By JON MACHOTA
FOXSportsSouthwest.com Special Contributor
Feb. 25, 2011
Many experts have advised against it, but maybe the Cowboys are truly interested in selecting a quarterback with their first round pick.
According to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Cam Newton was preparing Friday to be interviewed by the Cowboys during the NFL Combine.
Cowboys beat writer David Moore of The Dallas Morning News wrote in a chat two weeks ago that the chances of the Cowboys taking a quarterback with the No. 9 overall pick were around one percent. And as Moore pointed out on Friday, Newton is only one of 60 players that the Cowboys will interview while in Indianapolis.
"I wouldn't dismiss any player that's going to be in that draft and wouldn't express interest,'' Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones told the Morning News. "So much happens with the circumstances that are there, not only on draft day but how we continue our process.
"But I do feel like we're in really top shape, I'm going to really say outstanding shape, at the position. Obviously, a quarterback to draft right now is a future consideration.''
Newton was recently asked about the Cowboys during an interview on WFAA-TV.
"Jerry Jones, man he knows how to get hold of me, let's just say that," Newton told the television station."Just as a whole, my opportunity right now, I
