The Cowboys rank 32nd in total defense, allowing 411.7 yards per game, and 31st in scoring, allowing 30.7 points per game. They are only the seventh team in the Super Bowl era to score 175 or more points and allow 175 or more points in the first six games of the season, according to ESPN Research. Despite the struggles of …
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Todd ArcherOct 12, 2025, 06:43 PM ET Close Todd Archer is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Dallas Cowboys. Archer has covered the NFL since 1997 and Dallas since 2003. He joined ESPN in 2010. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — After another game in which the Dallas Cowboys‘ defense was exposed, coach Brian Schottenheimer stood up for defensive coordinator Matt …
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The Dallas Cowboys’ month of horrors continues. After the signs of optimism following the down-to-the-wire opener against the defending Super Bowl champions, the subsequent shootout with the woeful Giants, and the blowout loss to the shaky Bears, this club has shown it is nowhere close to being a competitive force in the NFC. It goes beyond the raw record – …
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While Dallas’ defense held New York to field goals on their first two drives, their overall performance was one that everyone acknowledged needed to be better. The secondary especially struggled, allowing Russell Wilson to throw from 450 yards and three touchdowns, and giving up what Schottenheimer and the team charted up as seven explosive passes. Even after a performance like …
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After making a 64-yard field goal on Sunday, Cowboys kicker Brandon Aubrey told PFT he thought he could have made it from 70 or 71 yards. His coach would have been confident letting him try it. Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer said he and quarterback Dak Prescott figure as long as the offense gets the ball close to the 50-yard line, …
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Jaydon Blue was expected to compete for a starting job with the Cowboys after they turned over their running backs room. Instead, the fifth-round pick was a healthy scratch in Week 1. Blue, whose work habits were questioned in the offseason by a former Cowboys offensive assistant in the know, has not earned the right to play, coach Brian Schottenheimer …
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The Cowboys lost on Thursday night in Philadelphia, but owner and General Manager Jerry Jones was pleased with his team’s performance. “I’m so proud of this team, I really am proud,” Jones said after the game. Jones said new head coach Brian Schottenheimer did an excellent job of having the team ready to go against the defending Super Bowl champions …
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“I’m proud of how they competed, but I don’t find any moral victories when this team’s built on a culture that’s all about winning,” Schottenheimer said. “You don’t find moral victories in losing.” During the national anthem, Schottenheimer’s emotions that had been built up nearly three decades all came pouring out. He speaks to two people while the Star Spangled …
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FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer reiterated Tuesday what he had previously said: He is confident Micah Parsons will play their Week 1 game Thursday, Sept. 4, at the Philadelphia Eagles. But will Parsons practice in the week leading up to the game? “It’s different for everybody,” Schottenheimer said during a Tuesday news conference to discuss the team’s …
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In nine days, the Cowboys face the Eagles in the first game of the 2025 regular season. It remains to be seen whether linebacker Micah Parsons will play. To have any chance to be ready to go, he needs to start practicing soon. It will be important for the Cowboys to get him ready to go. “At the end of …
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