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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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• 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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• 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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• Pregame Shuffle Week 12: Cowboys at Commanders
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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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• Cowboys news: Dallas preseason schedule time and dates for 2024

Max Faulkner/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Your Sunday morning Cowboys news. Cowboys Preseason schedule features 3 Bay Area teams - Mario Herrera Jr., Inside the Star During this preseason, the Cowboys are going back to Cali. When the team travels to Oxnard for training camp, it’s already been reported that they will return to joint practices with other N...2024
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• Jourdan Lewis could have a career year in 2024

Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images Jourdan Lewis could be in line for quite the season. Jourdan Lewis is back for an eighth season in Dallas, re-signing with the Cowboys last March. The cornerback is currently slated to play the slot, and circumstances could lead to a career year for Lewis given his history as a playmaker. With Trevon Diggs returning from injury and DaRon Bland coming off...2024
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• The Linc - “Saquon Barkley could make an argument for league MVP right now”
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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."

2022
"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."

2021
"Mike Nolan likely knew a few weeks ago his future was not in Dallas."

2020
"Cowboys near deal with Mike Nolan to join Mike McCarthy's staff as defensive coordinator"

2019
"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."

2017
"Early in his NFL career, Mike Nolan and Gary Kubiak influenced the Broncos' new head coach."

2016
"He entertained Dick LeBeau, Mike Smith and Mike Nolan."

2015
"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."

2014
"Falcons defensive coordinator Mike Nolan stacked the A-gaps (area between the center and guards) and blitzed the Saints' soft spot."

• 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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• 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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• Jerry Jones, Mike McCarthy, or Dak Prescott: Someone’s got to go for the Cowboys to win the Super Bowl

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports Someone is not carrying their weight and that could mean big changes in Big D. The Dallas Cowboys are really good at winning football games in the regular season. It’s the one thing they’ve been able to hang their hat on for years because they’ve gotten the job done from September through December. Over the last 20 years, the Cowboys have the eighth-highest winni...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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• Cowboys drafts: Looking back at the 2019 draft 5 years later
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• Broncos’ greatest players of all-time: #25, edge rusher Elvis Dumervil

Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images Overshadowed and doubted by others because of his lack of size, Elvis Dumervil defied the odds and became one of the most fearsome pass rushers of his era. Mike Shanahan and Ted Sundquist had their fair share of draft day blunders over the years, but Louisville product Elvis Dumervil wasn’t one of them. Standing less than 6’0” tall, the defensive end tu...2024
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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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• The McCarthy Chronicles: 49ers loss makes it clear that Cowboys need new leadership
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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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• 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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• 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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• Mike Zimmer is the best option for defensive coordinator among the Cowboys’ candidates

Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images A potential reunion could be brewing in Dallas Replacing Dan Quinn is not an easy task for the Cowboys. Quinn turned what was a historically bad defense under former coordinator Mike Nolan into one of the best units in the league over the last three seasons. Now that Quinn has joined divisional rival Washington Commanders as their new head coach, the ...2024
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• The McCarthy Chronicles: 49ers loss makes it clear that Cowboys need new leadership
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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
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• Jerry Jones, Mike McCarthy, or Dak Prescott: Someone’s got to go for the Cowboys to win the Super Bowl
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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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• Cowboys fanbase thinks Mike Zimmer will improve on Dan Quinn

Matthew Emmons-USA TODAY Sports Hope is fun. There was a time when former defensive coordinator Dan Quinn was the most popular Dallas Cowboys coach. All you have to do is think back to the disastrous season for the defense under Mike Nolan in Mike McCarthy’s first season, and then think of the rescue job Dan Quinn did the next season. Quinn was an aggressive coach who had great rapport wi...2024
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• Trench warfare: Breaking down the numbers and determining where the Cowboys need the most help

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images The Cowboys need to get better in the trenches, but what’s more important... offense or defense? The Dallas Cowboys are good in the passing game. Whether it’s on offense or defense, this is one of the team's strengths. Led by NFL MVP candidate Dak Prescott, the Cowboys finished with the third-most passing yards for the year. Defensively, they were in the...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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• 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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• Pregame Shuffle Week 12: Cowboys at Commanders
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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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• Cowboys opener in Cleveland a chance for Dak Prescott, Ezekiel Elliott to turn back the clock
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• Jerry Jones, Mike McCarthy, or Dak Prescott: Someone’s got to go for the Cowboys to win the Super Bowl
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• Cowboys drafts: Looking back at the 2019 draft 5 years later
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• Broncos’ greatest players of all-time: #25, edge rusher Elvis Dumervil
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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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• Cowboys vs. Lions historical notes: Defensively this team is approaching all-time bad
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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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