With the Dallas Cowboys season coming to an end, this is a good time to continue looking at the biggest needs for the team, and who the key prospects are in the first round they could take with either of their Day 1 picks. In this edition we look at the safety position.

Caleb Downs, Ohio State

Strengths:

Downs’ superpower is that he can play multiple roles without subbing. He’s a rare no-weakness safety who plays like a defensive coordinator’s remote control. Has elite eyes and takes great angles as a tackler who arrives under control and finishes consistently....

One positive aspect of the Dallas Cowboys’ 2025 season was the performance of their running back group. Coming into the year, there were real questions about the quality of the position group, and many believed they were one of the worst running back units in all of football.

As the season went on, we learned that could not have been further from the truth, and the performance of Dallas’ running backs as a whole was one of the bright spots in a lost season.

Javonte Williams, whom the Cowboys signed to a one-year deal last spring, was the star of...

The Dallas Cowboys have been searching for a new defensive coordinator for over a week which means that it has been that long since they fired Matt Eberflus from the position in question. While the move became official on the second day of the offseason, the writing was on the wall for some time relative to Eberflus’ fate. The 2025 Cowboys defense was arguably the worst in franchise history and he had a heavy hand in that.

In case you are unaware, NFL Films and HBO have been chronicling the second half of this season through the in-season version of...

The Dallas Cowboys fired Matt Eberflus on Tuesday morning and are now on the hunt for what will be their fourth defensive coordinator in as many years.

It is going to be interesting to see how this shakes out. Brian Schottenheimer will likely want to find someone to serve as a point of stability for obvious reasons, but the defense has been so bad lately that the Cowboys can not exactly afford to be picky. Simply put, it is a hire that the organization must get right.

Jerry Jones was perceived to have had a big influence on Matt Eberflus...

The Dallas Cowboys are in the middle of looking for their next defensive coordinator, but they are hardly the only NFL team in the middle of trying to assemble a staff for the future.

Tuesday brought with it significant news across the league as a whole as Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin stepped down as their head coach. Tomlin’s run in Pittsburgh was pretty incredible, and given that he was only the third coach in their franchise’s storied history it makes their search for number four all the more interesting.

Pittsburgh’s AFC North rivals in the Baltimore Ravens are in...

I’ve been a Cowboys fan long enough to know some draft mistakes never disappear. For me, passing on T.J. Watt in 2017 is right at the top of that list.

Now, years later, the NFL might be giving Dallas a second chance nobody expected.

A Steelers Reset Could Open a Door That Never Should’ve Closed

We have all seen the headlines about Mike Tomlin stepping down as head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers after 19 years. Could this lead to a rebuild for the Steelers?

Conversations are starting that would’ve felt unthinkable just a year ago.

When teams...

Earlier, we discussed the free agents that the Cowboys need to retain on offense. You can argue that Dallas needs to burn most of their resources to fix a porous defense from last season. Spoiler alert: There won’t be any slam dunks, no-brainers, like George Pickens for the offensive side, but for good reason, Dallas will have to make some shrewd decisions on the defensive side with their impending free agents. Here’s what Dallas should do with these upcoming free agents on defense.

Kenneth Murray, LB: Let go

When you review the 2025 Cowboys defense, a lot of their problems...

You might be asking yourself, what do I mean? The Dallas Cowboys did not even make the playoffs, and correct they did not, but outside of that, the wildcard round went about as perfectly as possible for Dallas.

It always sucks not watching the Cowboys in the playoffs, but the good news is they fired Matt Eberflus, the Packers lost and so did the Eagles.

The Cowboys will have their own first round pick in April at no. 12, and with the Packers choke job against the Bears, they now will have the 20th overall pick from the Micah Parsons...

Cowboys CB DaRon Bland undergoes successful foot surgery – Tommy Yarrish, DallasCowboys.com

The Dallas Cowboys need DaRon Bland to be the best version of himself in 2026.

On Tuesday morning, Cowboys CB DaRon Bland underwent successful surgery on his left foot in Indianapolis in a procedure done by Dr. David Porter.

Bland played 12 games for the Cowboys in 2025 before being placed on injured reserve for the final three games of the year. He also missed Weeks 2 and 3 of the season with a right foot injury that he suffered in practice.

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An NFL team recently concluded a seven-win season and brought in Hall of Fame quarterback Troy Aikman to help turn their ship around.
No, it wasn’t the Dallas Cowboys, the team he led to three Super Bowl victories in the 1990s.

Rather, it was the Miami Dolphins. They asked Aikman to help them find their next general manager, who will then hire the team’s next head coach.
Meanwhile, back in Texas, the Cowboys’ general manager just ended his 30th consecutive year as head of the front office that has failed to even make a conference championship game.
Most GMs would...

The Dallas Cowboys’ season is over, and they have earned the 12th overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft. The Green Bay Packers’ season is also over. They have earned the 20th overall pick in the draft, but that pick goes to the Cowboys thanks to the Micah Parsons trade. That gives Dallas the 12th and 20th picks in the draft. That’s a lot of first-round firepower.

The last time the Cowboys had two picks in the top 20 was in 2005. Some might remember that as the “defensive draft” as Bill Parcells and company loaded up on defenders. Six...

In case you missed it, the Cowboys are hiring for a defensive coordinator. Matt Eberflus is out after one disappointing year, and candidates have started to emerge. Many fans have publicly pined for Brian Flores, currently the Vikings defensive coordinator, and there were reports last month that Flores was on the team’s radar.

Flores’ contract with Minnesota officially expires Wednesday, meaning he would be free to interview anywhere regardless of whether or not it’s a lateral move. That said, Flores does not seem likely to make a lateral move, especially to Dallas, for several reasons we previously outlined.

But the...