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The run game woes in Dallas just got more complicated with the loss of a defensive tackle the team traded for during training camp. Jordan Phillips is out, but he’s not quite toeing the company line about why. Meanwhile his roster replacement weakens a division rival’s depth, one that had pilfered the Cowboys’ throughout the offseason. On the other side of the ball, analytics on the Cowboys rushing attack look worse than the statistics, showing them as some of the least effective ball carriers in the NFL.
Fixing their major flaws in 2024 may be a challenge that head coach Mike McCarthy is equipped for, if he so chooses to dip back into his past. If not, course correcting in 2025 may become easier with the help of an abundance of salary cap space and a future Hall of Fame coach. What may not be in the future is a handful of pending Cowboys free agents whose PFF grades have fallen short of expectations. And then there’s Micah Parsons.