Cowboys

The Cowboys’ defense has sputtered throughout the season and is among the league’s worst in several categories. When asked if he could go back in time to do anything differently, DC Matt Eberflus responded that he’d only try to adjust more effectively to different players.

“I don’t really think about it that way,” Eberflus said, via Jon Machota of The Athletic. “I think about being in the moment and just keep adjusting and learning and growing and getting better. I don’t think I’d do anything differently. I think I would just work to adjust when you get different players in and those things. I think that’s what you do as a coach.”

As for his responsibility in Dallas’ poor defense, Eberflus said he takes full accountability.

“Ownership and accountability is right with me,” Eberflus said. “I’m the defensive coordinator, so it’s always that. … I take full accountability.”

Eberflus points out that their defense wasn’t at “full force” early on in the season, and they weren’t able to sustain success after showing improvements against the run and third-downs.

“I think the start of the year, guys were in and out, in terms of we weren’t at full force,” Eberflus said. “And then when we got some guys back, I thought we had a good stretch there. I thought the stretch was pretty good. We started to improve. I know we improved in the run defense and the third-down defense. And then from there we just didn’t execute the way we wanted to at certain moments. Certainly, some good execution in there at times, but it’s got to be better.”

• Cowboys owner Jerry Jones on Micah Parsons: “I wish Micah the very best. … I’d love to have Micah on the team. But we just couldn’t afford him. We wanted 4-5 players more than we did him. But he’s outstanding. I understand his sensitivity and can even understand these comments.” (Machota)
• Jones on the release of CB Trevon Diggs: “I thought Trevon had one of the most impressive beginnings in pro football and with the Cowboys that I’ve ever been associated with. I personally think that there are things that Trevon did back when he first came in the NFL that he physically has been compromised with to do.“And one of the things he could do is just something similar to what Deion Sanders could do. Deion could make a mistake or he could bait a player, and then he had the burst to make up for it and go back and make the play and get the ball. Certainly Diggs had that early. He would go be out of position, but not really because he’d intercept the ball.“… He deserved to be paid (when we signed him to a contract extension in July 2023). That production, injury wise or otherwise has fallen off. There’s a lot of reasons for it. But I wish him well.” (Machota)

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