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• Brian Schottenheimer’s first year compared to past Cowboys coaches

Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images Dallas Cowboys head coaches have had all sorts of first seasons across franchise history. Brian Schottenheimer, the Cowboys’ rookie head coach, is the tenth in franchise history. Like each one before him, Schottenheimer’s run starts with a unique set of circumstances. How challenging is 2025 for him compared to 1960, 1989, and other points when a newly hir...2025
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• Cowboys have a long history of retaining a coordinator during a coaching change

Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images The Cowboys have a hard time saying goodbye to coordinators whenever they get a new head coach. The Dallas Cowboys have a new coaching staff. The hiring of Brian Schottenheimer marks the ninth head coach since Jerry Jones bought the team in 1989, and the tenth overall. For the first time in five years, the team will reset the coaching staff. Well, sort...2025
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• Former Browns coaches & players in the UFL as spring league kicks off next week

WR Austin Watkins Jr. #80 now with Birmingham | Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images Keeping the dream alive as the UFL debuts in late March The United Football League (UFL) is set to begin its second season after last year’s merger of the USFL and the XFL. The 2025 season begins on March 28th and concludes the regular season on June 1, followed by a two-week postsea...2025
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• Mike McCarthy’s Dallas Cowboys staff is littered across the NFL in high-ranking positions

Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images Mike McCarthy’s old Dallas Cowboys staff is now sprinkled across the NFL in high-ranking positions. You may recall that when Mike McCarthy first took over the Dallas Cowboys that his staff featured plenty of people who had been head coaches before. Mike Nolan had been the head coach of the San Francisco 49ers and McCarthy actually worked on his staff...2025
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• Former NFL team president: “Jerry’s dream of winning a Super Bowl is dead without major changes.”

Photo by Omar Vega/Getty Images The Dallas Cowboys have developed a very comfortable way of doing things lately. As the offseason approaches and teams start positioning themselves for new coaching staffs, the Cowboys don’t feel any sense of urgency to get a new coaching staff in place, or even provide contract extensions for the current coaching staff. “I’m not under any unusual timeframe ...2025
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• Cowboys hot topic: Jourdan Lewis continues being a steady hand in Dallas

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images Jourdan Lewis has had such a remarkable season. The Dallas Cowboys didn't bring back a lot of their in-house free agents before the 2024 season. One that did return on a one-year deal was cornerback Jourdan Lewis. For the second straight year, the Cowboys have been hit with devastating injuries at the cornerback spot with Trevon Diggs tearing his ACL ear...2024
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• Pregame Shuffle Week 12: Cowboys at Commanders

Photo by Elsa/Getty Images It is going to be interesting to see the least to see what Dan Quinn has in store for the Cowboys. The last time the Cowboys had a losing record midway through November, it was Mike McCarthy’s first year on the job. He had lost Dak Prescott for the year and the offense had predictably struggled in his absence, but more concerning was how bad the defense had been...2024
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• The McCarthy Chronicles: 49ers loss makes it clear that Cowboys need new leadership

Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images Things are getting rather tough for Mike McCarthy. The Dallas Cowboys went into their bye week with plenty of questions. Literally. Mike McCarthy gave his players a list of questions aimed at identifying what the team needed to do better. One change that resulted from it was a larger emphasis on team drills in practice, with both Dak Prescott and ...2024
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• Cowboys vs. Lions historical notes: Defensively this team is approaching all-time bad

Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images Historical notes from Sunday’s Dallas Cowboys loss are as rough as you think. Something we do every week around here is take a look at the Dallas Cowboys game that we just saw and compare it to various points in franchise history. The goal is simple and obvious. We want to understand where the team stacks up against groups of old, whether with regards to the game ...2024
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• The Linc - “Saquon Barkley could make an argument for league MVP right now”

Photo by Gus Stark/Getty Images Philadelphia Eagles news and links for 9/23/24. Let’s get to the Philadelphia Eagles links ... Huge Win - Iggles BlitzSaquon Barkley could make an argument for league MVP right now. He was 17-147-2, including a 65-yard TD run that came right after DeVonta was knocked out of the game. Barkley’s long run was a jolt of electricity that the team desperately need...2024
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• 10 thoughts on the Cowboys almost blowout, but then close-but-no-cigar loss to the Ravens

Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images Despite the final score, the Cowboys were not really competitive on Sunday. The Dallas Cowboys disappointed the home crowd for the second week in a row after another dismal performance. They were bad on both sides of the ball and the Baltimore Ravens took control early en route to a 28-25 win that wasn’t as close as the score indicates. The Cowboys will ne...2024
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• Jourdan Lewis continues to get the job done despite the changing schemes and coordinators

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images The eight-year veteran has been consistent throughout his career. The Dallas Cowboys had their struggles for years defensively. However, over the last several seasons, they've become a very opportunistic unit and one of the better ones in the NFL when they can pin their ears back and rush the passer with a lead. Throughout the different variations and sc...2024
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• Cowboys drafts: Looking back at the 2019 draft 5 years later

Photo by Matthew Pearce/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The 2019 Dallas Cowboys draft class was... interesting to say the least. It’s been five years since the 2019 NFL Draft. It’s a good point to look back and see just how much the use of those picks benefited a team. How much did those players contribute? Who’s still here, if anybody? We’re looking back today to evaluate the overall imp...2024
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• Browns Thoughts & Jots: From the UFL to $532,500 in fines to David Njoku’s softball game

Cleveland Browns tight end David Njoku holds a news conference before the David Njoku Celebrity Softball Game | Nate Ulrich / USA TODAY NETWORK Things on my mind as Browns minicamp is going on 1. The United Football League completed their regular season and then had their conference championship games this weekend. Two of the teams, the Michigan Panthers and San Antonio Brahmas, have...2024
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• The Linc - “Saquon Barkley could make an argument for league MVP right now”
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• Bill Arnsparger: Remembering the Godfather of the Zone Blitz and Hybrid Defense
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"Mike Nolan (2020)."

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"That is how I ended up being drafted by Mike Nolan of Michigan who is a great guy."

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"All of this progress from McCarthy, and his lieutenant Dan Quinn, makes McCarthy’s first season with Mike Nolan as defensive coordinator feel like a distant memory."

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"Fifteen years after former 49ers coach Mike Nolan struggled with the NFL for the periodic ability to wear a suit on the sidelines, current 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan is grappling with the league over the hat he’ll wear (or not wear) during games during the 2022 season."

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"Mike Nolan likely knew a few weeks ago his future was not in Dallas."

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"Cowboys near deal with Mike Nolan to join Mike McCarthy's staff as defensive coordinator"

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"Other coaches who have been linked to the job include Saints linebackers coach Mike Nolan, former Falcons defensive coordinator Marquand Manuel, Texas A&M defensive coordinator Mike Elko, Florida defensive coordinator Todd Grantham and Saints defensive backs coach Aaron Glenn."

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"Early in his NFL career, Mike Nolan and Gary Kubiak influenced the Broncos' new head coach."

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"He entertained Dick LeBeau, Mike Smith and Mike Nolan."

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"Ten years ago, the 49ers were coming off a 2-14 season, had a new head coach (Mike Nolan) and a rookie quarterback by the name of Alex Smith."

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"Falcons defensive coordinator Mike Nolan stacked the A-gaps (area between the center and guards) and blitzed the Saints' soft spot."

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• Former Browns coaches & players in the UFL as spring league kicks off next week
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• Former NFL team president: “Jerry’s dream of winning a Super Bowl is dead without major changes.”
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• Cowboys hot topic: Jourdan Lewis continues being a steady hand in Dallas
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• Pregame Shuffle Week 12: Cowboys at Commanders
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• The McCarthy Chronicles: 49ers loss makes it clear that Cowboys need new leadership
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• Fair shake or raw deal? Why Mike McCarthy has had it easier than prior head coaches of the Cowboys

Robert Deutsch-Imagn Images Do you think the Cowboys have set Mike McCarthy up poorly or adequately? Things are not going all that well for the Dallas Cowboys. Their record is a mediocre 3-3, but their three wins come against teams with bad quarterbacks, while their three losses have come in a blowout fashion against teams with good quarterbacks. Coming out of their bye week, they are sea...2024
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• The Linc - “Saquon Barkley could make an argument for league MVP right now”
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• Cowboys opener in Cleveland a chance for Dak Prescott, Ezekiel Elliott to turn back the clock

Ken Blaze-Imagn Images A whole new era of Cowboys football was just beginning the last time Dallas played in Cleveland in 2016. The Dallas Cowboys will visit the Cleveland Browns to begin the journey of their 2024 season on Sunday. It will be the first time the Cowboys are playing in Cleveland since week nine of 2016, a game they won 35-10 to extend a mid-season win streak to seven games a...2024
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• Cowboys offseason countdown: 99 facts until the regular season (Day 57)

Max Faulkner/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Tribune News Service via Getty Images We countdown the days to kickoff giving you an interesting fact about each number. Today is number 57 We are at day 57 of our 99 day countdown until the regular season. Here is your daily fact associated with number 57. Today we honor the exceptional individual who consistently ensures that Dallas remains competiti...2024
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• The Linc - “Saquon Barkley could make an argument for league MVP right now”
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• 10 thoughts on the Cowboys almost blowout, but then close-but-no-cigar loss to the Ravens
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• Cowboys vs. Saints Week 2: The two teams bring out the best in each other

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images Saints games have always been very interesting for the Cowboys. The Dallas Cowboys Week 1 win at the Cleveland Browns certainly isn’t going to cause anyone to prematurely rank Dallas among the top contenders in the NFL, the time for them to prove they can be that team is still months away. The exact same can be said about their Week 2 opponent in the New...2024
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• Former NFL team president: “Jerry’s dream of winning a Super Bowl is dead without major changes.”
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• The Linc - “Saquon Barkley could make an argument for league MVP right now”
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• Browns Thoughts & Jots: From the UFL to $532,500 in fines to David Njoku’s softball game
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• Browns history: WR Corey Coleman opens up to DBN about Hard Knocks scene, mental health and so much more

Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images 25 questions with a former first-round draft pick The Cleveland Browns were looking for some offensive punch in 2016. With a new head coach who was an offensive mind in Hue Jackson, the franchise just wasn’t scoring enough. The thought process was to bring in a young guy with plenty of speed to take the top off the defense. WR Josh Gordon had been the NFL ...2024
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• Cowboys near deal with Mike Nolan to join Mike McCarthy's staff as defensive coordinator
McCarthy nabs his first defensive coordinator in Dallas...2020
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• San Francisco 49ers at a Crossroads After Ugly Start to 2015
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• Mike Nolan, Athletics Minor League P, Injured in Drive-By Shooting
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• Cowboys' Mike Nolan demands takeaways, and says scheme isn't important: 'Get your best 11 on the field.'
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• Cowboys hire Mike Nolan as defensive coordinator
Mike McCarthy has made his first hire. Saints linebackers coach Mike Nolan will become the Cowboys new defensive coordinator, NFL Media reports. Nolan and McCarthy have a long relationship, with Nolan having hired McCarthy as the 49ers’ offensive coordinator in 2005. McCarthy became the Packers’ head coach the following season. Nolan’s 92-year-old mother and three [more]...2020
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• The Secrets of Bruce Arians' Success: Style, Risk, an Open Mind...and Old Guys
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• Nolan explains taking Alex Smith over Aaron Rodgers
The Niners famously passed on Aaron Rodgers in favor of Alex Smith at the top of the 2005 draft. Appearing on NFL HQ, ex-San Francisco coach Mike Nolan explained why they made that call....2016
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• Cowboys hire Al Harris to work with secondary
Mike McCarthy has hired most of his staff, but he still has a handful of openings to fill. The new Cowboys coach confirmed several hires Thursday, including offensive coordinator Kellen Moore, defensive coordinator Mike Nolan and special teams coordinator John Fassel. Former Pro Bowl cornerback Al Harris has joined the staff, too, McCarthy said. McCarthy [more]...2020
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• NFL Week 1 Picks: Odds, Over-Under Predictions Before Thursday Night Football
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• Cowboys hot topic: Jourdan Lewis continues being a steady hand in Dallas
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• Pregame Shuffle Week 12: Cowboys at Commanders
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• Fair shake or raw deal? Why Mike McCarthy has had it easier than prior head coaches of the Cowboys
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• Cowboys vs. Lions historical notes: Defensively this team is approaching all-time bad
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• The Linc - “Saquon Barkley could make an argument for league MVP right now”
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• Cowboys vs. Saints Week 2: The two teams bring out the best in each other
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• Browns Thoughts & Jots: From the UFL to $532,500 in fines to David Njoku’s softball game
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• Browns history: WR Corey Coleman opens up to DBN about Hard Knocks scene, mental health and so much more
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• Improvements in run game could see biggest benefit for Cowboys as contenders in 2024

Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports It just may be this simple for the Dallas offense to take the next step. When the Dallas Cowboys became the first team in NFL playoff history to lose to a seven seed on Wild Card weekend against the Green Bay Packers, it all but ensured an offseason full of drama and hard questions - even by Dallas’ standards. While this has already been the case in the ...2024
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• Dallas Cowboys: Where NFL coaching careers go to die

Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images Why are almost no Cowboys coaches getting promoted to the next level with other NFL teams? At the end of the 2013 season, the Washington franchise fired their head coach Mike Shanahan after a 24-40 four-year record. Little did anybody know at the time that Shanahan’s list of assistants in Washington would read like a Who’s Who of NFL coaches 10 year ...2024
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• A Brief History of Jim Harbaugh’s Quarterbacks: Can He Maximize Justin Herbert?

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK Justin Herbert has earned enormous praise from film experts for his quarterback play. But it hasn’t translated into passing efficiency. Could Jim Harbaugh, supposed quarterback whisperer, bridge the gap? Justin Herbert has been a polarizing quarterback for as long as he’s been on the national scene. Oregon fans were split on him and, once it became clear he wa...2024
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• Cowboys draft 2023: Look for an ‘offense first’ outlook in this year’s draft
Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images Over the last two years Dan Quinn has put his unit together. This year we could see Mike McCarthy do the same. The anticipation around the 2023 NFL draft is high, and fans and media alike are buzzing about this weekend’s festivities. There truly is no offseason for the NFL and with it being less than a week until the draft, we are inching closer t...2023
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• The underrated part of Dan Quinn’s success that the Cowboys are primed to take advantage of
Raymond Carlin III-USA TODAY Sports The Cowboys are rightfully buying into being a defensive team with one of the best coordinators in the NFL leading the way. There’s no denying that the Dallas Cowboys are having a massively productive offseason. In some ways they’ve stuck to their usual tactics of prioritizing internal free agents and finding value players to fill roster needs in prepara...2023
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• A reason Dan Quinn’s return could end up being bad for Mike McCarthy
Raymond Carlin III-USA TODAY Sports Dan Quinn’s return is a big positive for the Cowboys, but there is a circumstance it might not be good for Mike McCarthy. The Dallas Cowboys got some wonderful news on Thursday when defensive coordinator Dan Quinn made it official that he was returning in 2023. While this is a huge win for the organization as a whole, is it possible that Quinn’s return c...2023
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• Report: Cowboys expected to hire top ST coordinator John Fassel
New Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy is making waves with his coaching staff one day after landing the new gig. Thus far, that has included retaining offensive coordinator Kellen Moore and hiring former 49ers head coach Mike Nolan to be his new defensive coordinator. Now comes this rather shocking piece of information. According to NFL Media’s Tom Pelissero, Dallas has hired Los Angeles Ram...2020
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