New York Giants have handed the Dallas Cowboys another setback by bringing in a player who was recently part of their NFC East rivals’ setup. Running back Phil Mafah is signing with the Giants’ practice squad, according to ESPN NFL reporter Jeremy Fowler.
Dallas Cowboys linebacker DeMarvion Overshown is expected to miss 1-2 weeks with a hamstring injury, The Athletic‘s Jon Machota reported Monday afternoon.
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.
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?
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.
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.
One Week of football was enough to erase an entire offseason’s worth of optimism surrounding Dallas Cowboys owner/general manager Jerry Jones. He mortgaged his team’s future to win now, had the second-ranked offense in the league, and spent the 2026 offseason trying to build a better defense.
NEW YORK — Michael Irvin had picked the Dallas Cowboys to beat the New York Giants and to finish 13-4. The morning after a 28-20 loss at MetLife Stadium, in studio on ESPN’s First Take, he put the problem on the offense rather than the defense.
2025 was supposed to be the end of the Dallas Cowboys’ defensive freefall. In that season under defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus, the 7-9-1 Cowboys ranked dead last in the NFL in points allowed (30.1 per game), dead last in DVOA (+22.5%), and dead last in EPA per play allowed (+0.13).
Week 1 can make fantasy managers question an entire summer of research. A first-round receiver disappears, a breakout candidate misses his projection and suddenly the trade block looks tempting.
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.
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.
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.
After all the Super Bowl talk coming from Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott, their 2026 season did not start as hoped. And Brian Schottenheimer is fuming. Despite the team’s retooling ahead of Week 1, they still fell flat on the field.
In the Dallas Cowboys‘ Sunday night season-opening loss to the New York Giants, several problems ultimately led to their demise. However, arguably one of the most odious ones on the night was the Cowboys’ secondary struggles.
Dallas Cowboys safety Malik Hooker has been diagnosed with a forearm fracture and is scheduled to meet with a specialist to determine a recovery timeline, ESPN reported Monday.
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.
New York Giants head coach John Harbaugh was probably not thrilled to see running back Cam Skattebo attempting (and botching) backflips during the offseason while he was recovering from a season-ending ankle injury.
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.
Jones won't rule out potentially making another big move, provided it makes sense.
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