Cowboys Weekly - "Jub is Not Bailing After Week One"
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Why did the Cowboys start the season 0‑1 and what are the biggest defensive concerns?
It is the Musers, the podcast, Cowboys edition. Football friends, George Dunham, Bob Stern. After week one of the Cowboys' 2026 season. Bob, we just had one assignment for this team as we started the year. And the month of September, as you so eloquently said, don't make us hate you by the end of the month. And already, just one game in, The talk around Dallas is, oh my gosh, it's the same flipping thing as last year and the year before that. And if you want to throw in the last 32 years, as a Cowboy fan, that's your right to do it. Giants 28, Cowboys 20. There's so much to dig into. I want to start here, though, before we just talk in particular about the defense, because Let's start there with, hey, whatever you do, don't make us hate you by the end of September.
Some tough games coming up for the Cowboys on the schedule, and you get off to an 0-1 start. And I guess, bottom line, Bob, I think we both and anyone who follows this team just, bottom line, hope for a better performance in week one.
Yeah, yeah. It's a rough start for sure. And it definitely has people who extended them a little bit of latitude already saying they've run out of latitude to extend.
And
it's... Boy, there's a lot here. There's a lot to dig into, and we will. But yes, the quickest overview possible is there is not a lot of difference between the defenses we've been looking at and the defense we watched on Sunday night. And so, quick to make a decision, quick to make a judgment, I should say. And I get it. I understand it. I'm just going to resist it a little bit because... when you talk about, man, isn't it great? 15 new players on this defense. Well, it's also a problem at first and, and maybe more importantly, and I do say this tiptoeing and realizing that listeners are going to roll their eyes at hearing this. But it does occur to me that the Giants might actually be good. And we can't completely rule that out.
And that doesn't mean they're a contender. And it doesn't mean that they're about to take over the world. But it does mean that their main focus as an offense, as an attack, as a ethos, as a culture, whatever, is they want to play Baltimore Ravens football. And... I think I could talk to you for two hours, Georgie, on how that particular style of football has befuddled the Dallas Cowboys forever. for at least four coordinators in a row now. Yeah. And, and I'm talking about 21 personnel, 12 personnel, 13 and 22. And for those who are just hearing numbers and their eyes are glazing over, those are all, uh, Old school football personnel groupings. People say, man, remember when football had a fullback? Remember when football was physical in the trenches and there wasn't all this shotgun and three and four wide receivers and air raid and run and shoot and all this stuff?
Remember when football was all about just absolutely hammering dudes and finding out who's got more ballast, who's got more lead? And that's what the Ravens and the Steelers and the AFC North have done for years. And they didn't hire Mike Tomlin, but they hired his rival, John Harbaugh and Harbaugh. And that entire Ravens attack have been all about, hey, let's do this. Let's find out if the team across from us wants to get down and dirty and take some real damage to win this game. Because
if
they're not ready to take the damage, we will give the damage and we will take the game. And I think you will see, if you dig into the numbers, that the Giants bullied the Cowboys at the point of attack again. And we can put that next to all the times it happened to Dan Quinn, all the times it happened to Mike Zimmer, and yes, all the times it happened to Matt Eberflus. It's still happening. And so you can change the scheme, but until the Cowboys figure out how to stand up to bullies, they're going to have this problem in this type of situation.
Well, and as we start to talk about the defense, that's the other thing I thought about coming out of this game and talking to you this week, which I always look forward to, by the way, and trying to talk us off the ledge in this case after what happened
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why did the Cowboys start the season 0‑1 and what are the biggest defensive concerns?
0:07–9:05
2
How did the Giants’ run‑heavy game expose the Cowboys’ run‑defense weaknesses?
9:05–15:43
3
What went wrong with Dak Prescott’s interception and could it have been avoided?
15:43–24:12
4
How did George Pickens’ drops and other offensive miscues affect the Cowboys’ scoring chances?
24:12–31:04
5
What adjustments do the Cowboys need on the offensive line and play‑calling after week 1?
31:04–38:23
6
What should Dallas expect from the upcoming matchup against the Washington Commanders?
38:23–45:58
7
Can Christian Parker’s new defensive scheme improve the run stop and what timeline is realistic?
45:58–53:46
8
Why are the hosts still committed to the Cowboys despite a rough start and what’s the outlook for week 2?
53:46–1:01:46