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Eberflus Report Week 8 - It Continues To Get Worse The bodies are dropping and the solutions are gone. The defense continues to fail badly. Bob Sturm Oct 29, 2025 Here we go and this is going to be rough. Our objectives today will be: Overall Defensive Evaluation - Rock Bottom? Historical...

Decoding Schotty Week 8 - Know Your Situation Sometimes it is up to the head coach to recognize and react to the realities of the defense. Bob Sturm Oct 28, 2025 Here we go. Our objectives for today: Schottenheimer, the architect of this whole offense, needs to do better. How the offense...

Morning After Week 8 - Reality Checked in Denver In a chance to "prove it" and against a real AFC contender, the Cowboys weren't even close. Bob Sturm Oct 27, 2025 It was a beautiful day in Denver with all of the perfect colors of the NFL aesthetic that my soul desires. A beautiful contrasts...

Decoding Schotty Week 7 - A Decisive Show of Force The Commanders defense was ripped to shreds as the Cowboys offense returns to full form. Bob Sturm Oct 21, 2025 Here we go. Our objectives for today: How the offense owned the day. Is the offense so good that the front office must act? The...

Morning After Week 7 - The Defensive Changes In a big showdown home game against Washington, Dallas defense rattles Commanders. Bob Sturm Oct 20, 2025 If you are looking for an ideal example of what the vision could potentially look like, look no further than Sunday in Arlington. The...

Eberflus Report Week 6 - Defenseless Effort Rico Dowdle and company had their way against Cowboys in a truly demoralizing way. Bob Sturm Oct 15, 2025 Here we go. Our objectives today will be: Overall Defensive Evaluation - It was bad. All Trends are pointing down for this group. Historical...

Decoding Schotty Week 6 - Offensive Failures The Offense had been rolling right along, but this one fizzled late and it cost them. Bob Sturm Oct 14, 2025 Here we go. Our objectives for today: How the offense played a key role in this loss. The Running Game was absolutely brutal. The...

Morning After Week 6 - Rico Gets His Big Day Cowboys Thought They Were On Way Back To The Race, But Reality Bites in Carolina. Bob Sturm Oct 13, 2025 I think he made his point. Meet Rico Dowdle. He spent the entirety of his professional career, all of the past five years, what we know as the...

Eberflus Report Week 5 - A Very Decent Week! Signs of life have emerged with 5 sacks and 32 pressures. But still there is plenty to clean up moving forward for defense. Bob Sturm Oct 08, 2025 Here we go. Our objectives today will be: Overall Defensive Evaluation - Not that bad! Lots of...

Decoding Schotty Week 5 - Scheming So Well The Cowboys coaching staff had the Jets in a pretzel all day as everything was working in easy win. Bob Sturm Oct 07, 2025 Here we go. Our objectives for today: How the offense rolls on, despite the injuries. Javonte Williams and That One Play...

Morning After Week 5- Show of Character Win The Cowboys take out the Jets with a win that instills level of belief in the new coaching regime. Bob Sturm Oct 06, 2025 This win should give you hope. I am not telling you that beating the Jets is a cure-all for the years of apathy and misery...

Decoding Schotty Week 4 - Scoring Machine The offense performed at an extraordinary level vs Green Bay and now aims to make it a normal routine. Bob Sturm Sep 30, 2025 Here we go. Our objectives for today: How the Offense Kept Scoring and Scoring Prescott continues his top level play...

Morning After Week 4- Everything But the Win The Cowboys stubbornly battled for close to 4 hours. But in end, they settle for unsatisfying draw. Bob Sturm Sep 29, 2025 Before we get too deep into this one, I think I want to lead with this 30-second answer I heard in the post-game press...

Sturm: Eberflus Report Week 3: The Zero Resistance D The defense stinks right now and we are not sure when that is going to change. Bob Sturm Sep 24, 2025 Here we go. Our objectives today will be: The 2024 defense has gotten worse in 2025. The dreaded zero-zero performance. The Five...

Decoding Schotty Week 3 - Inefficient Offense When defense is like it is, the offense has to be perfect. They weren't close vs Bears. Bob Sturm Sep 23, 2025 Here we go. Our objectives for today: Inefficiency killed the day for the offense. Dak Prescott and 3rd downs. Javonte Williams is a...

Morning After Week 3 – Worst-Case Scenario Cowboys defense allow the Bears a dream day with small amounts of resistance. Bob Sturm Sep 22, 2025 Going into Sunday, the Chicago Bears had very little confidence in their rebuild. Yes, they had their guy, but their first two games taught them...

Eberflus Report Week 2: They zoned out The defense wasn't good against the Giants. Not at all. Bob Sturm Sep 17, 2025 Here we go. Our objectives today will be: Evaluate the defensive efforts in general (and it was rough). Study the SEVEN 25-yard explosives allowed Check in on the defensive...

Decoding Schotty Week 2 - Big Time Players The Cowboys scored 40 and needed every single one to avoid a catastrophic defeat. Bob Sturm Sep 16, 2025 Here we go. Our objectives for today: Huge production from the offense and they needed it all. The running game is a work in progress. Big Time...

Morning After Week 2 - Winning The Hard Way Absolutely nothing came easy for the Cowboys first win in 2025. But, hey, they got it done. Bob Sturm Sep 15, 2025 These games are a great test of your expectations. It seemed like you could quickly tell, as Brandon Aubrey did it again, which...

Decoding Schotty Week1 - Good Not Enough The run game delivered on campaign promises and Prescott was excellent vs Eagles. Bob Sturm Sep 08, 2025 For God's sake Sturm, this is a lot of words... Here we go. Our objectives today: The all-new run game and the success that went with it. QB1...