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DALLAS — Christian Parker has never called plays in an NFL game. Ten defensive players joined the Dallas Cowboys this offseason, and two more arrived in trades within the past year. Owner and general manager Jerry Jones said Tuesday morning on the Shan & RJ show on 105.3 The Fan...

DALLAS — The last Dallas Cowboys team to turn over this much of its defense went 1-15. That was 1989, Jerry Jones' first season as owner, and Jones brought it up himself Tuesday morning on the Shan & RJ show on 105.3 The Fan. Jones bought the Cowboys in February...

DALLAS — Any addition the Dallas Cowboys make from here would come on defense, owner and general manager Jerry Jones said Tuesday morning on the Shan & RJ show on 105.3 The Fan. He called the running back, receiver, tight end, and quarterback rooms strong. Dallas allowed 511 points last...

DALLAS — Dallas Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer is the pick for NFL Coach of the Year in a survey of league executives and scouts that ESPN published Tuesday morning. Jeremy Fowler wrote that the race carried no runaway favorite and called Schottenheimer a bit of a wild card. Schottenheimer has...

DALLAS — Caleb Downs is the pick to win NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year in a survey of league executives and scouts that ESPN published Tuesday morning. Jeremy Fowler polled the group on eight awards ahead of Wednesday night's season opener between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks....

FRISCO, Texas — No team in the NFL allowed more points last season than the Dallas Cowboys. Christian Parker's first Dallas defense opens Sunday night against a quarterback who runs. Brian Schottenheimer said he feels very different about this defense going into game one than he did a year ago....

FRISCO, Texas — Von Miller has not played a snap for the Dallas Cowboys, and Dallas has not decided whether he dresses Sunday night at the New York Giants. Miller agreed to a one-year deal on Aug. 16 after missing the offseason program and all of training camp. "I think...

FRISCO, Texas — Jerry Jones was freelancing when he raised the idea of a big trade at the start of Dallas Cowboys training camp. That is what people inside the organization told Sports Illustrated senior NFL writer Albert Breer, who published the account Monday morning in a team-by-team file on...

FRISCO, Texas — One NFL executive polled by Mike Sando of The Athletic ranked the Dallas Cowboys defense ahead of the Green Bay Packers' defense one year after the Micah Parsons trade, in a preseason NFC poll published Wednesday. Six executives ranked all 16 NFC teams under the condition of...

FRISCO, Texas — One of six NFL executives polled by Mike Sando of The Athletic said Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator Christian Parker will help maximize what Dallas has on defense, in a preseason NFC ranking published Wednesday. The executives ranked all 16 NFC teams under the condition of anonymity, and theCowboys...