Congrats to Cowboys linebacker Demarcus Ware and nose tackle Jay Ratliff for being named to the prestigious NFL All-Pro Team.

This is the team that combines both the NFC and AFC.

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Six Cowboys were selected to the NFC Pro Bowl team announced on Tuesday, two as starters.

The starters include center Andre Gurode, and linebacker Demarcus Ware.

Four others, nose tackle Jay Ratliff, tight end Jason Witten, wide receiver Miles Austin, and guard Leonard Davis were selected as backups.

Click here for the entire team, NFC-AFC Pro Bowl Team

Minnesota had the most selections with eight, with Dallas, Indianapolis, and Philadelphia second with six each.

Two East Texans were named starters on the NFC team, including Vikings running back Adrian Peterson from Palestine, and Eagles left tackle Jason Peters of Queen City.

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Play of the Day: Marc Colombo goes to blows with Jay Ratliff
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It took 11 practices, but we finally have a fight worth writing about.

Gee whiz, who would have guessed that Marc Colombo and Jay Ratliff were the combatants? Those guys are arguably the two toughest dudes on the team and probably rank atop the practice fights list in recent years.

The play that led to the scrap was pretty interesting, too. DeMarcus Ware came flying in Tony Romo’s face and almost certainly would have had a sack in a game. Romo sidestepped Ware and tried to fire a bullet to Marion Barber over the middle, but Bobby Carpenter batted the ball in the air and came down with the rebound for an interception.

Then the action really got interesting.

Ratliff obviously did something to perturb Colombo, because the 6-8, 318-pound tackle stormed out toward the numbers to attack. Ratliff didn’t back down, and those guys mixed it up for a few moments before Terence Newman bravely pulled Ratliff away from the battle.

“That’s the way those guys are,” Carpenter said of Colombo and Ratliff, who both have reps for being intense and nasty on the field. “That’s why you want them on your team. They’re both tough, hard-nosed guys, and that’s why you’ve gotta love ‘em.”

Smoaky talks with Cowboys defensive lineman Jay Ratliff after the Cowboys wrapped up their first day of training camp, his off-season and more…

Jay Ratliff (07/29)

Our crack photographer, Tim Thompson, has been dealing with “blurred” issues involving what he says is the camera.

I think it’s from his late night enjoyment, but having said that we have some pictures from camp, with Cowboys pro bowl NT Jay Ratliff stopping by our press box location and Gilmer’s Manuel Johnson after the first practice.

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