FRISCO, Texas — Caleb Downs is not moving to the back end to replace Malik Hooker. Coach Brian Schottenheimer said so Monday, a day after the Dallas Cowboys lost their starting safety to a fracture in a 28-20 loss at the New York Giants.
FRISCO, Texas — Malik Hooker will have surgery Tuesday to repair a fracture, and the Dallas Cowboys expect the safety back inside two weeks. Coach Brian Schottenheimer delivered that timeline Monday, a little more than 12 hours after the team’s 28-20 season-opening loss at the New York Giants.
The New York Giants are 1-0, and John Harbaugh isn't pretending they played like a finished product. His message on Monday was pretty clear: Do that again next week and the result could look much different.
It was a tough Week 1 for the Dallas Cowboys. The same can be said for Steelers CB Joey Porter Jr. The Cowboys have been named a trade fit for Porter, and it makes even more sense after the disaster against the Giants.
32 quarterbacks in NFL history have throw for more than 6,000 yards in the first two seasons of their career. How many of those QBs can you name in five minutes?
The Dallas Cowboys had an awful defense last year under Matt Eberflus. And though the team is only one game into the 2026 season, it's not a stretch to say that the Cowboys defense looked even worse under new defensive coordinator Christian Parker in his debut.
All 32 teams have hope for a perfect 17-0 regular season as another year begins, but the odds aren't in their favor. As the season opens, we predict the first loss for each team in 2026.
FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones reached for an old Bill Parcells line Monday when asked why the penalties keep carrying over from season to season.
FRISCO, Texas — Off-tackle runs were the problem, Stephen Jones said Monday, and the Dallas Cowboys front that was built to stop them did not hold up. New York gained 165 rushing yards on 37 carries in Sunday night’s 28-20 win.
FRISCO, Texas — Stephen Jones said Monday the Dallas Cowboys set unrealistic expectations for a defense breaking in a new coordinator and a largely rebuilt front seven.
The Dallas Cowboys defense is already dealing with a lot. Now you can add the absence of two starters over the next couple of weeks. I’m sure Dallas Cowboys fans are fed up about talk about the defense but this time, it’s positive injury news.
Dallas Cowboys linebacker DeMarvion Overshown is expected to miss 1-2 weeks with a hamstring injury, The Athletic‘s Jon Machota reported Monday afternoon.
Be it stars returning from late-season injuries to starter-level players who missed most or all of last season, the NFL features a host of rehab odysseys to follow as training camps near.
Jerry Jones, Dak Prescott and Brian Schottenheimer entered the 2026 NFL season with the ambition to win the Super Bowl and end the Dallas Cowboys’ 30-year drought.
The Dallas Cowboys’ opening game loss to the New York Giants led to many expressing their disappointment in them. However, for Barstool Founder Dave Portnoy, that was not an issue, as he was never as high on the Cowboys as others were.
Dallas already had a bad Sunday night. The secondary just got worse. Ian Rapoport reported that Malik Hooker, the Cowboys’ starting safety, fractured a bone in his forearm.
ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reports the Giants are signing RB Phil Mafah to the practice squad. Mafah, 23, was a seventh-round pick by the Cowboys in the 2025 draft out of Clemson.
After suffering a forearm injury late in the third quarter, Cowboys safety Malik Hooker did not return in the team’s 28-20 loss to the Giants on Sunday.
The Cowboys spent the offseason trying to make sure their defense would never look like the 2025 version again. One game into 2026, that plan already has a problem.
The opening game of the season didn't go how the Cowboys imagined.
He had nine excellent seasons in Baltimore, and now his impact is already being felt with the Giants.
The Dallas defense was smoked in a 28-20 road loss to the 1-0 New York Giants on "Sunday Night Football."
Dart enjoyed a stellar evening as he helped the Giants earn an impressive 28-20 Week 1 win over the rival Dallas Cowboys on Sunday night.
All in all, the Giants put together 394 yards of offense, including a whopping 165 on the ground.
Nabers returned to the lineup for the first time since he suffered a torn ACL and torn meniscus on Sept. 28, 2025.
Prescott's interception proved costly in a disappointing Week 1 win for the Cowboys.
Following an offseason spent discussing Super Bowl aspirations, the Cowboys were dealt a season-opening loss by the division rival Giants.
The New York Giants set the tone on their opening drive of the game and never looked back in a statement 28-20 win over the Dallas Cowboys on "Sunday Night Football." Here are some takeaways from the NFC East battle.
Chicago Bears head coach Ben Johnson said he wants to set NFL scoring records this season.
The Dallas Cowboys are coming up on a new season and a fresh start. They weren't bad last season, boasting a 7-9 record. But they need to be better to get to the playoffs, and the team got hit with some bad injury news on Friday during practice.
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