{"id":1928149,"date":"2026-08-16T09:47:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T13:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=1928149"},"modified":"2026-08-16T10:24:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T14:24:15","slug":"tar-heels-in-nfl-howell-makes-case-to-be-dallas-backup-throws-td-pass-in-solid-game-several-linemen-get-chance-to-prove-themselves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=1928149","title":{"rendered":"Tar Heels in NFL: Howell makes case to be Dallas backup, throws TD pass in solid game; several linemen get chance to prove themselves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sam Howell threw a long touchdown pass for the Dallas Cowboys to highlight the performances of former UNC players on the first weekend of NFL preseason games. Howell started for the Cowboys in their 17\u20137 win over Seattle and made his case to be the backup quarterback behind Dak Prescott.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/tarheeltribune.com\/2026\/08\/16\/tar-heels-in-nfl-howell-makes-case-to-be-dallas-backup-throws-td-pass-in-solid-game-several-linemen-get-chance-to-prove-themselves\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tar Heels in NFL: Howell makes case to be Dallas backup, throws TD pass in solid game; several linemen get chance to prove themselves<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/tarheeltribune.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tarheeltribune.com\/2026\/08\/16\/tar-heels-in-nfl-howell-makes-case-to-be-dallas-backup-throws-td-pass-in-solid-game-several-linemen-get-chance-to-prove-themselves\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to read the full article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sam Howell threw a long touchdown pass for the Dallas Cowboys to highlight the performances of former UNC players on the first weekend of NFL preseason&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1928149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-north-carolina-tar-heels","wpcat-80-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1928149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1928149"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1928149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1928150,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1928149\/revisions\/1928150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1928149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1928149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1928149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}