Today's Dallas Cowboys Roundup

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Great job by Jason Witten who decided to go back to college this off-season, complete his remaining credits, and earn his degree. The Star-Telegram writes…

The Dallas Cowboys tight end was about 25 hours shy of graduating when he opted to leave Tennessee early to enter the 2003 NFL Draft. Five years later, he’s about to earn a bachelor’s degree in sports management. Witten never struggled academically: he was an academic All-SEC selection in 2002 as well. He said the final 25 hours were tough, though, as he completed correspondence courses in the spring semesters after the NFL season was over.

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The Dallas Cowboys beefed up the offensive line by signing OT Ryan Gibbons, formerly of the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Dallas Cowboys website reports…

Last week, after completion of the team’s only mandatory mini-camp, the Cowboys released five players, including rookie offensive lineman Brandon Hale. The Cowboys basically have replaced him with Gibbons, released once again by Jacksonville last week after spending parts of the last two years with the Jaguars. The 6-6, 330-pound tackle signed with Jacksonville as a rookie free agent from Northeastern in 2006. He spent his entire rookie season on the Jags’ practice squad before playing last summer overseas in NFL Europa.

*** At this point I think it’s a nice move and will add some depth at the position and create a good competition once training camp begins.

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If you didn’t catch it, here is a video of Wade Phillips who discusses the recent mini camp with Brad Sham. You can check it out here at DallasCowboys.com. Among other things, Wade discusses how he plans to attack the upcoming season and some of the players that impressed him in camp.

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According to Calvin Watkins of the Dallas Morning News, Adam Jones took exception to racial comments made about him by radio personality Don Imus on Monday. During a morning segment on his WABC radio show in New York, Imus was listening to a report from anchor Warner Wolf about Jones dropping his nickname, "Pacman."

Wolf mentioned that Jones was arrested six times since he was drafted in 2005.

Imus then asked, "What color is he?"

"He’s African-American," Wolf said.

"Well, there you go," Imus said. "Now we know."

Jones was unaware of the comments until a reporter played him a tape Monday night.

"I’m truly upset about the comments," Jones said. "Obviously Mr. Imus has problems with African-Americans. I’m upset, and I hope the station he works for handles it accordingly. I will pray for him."

Imus said through a spokesperson that he was misunderstood.

*** What an idiot…