Shemar James, the Dallas Cowboys second pick in the fifth round of April’s draft, is quickly making his case for the Cowboys’ rookie of the year.

Inactive for the first three games, James made his debut in Week 4 against Green Bay. Limited to just 26 snaps on defense (31%) and 15 more on special teams (45.5%) James recorded five tackles.

Against the Jets the following week, he saw 60 defensive snaps (89.6%) and 14 on special teams (46.6%).

He rewarded the coaches’ faith in him with 15 tackles.

In Sunday’s loss to Carolina, the rookie linebacker earned his first...

George Pickens “wouldn’t mind” staying with Cowboys long term – Charean Williams, PFT

Pickens is flourishing in Dallas, but his future with the franchise is up in the air.

Pickens, who is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent in March, has seen the price of his next contract rise. He is expected to get more than $30 million per season.

The Cowboys may or may not be able to afford to keep him.

The franchise tag is expected to be $23.958 million for 2026, and Pickens likely would not want to play on...

NFL teams sometimes defy logic. How can an organization field an offense as robust and as immune to injury as the one the Dallas Cowboys currently have, only to field a helpless and inept defense. You would think an organization that can sign/draft players and coach them up so well on offense could find a way to do something similar on defense. Even just an average defense could be expected.

But that’s not the Dallas Cowboys way. Instead we are subjected to extremes, and left to wonder what would be if we could just get all pistons firing together during...

After a demoralizing 30-27 loss to the Carolina Panthers last Sunday, the Dallas Cowboys have plenty they need to clean up before this week’s matchup against the Washington Commanders. If the Cowboys want to beat their division rival, here are three players they should use more in this week’s game.

1) DE Donovan Ezeiruaku

Coming into the regular season, expectations were high for second-round pick Donovan Ezeiruaku. After the Cowboys traded Micah Parsons away a little over a week before their first game, many believed Ezeiruaku would step into a more significant role in Dallas’ defense.

The Boston College product...

The Dallas Cowboys have been plagued by multiple injuries this season, and help may be right around the corner, right before a key game against the Washington Commanders. Here’s how the Cowboys are looking after Wednesday’s practice.

CeeDee Lamb (ankle) was back at practice on Wednesday and was seen participating in team activities, earning a limited designation. Guard Tyler Booker (ankle) was ramping up and was a limited participant. Return specialist KaVontae Turpin (foot) was back at practice also as a limited participant and is looking on track to return versus Washington. Plus, Marshawn Kneeland (ankle), you guessed it, was...

Each week we dive into each team’s rookie class and compare how they stack up against each other. (Grades for each player are the overall offensive or defensive grade handed out by PFF.com)

Dallas Cowboys

Tyler Booker (OG)

First Round

Currently out with high ankle sprain.

Grade: 65.0

Donovan Ezeiraku (DE)

Second Round

Washington’s offense is a moving target because Jayden Daniels turns dropbacks into field trips. He’s been sacked 14 times, which is middle of the pack and the Commanders just coughed up three turnovers on Monday night after juggling injuries up front. That’s the kind...

The Dallas Cowboys are set to host the Washington Commanders on Sunday afternoon. The game will mark their first one at home since their tie against Micah Parsons and the Green Bay Packers.

There will be another familiar foe on the opposing sideline as the Commanders are led by Dan Quinn these days. This game is the first one where Quinn will be the Commanders head coach against a Cowboys team with Dak Prescott under center. It certainly helps that George Pickens will be there, too. CeeDee Lamb may be as well.

Below you will find our stream for the...

The Dallas Cowboys are projected to hold, barring any future trades, two first-round picks during the 2026 NFL Draft.

Dallas obviously has their own first-round pick, but thanks to the Micah Parsons trade struck with the Green Bay Packers just before the 2025 season began, the Cowboys also hold the Pack’s pick as well. Dallas also received Green Bay’s 2027 first-round pick and defensive tackle Kenny Clark in the deal.

As the 2025 season rolls on we will be tracking the Cowboys’ first-round picks and updating this post every week. It goes without saying that we want Green Bay’s pick...

The Cowboys are very quickly being faced with a major conundrum: Matt Eberflus. It’s rare that a team fires a head coach – let alone an assistant – during their first year on the job. Yet, it’s becoming harder and harder to justify keeping Eberflus around. The Dallas defense has been utterly miserable all year, and their one moment offering hope – a Week 5 win over the winless Jets – quickly withered away in a demoralizing loss to the Panthers.

Brian Schottenheimer has made it clear he’s not even thinking about moving on from Eberflus. [On Monday, he had...

In football, the game is usually described as a game of inches. However, for the 2025 Dallas Cowboys, it seems to have become a game of yards. The Dallas defense continues to struggle, allowing opposing teams and their offenses to tee off against them, with the Carolina Panthers being the latest.

Bryce Young’s offense averaged 6.4 yards per play, with the real hero being Rico Dowdle, who had back-to-back games over 200 yards from scrimmage. The first player to do so since Dalvin Cook did it in 2020, and the first undrafted free agent to ever accomplish that.

Dak Prescott...

Well, if you did not know after the first six weeks of the season, the Dallas Cowboys defense is far and away the worst in football, and show no signs of getting better, no matter what the owner has to say.

This defense is on pace to not only be worse than the one led by Mike Nolan in 2020, but is well on it’s way to be the worst the league has maybe ever seen.

I am not kidding when I say that, either.

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Through the first six games of this season, the Cowboys have...

The Dallas Cowboys are 2-3-1 at the moment with games looming against the Washington Commanders and Denver Broncos. Speaking to the first one (Washington) in front of them, oddsmakers believe they will lose as the Commanders are favored even with the game set to take place at AT&T Stadium.

Imagine a world where the Cowboys drop these next two. They would fall to 2-5-1 on the season and any hope of a playoff berth would be only alive in a literal and mathematical sense (odds are fairly low right now as it is). It would stand to reason at that...