👋 Good morning! - It’s tough being a Cowboys fan, isn’t it? Maybe the Mavs can give this city something to cheer about, as long as Nico stays off the phone. - Ali Jawad

The Dallas Cowboys hit rock bottom on Sunday, and Jerry Jones didn’t have a single word to offer.

The 30–27 loss to the Carolina Panthers wasn’t just another notch in the loss column, it was a gut punch that exposed every crack in Brian Schottenheimer’s defense.

On a day when Dak Prescott and George Pickens went blow-for-blow with Carolina, the Cowboys got steamrolled by a familiar face, and the silence from the top spoke louder than any postgame presser ever could.

Rico Dowdle, the running back Dallas let walk in free agency, delivered the kind of revenge game players dream about. Carolina ran the ball down the Cowboys’ throat, bleeding out the final six minutes with a soul-crushing 15-play drive to set up a game-winning kick as time expired.

Prescott and the NFL’s top-ranked offense stood powerless on the sideline, watching as their defense crumbled again, this time against a team that entered the day near the bottom of the league in almost every major offensive category.

The result: Dallas drops to 2-3-1, the Panthers climb back to .500 for the first time since 2021, and the questions around Matt Eberflus’ defense have morphed from “when will they fix it” to “can they?”

Missed tackles, blown coverages, soft fronts, and total confusion defined a unit that looks nothing like the one that once revolved around Micah Parsons. And with Washington up next and a brutal schedule looming, this is no longer just a bad stretch, it’s a full-blown crisis.

The Cooper Flagg hype train cooled off a bit as the Mavericks’ starters got worked by the Hornets in their second preseason game.

Anthony Davis struggled to keep up defensively and offered little offensively, raising some early lineup questions.

The DLLS Mavs crew breaks it all down, floats a spicy alternative frontcourt combo, and welcomes Marc Stein and the team’s new beat writer from the arena.

The Dallas Stars went to Denver and left with a wild 5-4 shootout win thanks to Jake Oettinger standing on his head and some bizarre bounces that turned the game into pure hockey chaos.

Jason Robertson’s “stanchion special” had everyone laughing, Justin Hryckowian brought the grit, and somehow Dallas found itself up despite being outplayed for stretches.

Oettinger stole the show late, turning away a flurry of Avs chances before Mikko Rantanen iced it in the shootout.

Skip Schumaker is in, and the Texas Rangers have their new skipper.

In an exclusive sit-down by our DLLS Rangers team, Schumaker opens up about potential staff changes, how he plans to build relationships and set a winning tone in the clubhouse, and shares some incredible personal stories, including why he rocks No. 55 and the childhood moment he met Orel Hershiser.

It’s your first real look at the man behind the title.

Excited to welcome Ron Harrod Jr. to our DLLS Mavs team.

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Ali Jawad
Dallas Cowboys ​Content Creator/Newsletter Writer
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