The Cowboys walk into Week 7 needing more than a win. They need answers.
Dallas is trying to snap a two-game skid when it visits the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday Night Football, and the pressure is real on both sides. The Cowboys have been under the microscope for weeks, but the Eagles are in their own mess after dropping four straight following a 2-0 start. At 2-4, they’re tied with Dallas, and Philadelphia’s situation looks even shakier with quarterback Jalen Hurts expected to miss the rest of the season because of blood clots in his lungs.
For Dallas, though, this game is also about the individuals who have to turn the tide. Three names stand out.
Javonte Williams is first on the list because the Cowboys need the version of him that showed up last season. In 2025, he was one of the team’s biggest surprises, running for a career-best 1,201 yards and 11 touchdowns.
This year, the production has fallen off hard. Through six games, he has 317 rushing yards and is averaging 3.7 yards per carry, even while scoring seven times near the goal line.
Dallas took heat for leaning away from the run last week, but Williams didn’t exactly force the issue either. Against Philadelphia, the Cowboys need him to look like the back who kept drives alive and moved the chains so smoothly a year ago. If that doesn’t happen, the offense is going to keep grinding instead of flowing.
On the defensive side, DeMarvion Overshown is back after missing five games with a hamstring injury, and his timing couldn’t be better. Dee Winters is likely to miss time with an Achilles strain, so Overshown steps right into a situation where Dallas needs help.
The talent is there. The question is whether the Cowboys can finally trust him to stay available. He has missed significant time in every season of his career, and with injuries already hammering this roster, Overshown is under pressure not just to play well, but to stay on the field long enough to matter.
And then there’s Brian Schottenheimer.
Christian Parker is dealing with pressure as a rookie defensive coordinator, but after two poor offensive showings, the biggest spotlight belongs to the head coach. Schottenheimer had some cushion in 2025 because the offense was putting up points, but that protection is gone now. Stephen and Jerry Jones are still backing him, but that kind of support can disappear fast if the Cowboys can’t get past a wounded Eagles team.
That’s where the heat is landing now: on a second-year head coach who has talked about coaching better and now has to actually prove it.
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