The Dallas Cowboys might be wanting on the finish of an period with Mike McCarthy and Dak Prescott in … [+] 2023. (Photograph by Christian Petersen/Getty Photos)
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The Dallas Cowboys have made one other change to their teaching employees.
Simply days after saying the dismissal of many key veteran assistants — together with the likes of offensive line coach Joe Philbin, line of defense coach Leon Lett, operating backs coach Skip Peete and defensive assistant George Edwards — the Cowboys are transferring on from offensive coordinator Kellen Moore, as reported by NFL Community’s Tom Pelissero.
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The transfer is the most important one but within the shakeup of the crew’s teaching employees from the earlier season, indicating the franchise wasn’t precisely blissful following a second consecutive loss to the San Francisco 49ers early within the playoffs.
Head coach Mike McCarthy — who beforehand revealed simply days prior that Moore was beneath “analysis” — launched a press release thanking Moore for his tenure with the crew. The 34-year-old initially joined Dallas as a quarterbacks coach in 2018 and had served because the offensive coordinator because the 2019 season.
“I wish to thank Kellen for his deep dedication, arduous work and dedication that had been a core a part of his time with the Cowboys,” McCarthy’s assertion stated. “The manufacturing of our offense and his mentorship of Dak had been on the heart of Kellen’s impression, and we’re grateful for his tenure and management.”
It’s clear that these strikes had been made with the intention of sending a message to the returning coaches and gamers — the 2022 season was not ok.
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And regardless of this main teaching overhaul, there’s one huge drawback — it’s not going to vary the Cowboys’ fortunes.
Dak Prescott goes to return for an additional season because of a bloated contract that makes him close to not possible to maneuver. If the Cowboys had been to commerce Prescott previous to June 1 of the offseason — groups hardly ever make trades for quarterbacks following the draft — they might take in a lifeless cap hit of $58 million.
The statistics and historical past don’t lie — Prescott led the league in interceptions and was the most important purpose for the Cowboys’ loss to the 49ers. Secondly, regardless of beginning for seven seasons, he has but to guide the crew to a single convention championship look.
As Todd Archer of ESPN factors out, that is trigger for concern — as a result of no quarterback because the 1995 season has led a crew to an NFC Championship Sport or Tremendous Bowl for the primary time after a seven-year run as a starter with that very same crew.
“For the reason that Cowboys’ final Tremendous Bowl look in 1995, no quarterback has taken his crew to an NFC Championship Sport or Tremendous Bowl for the primary time after a seven-year run because the starter with that crew, in line with ESPN Stats & Data,” says Archer. “The final to make his first NFC title-game look in his seventh season in that state of affairs was Phil Simms in 1986, though that doesn’t embrace the 1982 season that he missed with a knee damage.”
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As stable of a quarterback as Prescott is, he’s not a man that’s going to make the performs mandatory in a decent playoff sport to elevate your crew excessive. If he was that quarterback, he would have executed it by now.
As an alternative, the Cowboys will enter the 2023 season with Prescott holding the second-highest cap determine of any participant within the league — $49.13 million, solely behind the Cleveland Browns’ Deshaun Watson — hoping that he’ll lastly play just like the elite quarterback that they’re paying him to be.
Regardless of profitable a street playoff sport for the primary time because the 1992 season and clinching back-to-back playoff berths for the primary time because the 2006-07 seasons, Dallas got here up in need of advancing to a convention championship sport for the twenty seventh consecutive season.
McCarthy — who entered this season on the recent seat and with Sean Payton rumors circling the franchise — was in a position to purchase himself one other season along with his playoff win over a mediocre Tampa Bay Buccaneers crew that was fortunate simply to be within the postseason.
If the Cowboys are to proceed as at the moment constructed, they’ll completely need to advance to a spot they haven’t been because the 1995 season — the NFC Championship Sport. One other 12-win season and fast playoff exit isn’t going to fulfill Jerry Jones.
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So far as Payton is worried, he’s at the moment interviewing for head teaching jobs as he seems to return to the sidelines. He’s at the moment linked to jobs such because the Denver Broncos, Arizona Cardinals and Houston Texans.
What’s not being introduced up sufficient is the likelihood that Payton might very properly sit out one other yr earlier than returning to the sidelines. If neither of the aforementioned groups woo him sufficient — whether or not that be cash or affect over the crew — the previous New Orleans Saints head coach might simply sit out.
Till the Cowboys head teaching job turns into open.
If Dallas falters once more in 2023, the Cowboys will transfer on from McCarthy and can begin desirous about their choices past Prescott. Meaning a complete makeover, which might embrace Payton within the combine together with a brand new franchise quarterback.
The Cowboys will return largely the identical nucleus — minus Moore and a bunch of veteran assistants — for an additional season. But it surely’s not more likely to change the outcomes of the present crew.
A 65-year-old woman is accused of fatally shooting a mother and daughter she’s had ongoing issues with during a fight inside her apartment, according to an arrest-warrant affidavit.
Doris Walker was booked into the Dallas County jail Wednesday on a capital murder of multiple persons charge.
Officers found 17-year-old Drenesia Willis and 40-year-old Lanesaia Pinkard unresponsive with gunshot wounds shortly before 8 p.m. Tuesday in an apartment in the 3000 block of South Boulevard, near Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, police said.
Both women were taken to the hospital where they died.
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Walker was at the apartment when officers arrived and took her into custody.
An officer wrote in the affidavit that Walker told police she’s had issues with Pinkard, saying Pinkard’s son has been involved in multiple shootings at the apartment complex.
Walker said she called 911 multiple times to report threats from Pinkard and Willis, including twice the same day of the deadly shooting. Walker said Willis was allegedly involved in a fight with a fourth woman shortly before the shooting, the affidavit says. After the fight, the woman went into Walker’s apartment.
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Willis called Pinkard to come to the location and once she arrived they went to Walker’s apartment.
Walker told police she was standing in her doorway and told Willis and Pinkard not to enter but they “forced” their way in and began assaulting the fourth woman, according to the affidavit.
Walker said the women never physically attacked her and though she believed Pinkard had a gun, she never saw one, an officer wrote in the report.
Walker told police, according to the affidavit, that she shot Willis as she was attempting to leave the apartment then shot Pinkard.
A large crowd had formed nearby as the incident was occurring.
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While searching the apartment, police were able to find fired cartridges but did not locate the gun used in the shooting.
Walker told police she didn’t remember where she put it and someone may have taken it, according to the affidavit.
Walker remained jailed Thursday morning on a $500,000 bond, records show.
The Dallas Cowboys enter the 2024 NFL Draft on April 25 with seven picks over the three-day draft.
The Cowboys have major questions along the offensive line and no clear-cut No. 1 running back. Tyler Smith is the anchor on the left side of the line where he was a Pro-Bowl guard in 2023. He could stay there if Dallas drafts a starting left tackle or could slide to tackle if the Cowboys draft a starting guard. Also, the departure of Tyler Biadasz left an opening at center. With Tony Pollard signing with the Tennessee Titans, Rico Dowdle is the Cowboys’ top returning back (they also recently added veteran Royce Freeman), so running back will be a primary target — unlikely in Round 1 — for Dallas in this draft.
Keep coming back here throughout the draft for analysis and grades for each Cowboys pick.
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Bill Zielinski is resigning from his position as Dallas’ chief information officer after nearly four years on the job, the Dallas Morning News reported on Wednesday.
Zielinski joined the city amid the COVID-19 pandemic and led the city’s response to a ransomware attack and navigated the fallout after a city information technology employee deleted millions of electronic police records. His official last day as CIO is April 30.
Though he did not specify his new role, Zielinski told The Dallas Morning News he’s moving to the private sector after more than three decades working government jobs.
“I had this great opportunity that came my way that, at the end of the day, given where I am in my career, where I am in my life, was just a great match. And so I said yes,” Zielinkski told The Dallas Morning News. “And so I’ll take several weeks off and then I will start a new gig in private industry.”
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Brian Gardner, the city’s chief information security officer, will serve as the interim CIO.
In 2021, a city IT employee accidentally deleted millions of police files. Two years later, some city computers and services were taken offline after a ransomware attack that breached more than 30,000 Social Security numbers and other personal information.
In response to the deletion of records, Zielinski began offering monthly reports on the IT department to the city council. Additionally, the ransomware attack prompted city officials to work to address its digital vulnerabilities.
“There’s nothing pushing me to leave,” Zielinski told the Dallas Morning News. “The city has been extremely supportive both from city management through to the council. I’m nothing but pleased with the support that the city has provided to me here in this role and to the IT organization, and I expect and I hope to continue to see that kind of support here in the organization.”
