Cowboys league's most valuable team

The Dallas Cowboys will end 2011 as the National Football League's (NFL) most valuable team for a fifth consecutive year, according to a Forbes report released on Wednesday.

With protracted labor talks finally resolved in July to end a months-long league lockout, the average NFL team is now worth 1.04 billion, a 1.4 percent rise from last year.

The Cowboys lead the way with an overall value of $1.85 billion, two percent higher than in 2011.