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Jadeveon Clowney might not suit up until Week 4 against the Packers.
After defensive end Jadeveon Clowney signed with the Cowboys this week, he said he planned on making his debut for the team in this Sunday’s game against the Bears.
Clowney has been at practice all three days this week, but it looks like the Cowboys have a different plan for when Clowney will be making his first appearance of the season.
Executive vice president Stephen Jones said on 105.3 The Fan, via Patrik Walker of the team’s website, that it will be a game-time call about playing Clowney this week. Jones added that “the lean is toward him not playing this week,” so something would have to change the team’s minds over the next 48 hours.
This will be an intriguing return to Chicago for Matt Eberflus.
FRISCO, Texas — Matt Eberflus does not want to rehash his 46-game stint as head coach of the Chicago Bears. He has other things to worry about this week.
As the defensive coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys (1-1), how does he fix a secondary that was hit for 450 passing yards by Russell Wilson in last week’s 40-37 overtime win against the New York Giants? How does he fix a group that allowed seven pass plays of at least 25 yards? Where does he generate a pass rush that has been a tick slow in getting to the quarterback in the first two games after trading Micah Parsons?
That the Cowboys’ opponent on Sunday is the Bears (4:25 p.m. ET, Fox), the team he was coaching 12 months ago, means little.
He “cherished” his time in Chicago. He wished they had won more games. But he won’t look back with regret.
“Yeah, there’s always hard moments in coaching,” Eberflus said “You’re always disappointed when you lose because you put so much into it, the players put so much into it. You’re most disappointed for the players. Once that settles in, then you work to the next day. The sun comes up and you move forward. You learn and you grow, and you keep going. That’s what true grit is. That’s what we’re all about.”
The defense in Dallas is off to a shaky start, but it can be corrected.
If the Dallas Cowboys’ defense plays all season like it did Sunday, they will be picking in the top 10 in next April’s NFL Draft. After improving in the second half of the season opener, the group took a major step back in its 40-37 overtime win over the New York Giants.
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