{"id":376719,"date":"2026-07-17T11:33:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T11:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/376719\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T11:33:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T11:33:08","slug":"2026-dallas-cowboys-position-breakdown-can-special-teams-stars-shine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/376719\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Dallas Cowboys position breakdown: Can special teams stars shine?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a disappointing finish to the 2025 season, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas Cowboys<\/a> are looking ahead to the new campaign.<\/p>\n<p>As the offseason moves forward and NFL teams prepare for training camp, we&#8217;re breaking down the Cowboys&#8217; 2026 roster by position groups. Today, let&#8217;s take a look at Brandon Aubrey and the special teams standouts:<\/p>\n<p>Age: 31 NFL experience: 4 years<\/p>\n<p>Contract:\u00a0Signed a four-year, $28 million extension this offseason.<\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0Since starting his NFL career, Aubrey has played like one of the league&#8217;s best kickers. Now, he&#8217;s being compensated like one. Aubrey will go into the 2026 season with the security of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/article\/dallas-cowboys-brandon-aubrey-contract-extension-22215985.php\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a long-term extension.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s known for routinely drilling field goals from 60 or more yards out. Look for Aubrey to continue his chase of NFL records in the new campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Age: 37 NFL experience: 15 years<\/p>\n<p>Contract:\u00a0Entering Year 2 of a two-year, $6.4 million deal signed in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0While the Cowboys made a few changes to their roster this offseason, their core group of special teamers should remain unchanged. Anger is one of the NFL&#8217;s top punters, and he&#8217;ll look to maintain that reputation as he suits up for another outing with the Cowboys. In 2025, Anger ranked 10th in the league with an average of 48.6 yards per punt.<\/p>\n<p>Can Anger continue to add positive performances to his long career r\u00e9sum\u00e9?<\/p>\n<p>Age: 31 NFL experience: 9 years<\/p>\n<p>Contract:\u00a0Entering Year 2 of a three-year, $4.45 million contract signed in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Can Sieg replicate his success with Aubrey and Anger in 2026?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a disappointing finish to the 2025 season, the Dallas Cowboys are looking ahead to the new campaign.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376720,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[732,102,104,103,93042,88229],"class_list":["post-376719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-article","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-tp-dallas-cowboys","tag-tp-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}