👋 Good morning! - I laugh when people up north mock Texans for struggling in winter weather, come spend July and August down here, and we’ll see who’s laughing then. - Ali Jawad

The Dallas Mavericks caught fire out of nowhere.

Winning four of their last five games thanks to Klay Thompson and Max Christie’s sharpshooting, Naji Marshall’s unreal stretch, and an offense that looked revitalized, even during stretches without Cooper Flagg and Anthony Davis.

So what exactly had clicked — and was it actually sustainable?

The DLLS Mavs crew broke down what had been working on that end of the floor, and Marc Stein joined with the latest trade chatter that could’ve changed everything fast.

The Cowboys’ DC search heated up as we broke down the top candidates one by one, what to love, what to worry about, and who actually fit what Dallas needed in 2026.

We also graded Jake Ferguson and the tight ends, debated whether elite QB play or a dominant defense was the real Super Bowl key, and answered your questions throughout the show.

The Stars finally snapped their three-game skid with a statement 6-2 beatdown of the Bruins, but the bigger question was what it meant for a team that had managed just three wins in its last 13 games.

With Robert Tiffin in-studio, we broke down the slump, the crucial seven-game stretch before the Olympic break, and the trade deadline targets Dallas could chase as the West kept making moves.

The Rangers kept reshaping their roster with a little bit of everything, bringing back 2023 World Series hero Josh Sborz on a minor-league deal with a Spring Training invite, and locking in veteran bullpen help with a one-year, $4 million contract for Jakob Junis.

Sborz missed all of 2025 after shoulder surgery, but if he showed even a glimpse of that playoff form, including the final out of the World Series, Texas might’ve just found a sneaky bullpen swing.

Let’s just hope their is a season.

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Ali Jawad
Dallas Cowboys ​Content Creator/Newsletter Writer
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