Former Dallas Cowboys Safety Darren Woodson was named a semifinalist for the 2021 Hall of Fame class last month. With 1,350 career tackles, an all-time franchise record, it’s obvious that he knows a lot about tackling and the effort it takes to play defense on the professional level. … Read more
Written by: Matthew Lenix
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The 2020 season for the Dallas Cowboys has been about as bad as any team has had this season. No team came in with as high expectations as the Cowboys and performed as poorly as they have this season. And yet, as things stand 10 games into the … Read more
Written by: John Williams
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It’s been an up and down year for many on the Dallas Cowboys defense. Without much of a training camp and no preseason, the Cowboys defense has had to install a new defensive scheme and philosophy on the fly. Though the first seven games of the year was … Read more
Written by: John Williams
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We’re three weeks into the 2020 season and the Cowboys are 1-2. If not for some late-game heroics and an onside kick, they could just as easily be 0-3. Having a bulk of their starters on short term injured reserve, and others being week to week hasn’t helped. Players … Read more
Written by: Shane Carter
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If the Dallas Cowboys secondary wasn’t already the primary concern for Mike McCarthy and his coaching staff, it probably is now. Injuries are unfortunately starting to pile up, especially at the cornerback position. The Dallas Cowboys are sadly down two of their starting cornerbacks right now. Both Anthony … Read more
Written by: Brian Martin
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The 2020 season is here and the excitement around the Dallas Cowboys is high, as it usually is. This year a stacked offense, a new head coach and a lot of new additions to the defense have reinvigorated Super Bowl aspirations across Cowboys Nation. The excitement should be … Read more
Written by: Shane Carter
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Dallas Cowboys Safety Xavier Woods’ importance to the overall play of their secondary has reached new heights entering the 2020 season. Now in the Year 4, a contract year, Woods will have to shoulder more responsibility than he has at any point of his professional career. One such … Read more
Written by: Brian Martin
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Yesterday I attempted to predict the Dallas Cowboys 2020 roster locks for the offense and not so surprisingly received a little flack for some of the players I omitted. I expect even more of that flack today in my attempt to predict the Cowboys’ roster locks on the … Read more
Written by: Brian Martin
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The NFL’s new collective bargaining agreement expanded rosters from 53 to 55, which means the Dallas Cowboys now have two extra roster spots to work with to put their team together for the 2020 season. These two extra roster spots will certainly come in handy at some point, … Read more
Written by: Brian Martin
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The 2020 NFL Draft will officially be my sixth year covering the Dallas Cowboys. I’ve watched the big event prior to that on numerous occasions, but never have I been more confused and excited than I am this year. Due to the entire Coronavirus/COVID 19 pandemic, this year’s … Read more
Written by: Brian Martin
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It’s an interesting situation the Dallas Cowboys find themselves in. They just signed a safety in Ha Ha Clinton-Dix and yet safety still remains a long-term priority, at least from analysts who cover the team. However, is it possible that the Cowboys have had their long-term answer at … Read more
Written by: John Williams
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The Dallas Cowboys have gotten really good at finding defensive back talent in the later rounds of the draft over the last several years. Kavon Frazier (2016), Anthony Brown (2016), and Xavier Woods (2017) were all drafted in the sixth round and each have made contributions since coming … Read more
Written by: John Williams
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3-4 or 4-3? The question has surrounded every coaching change in recent memory – as fans try to decipher whether their new head man will change up the base defensive scheme. Under Rod Marinelli, the Cowboys were a base 4-3 team. Which basically means they had four down … Read more
Written by: Kevin Brady
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Like it or not, the Dallas Cowboys season is coming to an end sooner rather than later. They still have three regular-season games to play and quite possibly a playoff game, but more than that is probably too much to ask for based on the way they played … Read more
Written by: Brian Martin
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How did we get here? Once upon a time, 2019 seemed like the most promising Dallas Cowboys season in years. Loads of talent across the roster, a real franchise quarterback surrounded by explosive weapons, and a defense coming off a championship level run at the end of 2018. … Read more
Written by: Kevin Brady
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Regression was expected for the Cowboys defense heading into 2019. After all, they probably overachieved a season ago. Even considering that regression was coming for the unit as a whole, however, we still hoped to see improvements from young players individually. Specifically Leighton Vander Esch, Xavier Woods, and … Read more
Written by: Kevin Brady
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The Dallas Cowboys came into their Week 12 matchup vs the New England Patriots with the seventh-best total defense (seventh vs the pass, 14th vs the run) in the NFL. Those numbers can be a little misleading, though, considering only two of the offenses the Cowboys had faced … Read more
Written by: Matthew Lenix
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Injuries and poor play could force the Dallas Cowboys into making a few changes to their secondary heading into Week 12 against the New England Patriots. There’s no easy answer as to how they should combat these problems, but whatever they decide to do could have a huge … Read more
Written by: Brian Martin
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The Dallas Cowboys have had an up and down season, to say the least. One minute they look like one of the best teams in the NFL, and the next, they look as if they just started playing football a week ago. A lot of that can be … Read more
Written by: Matthew Lenix
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During the first month of the 2019 season, the Dallas Cowboys defense was feeling pretty good about themselves. They were only allowing 14 points a game and held three of their four opponents under 20 points. Their most impressive stretch was during weeks 3-4 when they only gave … Read more
Written by: Matthew Lenix
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This week against the New York Jets provides an opportunity for the Dallas Cowboys to get right and regain a foothold in the NFC East if they can pull out the win on the road. At 3-2 and riding a two-game losing streak, the Cowboys aren’t as highly … Read more
Written by: John Williams
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