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FRISCO, Texas — Dak Prescott does not want a play-call wristband, and the Dallas Cowboys offensive staff shortens its calls so he can verbalize every one of them himself, Cowboys offensive coordinator Klayton Adams said Thursday. Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer calls the offensive plays, as he did in his first...

FRISCO, Texas — Four months separated the trade that brought George Pickens to the Dallas Cowboys from the season opener at Philadelphia. He said Wednesday he was still learning the playbook when it arrived. "Yeah, definitely a little bit of uncertainty. I was just saying first game with a new...

FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer plans to change the Dallas offense by roughly 15% to 25% from last season, he told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler for a Week 1 notebook published this week. Part of that change is moving George Pickens around the formation. The tweaks are meant...

FRISCO, Texas — Nick Shook ranked Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott fifth among the NFL's 32 starters in the Week 1 QB Index, published Wednesday morning on NFL.com. Prescott opens Tier 2, which runs from No. 5 through No. 13. The four quarterbacks above him form Tier 1: Josh Allen,...

DALLAS — Success is the one thing that could derail the Dallas Cowboys this season, ESPN analyst Jeff Saturday said Tuesday morning on Get Up. The show posted the segment to X at 8:28 a.m. CT, five days before Dallas opens the regular season at the New York Giants. The...

DALLAS — Dak Prescott ranked seventh in Sports Illustrated's annual poll of NFL coaches, general managers, and evaluators, the highest he has ever finished in the exercise. Albert Breer published the results Tuesday morning. Prescott drew 49 points and one first-place vote and appeared on 26 of the 104 ballots....

DALLAS — George Pickens cannot sign an extension with the Dallas Cowboys until after the regular-season finale in January 2027. Owner and general manager Jerry Jones pointed past this season anyway Tuesday morning on the Shan & RJ show on 105.3 The Fan, twice emphasizing the years to come. Pickens...

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...

FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys led the NFL in drives of 10 or more plays last season and had the fewest three-and-outs of any team. Third-and-six or less is where Dallas was good last season, Brian Schottenheimer said. Third-and-seven and longer is hard for everybody. "I think it's always...

FRISCO, Texas — Javonte Williams ran for 1,201 yards on 252 carries with 11 touchdowns last season, all career highs. Dallas Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer has not settled how the carries behind him get divided. "Javonte's our bell cow. The other guys are certainly going to play, but Javonte's our...