The Dallas Cowboys picked a defensive coordinator on Thursday and went with Philadelphia Eagles passing game coordinator and defensive backs coach Christian Parker.

Many fans are excited because of two specific things beyond the on-field success that has happened under Parker’s watch (he was also in Denver when Pat Surtain was developing into a Defensive Player of the Year-level player): Parker is an outsider from the Cowboys organization and he is incredibly young.

With regards to the latter point, it isn’t just that he’s young. Parker is 34 years old, only a few years older than Dak Prescott to contextualize...

Over this past weekend, the Los Angeles Rams, Seattle Seahawks, Denver Broncos, and New England Patriots advanced to championship weekend, by beating the Chicago Bears, San Francisco 49ers, Buffalo Bills, and Houston Texans respectively. Obviously, this means that the winning teams did something that the Cowboys have not done in three decades, and even the losing sides that reached the Divisional playoffs achieved something the Cowboys have failed to do since 2022 – losing in the Wild Card round in their last playoff appearance in 2023.

It will be up to Brian Schottenheimer and his staff that’s remained in tact...

The Dallas Cowboys made a decision on Thursday afternoon and went with Christian Parker to be their new defensive coordinator. Let’s stipulate at the very beginning that this move may fail. It is possible, the laws of probability suggest it is even probable, that someday in the future we are lamenting that the Cowboys chose Parker through the benefit of hindsight.

Many Cowboys fans were excited about the Matt Eberflus hire a year ago. Given his previous stint with the team, the thought was that it would translate (although no one anticipated a trade that would dramatically change the fabric...

After casting a wide search and interviewing several candidates, the Dallas Cowboys have their man. Dallas and the Philadelphia Eagles’ passing game coordinator/DBs coach Christian Parker have agreed on a contract that will make him the Cowboys’ new defensive coordinator. The Cowboys had interviewed Denver’s Jim Leonhard and Minnesota’s Daronte Jones, among others, but Parker made enough of an impression to win the job.

Although only 34 years old, Parker comes over to the Cowboys as a highly-touted candidate who has helped launch the careers of many prominent NFL cornerbacks. Working under Vic Fangio has provided Parker a terrific mentor...

We have reached another weekend, the penultimate one with NFL action before the offseason abyss fully begins. As Dallas Cowboys fans it has been a long time since we prepared to watch a game over this particular weekend as it holds the Conference Championship Games… maybe someday.

This weekend will bring the New England Patriots visiting the Denver Broncos and the Los Angeles Rams marching towards the Seattle Seahawks. The victors will meet in Super Bowl LX in San Francisco.

Who do you think is going to win on Sunday and reach the Super Bowl?

To be clear the question...

When I look at Erick Hunter, and what he has done on the field, this is exactly the type of player I’m talking about when I say the Cowboys need to get back to finding football players, not just names.

Yes, Hunter played at Morgan State, an HBCU, and I already know how that conversation usually goes.

Lesser competition, smaller spotlight, fewer eyes, but here’s the part that matters to me as a Cowboys fan: if you can play, you can play, no matter where you played.

And Erick Hunter can play.

Erick Hunter’s Production is Real

I...

The Dallas Cowboys have a new defensive coordinator, as it was announced Thursday that former Eagles defensive backs coach Christian Parker will be joining the staff. Parker’s name has been circulating as a potential defensive coordinator hire in recent weeks, as his reputation and track record have generated a lot of interest within the league. He’s been a coach at the NFL level for the last seven years, and looking back at the times he’s crossed paths with the Cowboys reveals that he made quite the impression.

Green Bay Packers (2019-2020), defensive quality control coach

When Matt LaFleur replaced Mike...

At one point in recent history, the Dallas Cowboys had one of the best defensive backfields in the NFL.

With Trevon Diggs and DaRon Bland at the corners, opposing quarterbacks were going to have a hard time finding their key receivers.

In 2021, in his second season, Diggs had 11 interceptions with two going for touchdowns. In 2022, Bland’s rookie year, he had three more picks.

Bland had five picks in his first year then, with Diggs injured after just two games in 2023, Bland had nine interceptions with five going for touchdowns.

But in 2024, neither player could stay...

Source: Cowboys reach DC agreement with Eagles’ Christian Parker – Todd Archer, ESPN

The Cowboys have their man in Christian Parker.

The Dallas Cowboys have agreed to a deal to make Christian Parker their defensive coordinator, a source told ESPN on Thursday.

Parker, 34, has spent the past two seasons as the Philadelphia Eagles‘ passing game coordinator and secondary coach. He has worked under Eagles defensive coordinator Vic Fangio since 2021 when they were with the Denver Broncos.

He helped develop Eagles cornerbacks Quinyon Mitchell and Cooper DeJean into Pro Bowlers in their second...

Dak Prescott is officially a finalist for the NFL’s Comeback Player of the Year Award.

The NFL announced the finalists for its major awards on Thursday morning and this was the lone Dallas Cowboys presence across them all (MVP, OPOY, DPOY, Coach of the Year, etc.). Prescott is joined by Stefon Diggs, Aidan Hutchinson, Trevor Lawrence, and Christian McCaffrey, and in this particular case each of the five players are coming back from injuries sustained during the 2024 season.

It is important to distinguish this that way because Comeback Player of the Year can sometimes be a fluky award in...

The Dallas Cowboys defense was horrible in 2025, but standing out among all the sucktitude was a secondary that almost always seemed to be out of position. The amount of deep shots other teams took to their receivers with no Cowboys defensive player in sight was probably a league record or something. Seriously, it was humiliating at times.

The Cowboys secondary is currently a mess. Trevon Diggs is gone, DaRon Bland is injured again, and Shavon Revel gets an incomplete for now. Safeties Malik Hooker and Donovan Wilson were below average. Matt Eberflus’ scheme did them no favors, and the...

The Dallas Cowboys have a new defensive coordinator, with news breaking Thursday that the team was working on terms with Eagles defensive backs coach and pass game coordinator Christian Parker. Brian Schottenheimer apparently chose Parker over several other candidates, including Jim Leonhard, Daronte Jones, and Jonathan Gannon. Todd Archer is confirming the deal.

Here’s a deep dive into Parker’s background and what to expect from his defense in Dallas.

Background

At just 34 years old, Parker would be one of the youngest coordinators in the league. The Virginia native played both wide receiver and cornerback at FCS Richmond and...