The Philadelphia Eagles are hosting the Dallas Cowboys on Monday night at Lincoln Financial Field, and the Birds are desperate. They need to break a brutal four-game losing streak just to keep their season from completely falling apart. Meanwhile, the Cowboys roll into this Week 7 matchup sitting at a disappointing 2-4, and a lot of folks are looking directly at offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer.
Schotty’s Surprising Stumble
Schottenheimer is shouldering a significant amount of blame for the Cowboys’ struggles this year, and it is not just because head coaches naturally take the heat when things go sideways. The roster is loaded with legitimate stars; it is not like he was handed a barren cupboard. But his play-calling? And those in-game management decisions? They have been baffling, to put it mildly. We are talking about an offense that was elite in 2025, largely with the same personnel. This sudden regression is a shocker, especially after the fanbase and pundits felt Schotty did a good job last year, and the offseason seemed so positive. No one saw this rough start coming. To make matters worse, he even kept a special teams coach from last year who was absolutely dreadful in 2025, and that move has definitely hurt the team more than helped. Schottenheimer can point to a really poor defense during his tenure in Dallas, but the offense is his baby, and it is struggling.
Parker’s Patchwork Defense Faces an Uphill Battle
On the defensive side, coordinator Christian Parker is also off to a rough start. However, it feels too early to make a definitive judgment on him. Unlike Schottenheimer, Parker inherited a defense that has had very little success recently and is not exactly brimming with star power. He is essentially trying to patch things together with players who might not even fit his scheme perfectly. To top it all off, the defense has been hammered by injuries, especially in the secondary. So, while the product on the field has been a problem for most of the season, Parker might just be fighting some serious headwinds. The Cowboys are battling two lethal issues right now: they cannot rush the passer, and they have major trouble covering receivers. You do not need to be a football genius to see the problem when you mix those two together. Their edge players might get some pressure sometimes, but actually hitting and sacking the quarterback? That is a whole different story. Mike Pettine is with the team now, but it is clear the defense has major personnel and injury issues to overcome.
This Monday night clash is huge for both teams. The Eagles need to stop the bleeding, and the Cowboys need to figure out what is going on with their coaching staff and try to turn this ship around before their season sinks completely. Do not miss it.
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Originally reported by Bleeding Green Nation.
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