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The Dallas Cowboys were dominated end to end by the Buffalo Bills on Sunday, but despite the blowout nature of the contest, Mike McCarthy seemingly refused to bench his starters to avoid the potential of losing key players to injuries. Social media surely let McCarthy hear it over his decision to keep Dak Prescott and […]

Before the Dallas Cowboys even took the field this afternoon to face the Buffalo Bills, they already had good enough reason to celebrate. Because the Desmond Ridder and the Atlanta Falcons gift-wrapped a win to the Carolina Panthers late in the 4th quarter, the Cowboys clinched a postseason berth for the 36th time overall. Why […]

Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy may be in line for a contract extension given his team’s terrific 10-3, playoff-bound season. NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport wrote about the potential extension in a report Sunday morning. “When asked by NFL.com during the December League Meeting in Dallas whether he [Cowboys owner Jerry Jones] envisions a contract […]

Leading up to their Week 14 matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles, Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy was forced to undergo emergency surgery. Upon McCarthy’s return, the Cowboys made sure to give him an inspirational welcome back. McCarthy was away from the team after undergoing appendix surgery. He returned to the facilities on Friday. When […]

It wasn’t an injury to a player that cropped up in the middle of the Dallas Cowboys’ prep week for the Philadelphia Eagles, but an illness for head coach Mike McCarthy. After McCarthy was hospitalized for an appendectomy on Wednesday, the Cowboys’ head coach is back home Thursday morning following a successful procedure, as reported […]

Mike McCarthy and the Dallas Cowboys are preparing for a crucial matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 14. But during those preparations, the Cowboys suddenly found themselves without their head coach. McCarthy was diagnosed with acute appendicitis on Wednesday, via Tom Pelissero of the NFL Network. He is scheduled to undergo surgery on Wednesday […]

It’s been a great week for the Dallas Cowboys. Not only did they get an exciting Thursday Night Football win over the Seattle Seahawks, but their biggest division rival — the Philadelphia Eagles — lost. The Cowboys will now get to face the Eagles at home with extra rest, and a chance to take the […]

The Dallas Cowboys pulled out a hard-fought 41-35 win in Week 13 over the Seattle Seahawks on Thursday night. Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott played well, leading his team to a late victory, and is now officially a true NFL MVP candidate. This led current Dallas and former Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy to […]

With Shaq Leonard surprisingly being released by the Indianapolis Colts, teams around the league are beginning to look into the talented linebacker. Head coach Mike McCarthy has basically confirmed that the Dallas Cowboys will be one of those teams interested in Leonard. McCarthy did preface by comments by letting Cowboys fans know that nothing is […]

Before becoming the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys in 2020, Mike McCarthy spent thirteen seasons with the Green Bay Packers. In his time in Green Bay, McCarthy coached the Packers to one Super Bowl title, three other NFC Championship Game appearances and six NFC North titles. Additionally, in that time, then-Packers QB Aaron Rodgers […]

Dallas Cowboys second-year cornerback DaRon Bland entered the NFL record books with his fourth-quarter pick-6 against the Washington Commanders during the teams’ Thanksgiving Day matchup. Bland’s pick-and-score, his fifth in 11 games this season, gave him the distinct honor of becoming the NFL’s all-time leader in pick-6s in the regular season, a record that had […]

The Dallas Cowboys have a lot to be thankful for at the moment. Dak Prescott is playing like an MVP, the injury bug that plagued the team through the first third of the season seems to have subsided (for now), and an unresponsive Washington Commanders squad is on tap for Thanksgiving at Jerryworld in Week […]

The Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants are on very different trajectories this season. The Cowboys have overcome some early offensive woes to climb back up the ladder of NFC contenders, while the G-Men are on Caleb Williams watch. The first meeting between NFC East rivals this season was a laugher by the second quarter, […]

Some Dallas Cowboys fans may have had visions this past offseason of a dynamic duo at wideout featuring CeeDee Lamb and Brandin Cooks after the Cowboys traded a fifth and sixth-round pick to the Houston Texans to acquire Cooks. That isn’t how things have panned out so far in 2023, at least in the box […]

The Dallas Cowboys were six yards away from stealing a win over the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 9’s epic slugfest at The Linc. If the Cowboys could have made just one more play, they probably would have won that game. Instead, the Eagles took a commanding lead in both the division and conference races. Dallas’ […]

The Dallas Cowboys had a chance to eat into the lead of the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC East in their Week 9 confrontation, and head coach Mike McCarthy and his team came close. However, getting close but failing to get the job done means the 8-1 Eagles have substantial lead on the on the […]

It’s never easy to make predictions about the Dallas Cowboys. They have been dominant at times this season and dismal at others. If the right team shows up for the Cowboys’ Week 9 showdown against the Eagles, Dallas could start the second half of the season in the driver’s seat to win the NFC East. […]

The Philadelphia Eagles are 7-1 overall, first place in a competitive and talented NFC East. The Dallas Cowboys are 5-2, firmly in the rear view mirror in one of football’s toughest divisions. Recently Jerry Jones got brutally honest on his team’s biggest needs ahead of Halloween’s trade deadline. Quarterback Dak Prescott is not shying away […]

The Dallas Cowboys recent injury report consists of a key player on the offensive line in left tackle Tyron Smith who is listed as having a neck problem and was limited in practice according to NBC Sports’ Charean Williams. This wouldn’t be the first time Smith has dealt with a neck problem as it was […]

You have to go all the way back to 1978 to arrive at the origin of the ‘America’s Team’ moniker being assigned to the Dallas Cowboys. First, in their 1978 team highlight video for NFL Films. Then, only a year later, Pat Summerall used the term for the first time during a national broadcast of […]

The Dallas Cowboys are in the midst of a roller-coaster NFL season. Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy is enjoying every minute of it. Mike McCarthy spoke about the state of the Cowboys’ roller-coaster campaign on Tuesday, per The Athletic’s Jon Machota. “Roller-coaster rides are fun. So you’ve got to make sure you look at the […]

The Dallas Cowboys’ latest win, a 20-17 victory on Monday Night Football over the Los Angeles Chargers, was an absolute doozy. The game at SoFi Stadium included 20 penalties, long stretches of failures to get drives going, a muffed punt catch that gave the Chargers the chance to tie the game, a controversial call that […]

After getting dismantled in Week 5, the Dallas Cowboys’ Week 6 game doesn’t get any easier as they have drawn another talented offense in the Los Angeles Chargers. Justin Herbert’s offensive onslaught is menacing enough on it’s own, and Dallas will have to slow him down without several of its top defensive pieces. Having said […]

The Dallas Cowboys have had Mike McCarthy at the helm since the start of the 2020 season. After a 6-10 season in his first year, he followed up with a pair of 12-5 years that included back-to-back postseason losses to the San Francisco 49ers. The Cowboys were within reach of their longtime rivals in both […]

It’s been a rough week for the Dallas Cowboys after the San Francisco 49ers dominated them 42-10. Wide receiver CeeDee Lamb was part of an underwhelming offensive performance as he only recorded four receptions for 49 yards. Following the game, coach Mike McCarthy wanted to see CeeDee Lamb ‘pissed’ for not getting more targets and […]

The Dallas Cowboys have shown flashes of greatness this season in the NFC, but there is still much work to be done. With a 3-2 record and a loss to the San Francisco 49ers in the rearview mirror, Mike McCarthy’s team is licking its wounds. To add insult to injury, 49ers tight end George Kittle […]

The Dallas Cowboys always seem to have a night-and-day performance this season. They would either dominate with insane offensive performances from Dak Prescott mixed with a suffocating secondary to prevent opponents from scoring or lose in a disappointing fashion. Coach Mike McCarthy knows that their fans believe that it is still their year to win […]

Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy didn’t sugarcoat his assessment of the team’s performance in Week 5, which saw the San Francisco 49ers embarrass them 42-10. It was a disaster of epic proportions for the Cowboys, who struggled to get anything going offensively on Sunday. What many expected to be a tight affair between two […]

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy has made an excellent impression on Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy. McCarthy feels Purdy has the tools to excel at quarterback for the 49ers. The Cowboys head coach shared his thoughts prior to their highly-anticipated Week 5 matchup, per NBC Sports Bay Area’s Tristi Rodriguez. “I think the […]

Dallas Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons was seen limping, and even left the field on occasion during the Cowboys’ rout of New England Sunday afternoon as he appeared to favor his left leg. Any sort of injury to Micah Parsons is cause for concern for the Cowboys, especially after Trevon Diggs’ season ending knee injury during […]

The Dallas Cowboys fell back to Earth after a 28-16 road loss to the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday. Since then, fans, critics, players and pundits have done their best to make sense of what happened and why it happened. The Cowboys are expected to make a key change against the Patriots after a recent signing […]

This might still be the Dallas Cowboys’ year to win the Super Bowl. But, their NFL Week 3 loss against the Arizona Cardinals may have just placed a shadow of doubt over those hopes. Dak Prescott knows exactly what he and the Mike McCarthy-led squad should improve on. He outlined it in his latest statement […]

The Dallas Cowboys entered Week 3 of the 2023 NFL season fully confident they can take care of business in Glendale against the 0-2 Arizona Cardinals. It turned out to be a vastly different experience for Dak Prescott and company, though, as they got handed a humble pie by the Cards, who came out on […]

The Dallas Cowboys suffered a tough loss to the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday by the score of 28-16, and Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy spoke about the failures to convert in the red zone in key spots. “We’re not executing obviously the way we’d like to,” Mike McCarthy said, via Michael Gehlken of the Dallas […]

The cloudy nature of any injury that happens on the practice field leads to a lot of speculation about the nature of the incident. Fans may wonder how such a serious injury could happen in a presumably controlled environment at practice where the safety of the players is paramount. A day after Dallas Cowboys cornerback […]

Mike McCarthy is having a masterclass on both ends of the gridiron. He has proved that his Dallas Cowboys are the best squad through NFL Week 2. They made life hell for the New York Giants and did not allow them to score a point. Their matchup against the New York Jets also proved how […]

The Dallas Cowboys are off to a blazing start for the NFL season. They are now the first in the NFC East with a two-win record after NFL Week 2. Dak Prescott and Mike McCarthy’s squad have been steamrolling over their competition. They got a dominant win over a scoreless New York Giants team. The […]

The Dallas Cowboys Week 2 game that was supposed to be an intriguing showdown against old nemesis Aaron Rodgers is no more. The New York Jets still boast a talented roster, however, and they’ll visit AT&T Stadium Sunday afternoon with hopes of spoiling the Cowboys‘ fast start to the 2023 season. From Zach Wilson to […]

The Dallas Cowboys defense looked dominant in the team’s 40-0 win over the New York Giants on Sunday Night Football in Week 1, and head coach Mike McCarthy gave an honest take on what his defense could do for this season. “Our best defensive football is in front of us, which is very exciting, especially […]