list of merchandise movers only has one Cowboy on it: CeeDee Lamb.
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That’s down from three a year ago, though Micah Parsons still checks in at No. 10; he’s just not a Cowboy. Dak Prescott has fallen out of the list and Lamb checks in at No. 21, the fourth receiver on the list.
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The NFLPA’s Top 50 tracks merchandise sales of officially licensed products (jerseys, T-shirts, figurines, etc.), and the current list tracks sales from March 1, 2025, to Feb. 26.
At 21st, Lamb was behind receivers Jaxon Smith-Njigba from Seattle (4th), Minnesota’s Justin Jefferson (13th), and Detroit’s Amon-Ra St. Brown (17th). Buffalo’s Josh Allen led the list, followed by New England’s Drake Maye and Philadelphia’s Saquon Barkley.
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On the other hand, Caleb Downs and Malachi Lawrence are 1-3 among rookies (Miami’s Texas Tech alum Jacob Rodriguez is second) in jersey sales, so maybe Dallas fans just pivoted a different direction, or already were loaded up with Prescott gear.
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The University of Texas alum DeMarvion Overshown’s first three years in the league have been a mixture of tantalizingly strong play and lots of injuries. Now in the final year of his rookie deal, he’s healthy heading into what could be a make-or-break year.
He’s also switching positions from weakside linebacker to middle linebacker, making him the player who will wear the green dot (he’ll have an earpiece so coaches can communicate with him).
In an interview with DallasCowboys.com, Overshown said he is excited to see how this works out.
“I’ve been wanting to be MIKE (middle linebacker) for the longest, since my rookie year,” Overshown told DallasCowboys.com. “I felt like it was going to come to a time where I wore the ‘C’ on my chest and I had the green dot, and now I’ve got it. I’m excited.”
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This came about after a conversation with new defensive coordinator Christian Parker, and was quite welcome with Overshown.
“People are going to look for me to set the front or make the checks when the offense is making a check,” Overshown said. “I’ve got to be CP (Parker) on the field, that’s what we talked about a lot. I’ve got to be an extension of him on the field.
“That’s a role that you do it well, you play in one place for a long time. We all know what year this is for me, it’s a contract year, and you give me the green dot, so I’ve got an opportunity to prove myself.”
To run through his problems, Overshown missed his rookie year in 2023 after tearing his ACL, then played the first half of 2024 before blowing out his knee. He returned past the midpoint of last season and played well down the stretch.
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A part of the Dallas Cowboys’ history that won’t be entirely fondly remembered passed away Wednesday when former receiver Lance Rentzel died at the age of 82. He came to the Cowboys in 1967 after two years in Minnesota, which ended after an incident where he exposed himself to girls on a playground.
He starred for the Cowboys for three years until the same problem recurred in 1970 on a Dallas playground, leading Dallas to cut him. After both incidents, he received probation and was sentenced to psychological counseling. He got a third chance with the Los Angeles Rams but was never the same player again.
Dallas finally has some real controversy in a mostly positive offseason. Dallas Cowboys Karley Swindel, a four-year veteran of the squad described by media as “beloved) (presumably from the Netflix series on the Cowboys cheerleaders), was cut from the team.
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The hashtag #JusticeForKarley started trending, and the 26-year-old Swindel began using it in Instagram posts. After she was cut, the fan account @dcc_updates claimed cheerleaders who made the squad were prevented from comforting her after the announcement. Then veteran cheerleader Marissa Lescheber said she and other cheerleaders were, in fact, allowed to comfort Swindel and that the situation was handled professionally.
On the bright side, when all of this is the biggest controversy of the offseason, at least some things have gone well.
The Dallas Cowboys at this moment only have one roster spot open as they angle toward July camp, but they have around 1,500 employees and they are often hiring.
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Per their website, “The Dallas Cowboys are looking for players who want to make an impact on the Team. We scout for players who demonstrate our brand values, Teamwork, Integrity, Passion, Community and Pursuit of Excellence and those who are willing to work as a team player to contribute to the achievement of our goal to be the premier sports and entertainment franchise in the world.”
“The site then details how to search for and apply for jobs in the organization.”
Bret Bloomquist can be reached at bbloomquist@elpasotimes.com; @Bretbloomquist on X.
This article originally appeared on El Paso Times: CeeDee Lamb is the only Cowboy on NFL jersey list
