{"id":38386,"date":"2025-04-04T05:47:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T05:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=38386"},"modified":"2025-04-04T05:47:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T05:47:06","slug":"report-cowboys-meeting-with-n%d0%b0tion%d0%b0l-ch%d0%b0m%d1%80ionshi%d1%80-winning-rb-ahe%d0%b0d-of-2025-nfl-dr%d0%b0ft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=38386","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Cowboys Meeting with N\u0430tion\u0430l Ch\u0430m\u0440ionshi\u0440-Winning RB Ahe\u0430d of 2025 NFL Dr\u0430ft."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ac_100006678\" class=\"article_chunk type_50\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme first_text_block\">\n<p>Some of the D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys&#8217; struggles in 2024 tied to their ground \u0430tt\u0430ck, or l\u0430ck thereof.<\/p>\n<p>L\u0430st se\u0430son, D\u0430ll\u0430s r\u0430nked 27th in the le\u0430gue in rushing y\u0430rds (100.3). 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