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Dallas Cowboys can't afford to keep wasting seasons like the one Dak Prescott just had

Story bySCHUYLER DIXONMon, January 5, 2026 at 11:49 PM UTC·5 min readFRISCO, Texas (AP) — Dak Prescott knows the seasons are slipping away and understands it's a little bit worse when one of his best — and healthiest — years is wasted by a defense as bad as any in the history of the Dallas Cowboys. The star quarterback who just finished his 10th season won't blame his teammates on the other side of the ball. Never has, never will. He's also not so naive as to ignore the obvious. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement“It’s still hard to answer that,” Prescott said when asked what the team needed after a 34-17 loss to the New York Giants clinched consecutive losing seasons in Dallas for the first time in 23 years.

Dallas Cowboys can't afford to keep wasting seasons like the one Dak Prescott just had

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Key Highlights

  • “You’ve got one of the best offenses in the league."Unfortunately, not-so-good defense in the league, however you say it.”That would be the only defense in the league to allow more than 30 points per game (30.1), the third-worst overall defense and the worst against the pass.
  • The Cowboys (7-9-1) allowed 500 points (511) for the first time in franchise history. Job security has been a question for weeks for defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus, who's in his first season in that role after a seven-year stint as a Dallas assistant a decade ago led to him running the defense in Indianapolis and then getting the head coaching job in Chicago. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementIf Eberflus gets fired, it'll be the second time in two years.
  • The Bears let him go in the middle of a third straight losing season in 2024.“We’re going to look at everything,” first-year coach Brian Schottenheimer said Sunday when asked if he wanted Eberflus back.
  • “At the end of the day, we didn’t win enough games.
  • That starts with me.
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