Mickey Spagnola

Sign of a team that just might not be good enough as is after these first nine games of the season, as painful as that might be to face.

I consider Zack Martin one of the greatest players in Cowboys history. He should be in the Hall of Fame someday. But he's clearly hurting and not himself. Is it time to sit him out a game or two and let him get healthy? Obviously, he doesn't want to sit, and the team will only be worse without him, but I hate seeing this great player struggle, especially when they're losing anyway.

FRISCO, Texas – Here is my expert advice to Micah Parsons, in lieu of what he had to say after the Cowboys'34-6 loss to the Eagles Sunday night.

FRISCO, Texas – Here is thinking that maybe in 20 years, some guy with a deep baritone voice breathlessly will be declaring, "THIS is the week that was" in Dallas Cowboys history.

In lieu of now 0-5 here at AT&T Stadium after winning 16 consecutive regular-season home games heading into the 2024 season.

Would being more up tempo on offense earlier in the game (and frankly more often) get this team on track? It works well when they are behind, but could it be used to get a lead and get the opposing defense back on their heels?

FRISCO, Texas – For the past two weeks invariably keep getting asked this same question:

In all my 41 years covering these Dallas Cowboys, never, never have ever, ever seen anything quite like this.

I noticed the Cowboys' next four games are against teams with losing records and four of the last six are at home. Should I get my hopes up that they can go on a run, even with a backup quarterback? What needs to go right to make that happen?

Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy, the day after the Cowboys' rather dramatic, exhilarating, yet unexpected 34-26 victory over the Washington Commanders, and on the road at that, was asked if he feared his players might become overconfident heading into their Thanksgiving Day matchup with the 2-9 Giants – New York a team on a six-game losing streak and losing 14 of its past 15 meetings with Dallas, including the past seven straight – since he had previously said handling success is more difficult than handling adversity.