When I look at DaRon Bland’s season, I don’t see a corner who suddenly forgot how to play football. I see a player, and a defense, being square pegs trying to be shoved into round holes.
In the next four weeks, the Dallas Cowboys will do their best to win out and finish the 2025 NFL season on a good note—playoff berth or not. One of the individuals who will be under the microscope during that stretch is defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus, who will likely be considered on the hot seat going into 2026.
For a brief moment in time, we thought the Dallas Cowboys had pulled it off. Following a couple of trades, players returning from injury, and a couple of tweaks to the defensive scheme, it appeared defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus now had a viable defense.
The Dallas Cowboys' November turnaround was sparked by the team's moves at the NFL trade deadline that have immediately improved the defensive side of the ball.
All NFL players enter the season with high hopes, but sometimes seasons don't go as hoped. These 20 players have been some of the biggest disappointments early in the 2025 season.
Throughout the first nine games of the season, the Dallas Cowboys struggled mightily on defense. They were unable to generate consistent pressure, and their lack of communication in the secondary left opposing receivers wide open.
What a difference a year makes. On Black Friday in 2024, the Chicago Bears fired head coach Matt Eberflus after the Thanksgiving debacle in Detroit. This year - after a stunning domination and upset of the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles - the team is beginning plans to erect a statue for Ben Johnson.
It will be a year ago on Thanksgiving when the Bear reached the height of their frustration under former coach Matt Eberflus. How things have changed for the team, although they haven't completely improved much individually for quarterback Caleb Williams.
Matt Eberflus’ role with the Dallas Cowboys has become one of the league’s biggest talking points. Despite a dominant Monday night win that showcased defensive talent and renewed energy, the long-term security of the team’s defensive coordinator remains uncertain.
After nine weeks of struggling on defense, the Dallas Cowboys went into their bye week and added more talent. The Cowboys picked up defensive tackle Quinnen Williams in a trade with the New York Jets and linebacker Logan Wilson in a deal with the Cincinnati Bengals.
For years, Thanksgiving belonged to the NFL, but Christmas belonged to the NBA. Occasionally, an NFL game would fall on Christmas, but it was anomalous, even avoided if possible.
On Monday night, Dallas Cowboys' third-round rookie cornerback Shavon Revel Jr. finally got a chance to play football. It was his first real game action since Sep.
The Dallas Cowboys walked off the field with a 33-17 MNF win over the Las Vegas Raiders. But Dez Bryant didn’t celebrate for long. He quickly turned the spotlight toward Matt Eberflus.
Asante Samuel Jr. would be a strong addition to the Dallas Cowboys secondary thanks to his proven success in zone coverage under Jesse Minter — the same defensive style Matt Eberflus runs in Dallas.
The Dallas Cowboys are making changes to their defense amid a horrendous nine-game run to start the 2025 NFL season. As I type this, they already traded for linebacker Logan Wilson and are working on more potential deals ahead of the deadline, despite a 3-5-1 record.
Matt Eberflus’ zone defense no longer fits the Cowboys. Here’s why it’s time for a change —and which assistant coach can bring back an aggressive man-defense.
The Dallas Cowboys were coming into their Week 8 matchup with the Denver Broncos riding high after putting on their best performance of the season in Week 7.
Eberflus came under fire even before his unit produced yet another poor showing in this past Sunday's 30-27 loss to the Carolina Panthers that dropped Dallas to 2-3-1 on the season.
It has only been three games into the season, and the job of Matt Eberflus is being called into question, and first, before we begin, I was not a fan of the hiring, and I won’t be a fan until something changes.
Sunday’s Chicago Bears win turned out to be particularly satisfying for the team’s fans, largely because of who it came against. The Bears beat the Dallas Cowboys 31-14 Sunday at Soldier Field in Chicago, Il.
Matt Eberflus is returning to Chicago and pardon the skepticism from Chicago fans everywhere, but his thoughts on what kind of reaction he'll get from Bears fans is either not to be believed.
In the span of less than a week, the Chicago Bears went from losing in a way reminiscent of the Matt Eberflus era via botched clock management to going full throttle into a Marc Trestman disaster.
The 2025 NFL season kicked off with a primetime showdown between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Dallas Cowboys, but for many Chicago Bears fans, the game felt like a painful trip down memory lane.