
Marcus Mosher and Landon McCool break down the Dallas Cowboys' shocking defensive meltdown against the Chicago Bears. The hosts analyze alarming statistics, highlighting how trading Micah Parsons has left gaping holes in the Cowboys' defense.
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The Dallas Cowboys were downright awful in week three. How concerned should you be about the rest of the season? We will get to that next.
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Welcome back to the Locked on Cowboys podcast, part of the Lockon Podcast network your team every day. We'd like to thank you for making us your first listen of the day. This episode is brought to you by Mazda. Like our players, we sweat every detail because when you make every move count, pulling off the unexpected is only the beginning. Stay tuned later for highlights in this week's Moving the game forward Mazda Move and be moved. Welcome back. I am your host Marcus moer. He is La McCool. And on today's show we're discussing the Cowboys blowout loss to the Chicago Bears in week three Lane and we're going to talk about the defense and why they're struggling so much and why the offense stalled out the second half. But before we even get to any of that stuff, I thought week three was a very eye opening game for the Cowboys not just because they lost. Like listen people, teams lose all the time in the NFL, but the way they lost this feels like kind of a tipping point in the season and it did not go in the Cowboys direction.
Marcus Moer
Yeah, absolutely not. It's. And you know, it's funny because earlier in the week you and I had a conversation about potential trades that the Cowboys may make and that sort of thing. And you and I kind of universally talked about like hey, they, they need to get through these two games to kind of find out what, where the trajectory of this this season is, right? And, and, and, and, and and and we both agreed that we felt like, you know, they needed to win this Bears game because they probably weren't going to win the packers game if they were going to be kind of the type team that you would want to be in the trade market to try to improve, to give to this year. I think as the week went on, I started to kind of internalize that as, hey, like, this really is sort of a diverging, you know, roads sort of game where the Cowboys could be on two different paths. And as the game started and continued to go on, it really did feel like, man, they had chosen a path, and it's not exactly a happy path for this season. You know, we had talked about the. The disparity between the offensive, the defense and their performance. I mean, I think this game kind of especially early in the game, really showed that disparity. And then when. When. When. When CD went out, it really felt like a season kind of crushing blow to the. To the team. Even if he isn't out for, you know, more than a couple weeks, we'll see how that all turns out.
La McCool
Yeah, we'll get to the offense in a little bit. And listen, when the Cowboys traded Micah Parsons, we knew that the defense was going to be bad. We had no illusions about what they were going to be. I know Jerry Jones maybe thought they were going to be better, but when you traded Micah Parsons, it took away all of your margin of error. Right. You're gonna have to play unbelievably sound team football on defense just to stay in some of these games. And now when you've got guys missing tackles and blowing assignments and overreaching on, you know, press coverage, that's how blowouts like this happen. Against the Bears offense that has been very up and down through the first two weeks of the season. Now they put on a show like, unfortunately, it feels like there's going to be more of these games as the season goes on. It's not going to be every week, but you're going to be playing some pretty good offenses that are going to be. That are going to be able to take advantage of. Of the lack of talent and the lack of discipline here.
Marcus Moer
Yeah. And I don't know that, you know, we're breaking any news with the idea that the Cowboys offense is the stronger of the two units and the Cowboys defense is not good. But I think what we found out today is, I mean, the. The Cowboys defense is. Is potentially historically bad. Right? Like, it's. It's really, really bad to the point where. Yeah, I Mean, I, I think, you know, this is a graph that I formed up on true. Thanks to true media. And it's got six for those of you that are listening. It's got success rate on the left hand side and, and then defensive success rate. And if you look at the Cowboys, they're all the way up in the top left by the, by themselves, right. They're in a situation where their, their offensive success rate is, puts them at number four, I think is what I'm just looking at this graph that's probably the fourth best offense in all of football on a success rate basis. But their defensive success rate is so poor that it's, you know, it's put them in this kind of weird situation where, where you know, next to the Miami Dolphins, which is a team that, that is, is, is potentially going to be firing their coach soon because I mean if, or you know, if they hadn't probably saved their job by not getting blown out by the Bills, simply just not being blown out by the Bills last week. So. Yeah, I mean it's not a good place to be. And, and it's. I think the thing that was so eye opening to me, Marcus, is that I was thinking about it like even if Micah Parsons was on the team, like the way that this is going right now, like Micah wouldn't have been able to fix what, what we're seeing on the back end. Like, I mean it certainly would have helped. Absolutely. There's no doubt about that. But I, I think that the idea that even with Micah Parsons, that we would have been like good enough to be contending, I think is. I'm starting to not even believe that that necessarily was true just because of all the factors on defense.
La McCool
Yeah, I mean it seems like both of your safeties got really old in one off season. They were already kind of trending in the wrong direction with Malik Hooker and Donovan Wilson. Your linebackers have been very disappointing relative to what we saw, you know, maybe in the preseason or what we were hoping. Kyrie Elam has just been a disaster. You were hoping that he would be better based on some of the training camp reports. Like, I mean, I'm already starting again. I know this is a bad attitude to have thinking like to 20, 26 and man, you start circling how many positions of need they're going to have on defense and it's, it's kind of an overwhelming amount. And again, I think Micah covers up a lot of those faults in those areas of need. But you're seeing like this, you're seeing why? This defense at times last year, even with a healthy Micah really struggled.
Marcus Moer
Well, it's holistic, you know, I mean, it's coaching too, right? Like, let's look at those other two grass that we got here, if we could real quick. I, I made another one that basically is the is EPA defensive snap. And look there again, we're there with the Miami Dolphins. There's the Dallas Cowboys. This is the bottom of the list. The Top equals the 32nd, 31st and 30th teams being the Miami Dolphins, the Dallas Cowboys and Giants. Look at the gap between the Cowboys and the Giants on EPA per play. Like they're just that, that's just a terrible metric for how bad your defense is doing on a, on a snap, per snap basis. And then Marcus, show me the last one if you could. And it's all based on total pass epa. This is actually defensive total pass epa. And again, for those who are looking at home, the Dallas Cowboys are at the very top of this list, which is not the top of a list that you want to be on. Right? And it's not even just that they're bad. Look at the gap between the Cowboys and the Dolphins and then even the Dolphins from the jets. Like the Cowboys are far and away by orders of magnitude negative 16 total EPA. When there's the third place team, the jets is negative 11. You know what I'm saying? Like that's almost 50% more than what, than what the jets have on their, on their total defensive epa, just in pass plays. You know, the Cowboys are a decent, probably like middle of the pack run defense team, but they are historically bad at stopping the pass through three games. And it's not only sinking the defense, it's, you know, sinking the Cowboys entire season.
La McCool
And you know, we, we joke about all the time how you, you know, stopping the run isn't the most important thing in the NFL. The irony is not lost to me that the Cowboys finally can run the ball and they can stop the run and they have like the worst defense in the league right now. It just shows you like we are in a passing league where if you can pass the ball and you can stop the pass, you're likely going to have a lot of success. We'll talk about why the Cowboys couldn't pass on Sunday. We'll get to that in a little bit. But just to kind of sum up our thoughts on this team through three weeks, I don't want to be over reactionary or anything here, but like based on their schedule, based on what it look, it's going to look like the next couple weeks and what they have down the road. It's hard to think that this is a playoff team like Jerry Jones said, unless, unless things magically turn around or a couple players get healthy on defense and really play at an all pro level. Some see it right now you've got.
Marcus Moer
Some things that are going to change, but it's hard to believe that it's going to change enough to like, fix what we've seen. Right? Like, it's just, it feels a little too widespread. Past defense is a multi part, you know, multi faceted element, right. It's pass rush past coverage and it feels like multiple components in each section are broken and, and like they could fix some of it, but it doesn't feel like something that you fix on the fly while facing a very difficult schedule. And, and if you're go, if you're gonna make the playoffs while facing one of the most difficult schedules in the NFL, you gotta steal some of these games. The Bears was one that you like. You know, they were favored. They were favored and so you had to win. And the fact that they, you know, got absolutely blown out, it just doesn't, it doesn't bode well for the rest of the season.
La McCool
All right, let's talk more about that defense, which was shredded by Caleb Williams. We'll talk about the lack of pass rush next. This episode is brought to you by prize picks, the daily fantasy app where making the right call can actually pay off. You and I make decisions every day. But on prize picks, being right means cashing in. And with football back, prize picks is the simplest and easiest way to get in on the action. Just pick more or less on two to six player projections and you can turn your takes into real prizes all in less than 60 seconds. I've been playing on prize picks for years and it's unbelievably how much fun. Unbelievable how much fun it is. It's easy to stay locked into the NFL season. It's quick, it's easily easy and you can create your lineup in less than three minutes. I love checking in on the projections on like Josh Allen. How many yards is he going to throw for in a big game? So download the prize picks app today and use promo code lot NFL to get 50, $50 in lineups after you play your first five dollar lineup. That is promo code locked on NFL for $50 in lineups after you Play your first $5 lineup. Price picks. It's good to be right.
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Welcome back to the Lot Done Cowboys podcast. We'd like to thank you for making us your first listen of the day. Layna. Let's talk about this Cowboys defense some more because no, I know they couldn't create pressure quick. They couldn't create pressure. You know, as plays went on, the coverage was worse. Are you more concerned about the coverage or the pass rush right now?
Marcus Moer
I, I mean, I, it's, it's clearly both. So you have to fix both of them. I think with, with. I, I think I'm more concerned about the coverage because I feel like with the pass rush, I still have some hope that some of these young players like Ezraku will continue to grow. I thought he did some things at least today. Obviously not enough. But, but I mean, you know, you saw some stuff from him. I still like Neyland, you know, Williams, man, it's just like it's, it's so frustrating with him right now. Like, I just feel like it's time to kind of distribute those snaps and clearly they did that naturally just because they kept him off the field after his mess up.
La McCool
Remember there was talks like on Labor Day weekend about the Cowboys maybe giving him an extension before the year started.
Marcus Moer
Yeah, I mean, thank goodness they didn't, right? Yeah. And you know, we'll see what, what Clowney has, but I mean, I don't know how much more he's going to add here. But I think with the past, with the, with the coverage thing, it's like you're hoping that Diggs gets a little bit healthier, you know, as the season goes on. I, I actually think that, you know, what we've seen from Elam has been fine. I think it's, it's, it's more the safeties that, that's what's probably more frustrating is that it's just that you see them getting, you know, toasted deep over and over again and just constantly allowing the guys to get, you know, run free through the defense and then, and then just being caught flat footed as, as guys are running past them, which is just ridiculous. And it's not even just Wilson. I saw a lot of people blaming Wilson on being single high. I mean Hooker was doing it too. Like you know, on that flea flicker touchdown. Like, you know, it was, it was Hooker that was back there that just kind of let that guy drift past him because he was coming down the hill for the run. So. Yeah, I mean I think that, I think for the past coverage situation, it's just several different components that you feel like you're going to need to change out. You hope that Ravel is going to come in, but this is a rookie coming in off an ACL injury. So I don't know that you're getting a lot of back into the season hope out of, you know, Ravel or Butler coming in. It's just, it's, it's, it's. There's not a lot of options to kind of improve that spot, you know, throughout the season. Whereas with the defensive end, you hope that the young guys just grow up a little bit.
La McCool
I want to talk about the third quarter of this game because it was a 24 to 14 game going into the third quarter. The Cowboys got the ball to start the, that the, the quarter, seven plays, 18 yards punt. And then Chicago had a 19 play 76 yard drive that took off 10 minutes of the clock. And that was the only drive that the Cowboys had in the, the third quarter. That was it. Like, I think that's what was, it was so demoralizing. Like I think they, if the field was 400 yards long, Chicago could have walked the ball down there. Like, I mean they, they got to fourth down a couple times but it just felt like there was hardly any resistance on those drives.
Marcus Moer
Well, I think the thing that was the most, I mean that was by far the most, one of the most frustrating drives I, I just had to sit through and witness in such a long, I Mean, probably last year, I guess we had to deal with some of those last year, but just to have this one be the first kind of, one of where it was truly demoralizing, time consuming drive in the first half, right? Like Dak had 115 yards passing, right. And, and, and we saw that Caleb Williams had 110 yards passing in just his touchdown passes. So my point being is that they were killing us through the air with long, deep passes, right? And these touchdown passes and then they go on this kind of 19 y long play game, grinding drive to basically kill the game and kind of break the backs of the Cowboys. And it just, it killed all, all the clock, it killed all opportunity and, and it, it was just one of those things where you had just spent the whole game being killed one way just to be ground down the other way just made it even more frustrating. It just made it like, you know, just really again, it felt like an inflection point on the season at this point.
La McCool
Again, I know that we are three games into the season and we shouldn't overreact, but, but would you consider moving on from the defensive coordinator? Has it been that bad for Matt Eberfluss or do you want to give him some time to figure this thing out?
Marcus Moer
You know, look, I, I did. Look, we talked about the context here that Eberfluss is a very certain, has a very certain way of playing and, and that, that kind of got blown to hell when, when, when, when Parsons got traded. Right. But at the same time, man, you have to make adjustments and, and I just don't feel like there were a ton of adjustments. He's playing his Bears, his former team. I thought that was the other thing about this game. I just felt like it was, we were gonna see, okay, you know, revenge game. We'll see this guy kind of empty out what he's got here. And it just felt like more of the same, it felt like the only change up that he's made since the last two weeks and I haven't seen the numbers yet is, but it looked like there was a, like a slight, you know, maybe five or six more snaps of man coverage. Right. And, but it didn't feel like they were blitzing in any, any higher rate or anything like that, but it does feel like when you saw them blitz, they were having success. So. Yeah, I mean, I, I, I think at this point, like if you're serious about trying to save the season, like I would take it, take the temperature of the locker room and see what, what you've got and figure out if, if, if they feel like changing defensive coordinators will help. Because, I mean, the other part of the problem is that you're, you know, mid. You're three weeks into the season. It's not like you're gonna change the playbook. It's just going to be the same menu, probably called by a different person.
La McCool
And that's why, like, they're not going to fire the defensive coordinator and suddenly become a top five ranked defense. Like, you might get marginally better for a couple weeks because guys are, you know, more on their toes because of the firing. But like, you're right, they're going to be calling the same defense if they've got a very young defensive staff. So I don't even. Is there anybody even on the staff that has experience calling plays?
Marcus Moer
I don't know. I, I mean, I. What? Whitehead? Maybe, Like, I don't know.
La McCool
I mean, maybe.
Marcus Moer
I mean, I mean, Carter. I don't know. Like, I, I don't know. Probably not. I mean, think of. That's the part of, about having such a young coaching staff, right? Is that they're not necessarily all experienced in all aspects of, of coaching.
La McCool
So. The Cowboys give up 31 points in this game. Chicago had 298 passing yards, 87 rushing yards. They averaged 6.8 yards per play in this game. And honestly, it was even worse than that because the fourth quarter was such a grind and Chicago was just trying to run out some of the clock at halftime. Caleb Williams is averaging 14.9 yards per attempt. And I'm wondering now, like, what are some of these better, the better offenses that they're going to play later in the year when it's like the Lions or the packers next week and the Chargers coming up. Like, is this going to get way worse before it gets better?
Marcus Moer
Yeah. Like, at what point do they, you re reach, like, you know, optimal. Like maximum amount of. Of suffering. Right? Like the Cowboys are giving up almost a quarter of a point per play at this point on unexpected points. Like, it's, it's pretty bad, you know, So I think, I think you could just play prevent defense all game and then see if you could try it. I mean, it's crazy, the number of just huge plays that they're giving up. I think to me that's. That's what's just shocking to see them just continually give big play after big play after big play.
La McCool
And now I think you're going to see teams just hunt a big play in Dallas and maybe that'll work out in their favor. Maybe teams will be a little too aggressive, but based on what we've seen through three games, I kind of doubt it. Let's talk about the Cowboys offense in this one because we thought this was going to be a shootout in a game that both teams are going to score 30 plus points. The Cowboys did not score in the second half. In fact, they only scored one touchdown. What went wrong for the offense outside of the CD Lamb injury? We will get to that next this episode is brought to you by Mazda's Moving the Game Forward. For those who believe it's not just about playing the game, it's about redefining it. These are the moments that do more than just put points on the board and they move crowds, they move culture, and they keep the game moving forward. And this week's moment that moved the game forward, it's just Javante Williams. I know he fumbled on the first drive of the game, but he runs so hard. He gives the Cowboys an attitude on offense and frankly, I thought he was their best offensive player in Week three. I have no doubt that he's going to be successful as the season goes on and I think he's going to keep this offense being one of the best in the league. So Javante Williams is the player that is keeping the Cowboys moving forward. And when you follow what moves you, the unexpected is only the beginning. And just like there's more to every highlight, there's more to a Mazda vehicle. Mazda Move and be Moved. This episode is brought to you by FanDuel. The NFL season is here and FanDuel is making sure that you are ready for kickoff with a can't miss offer. Right now, new customers can bet just $5, and if your bet wins, you'll get $300 in bonus bets to use across the app. I love using FanDuel because it fits however you like to bet. Whether that's player props building a same game parlay, or even jumping in on the live action as the game is already going on, it makes every game more exciting, whether you're watching your favorite team play or maybe just checking in on your fantasy lineups. It's quick, it's easy, and it's the best way to add a little bit more energy and a little bit more juice to your Sundays. So are you ready to play? Download the FanDuel app now by visiting FanDuel.com to get started. That is FanDuel.com to place your first $5 bet. Welcome back to the Loton Cowboys Podcast. We'd like to thank you for making us your first listen of the day. For your second listen, check out the Loton NFL Podcast. Two podcasts every single day. One in the morning with Tyler Roland, one in the afternoon with Tony Wiggins. Available wherever you get your podcast. All right, let's talk about the Cowboys offense. Because if I told you going into this game that the Cowboys were only going to score 14 points against this banged up Chicago defense, you would have said no way. But Landon, that was the case. 3 points in the first quarter, 11 in the second quarter, shut out in the second half. What happened?
Marcus Moer
They got put in a terrible game script, first of all, and part of it's their own fault, right? Like they, they, they go out and, and actually perform quite well early on. In fact, if you looked on a person out base just looking at the snaps, they, they looked really good. They had two plays on their first drive and gave 30 yards on those two run plays. Of course they fumbled. They had the ball just snatched out of Williams pocket on that last, on that last run. And so basically what it meant is that between the, the, the two drives that the, that the Bears, you know, had early on, one, the punt and then the, the touchdown, the Cowboys basically only ran two plays for the first five minutes of the entire game. And, and then by the time they came back on, they, you know, they, they were down a touchdown. And, and so they, they, they started to continue to run the ball well. And, and they did run the ball well. And, and, and it felt like you were getting the classic kind of Dennis Allen defense. I can't wait to go back and watch the tape to see what they were doing with CD Lamb early. But I, I, I guarantee you there was again the, the kind of double brackets that, that they were, that you saw a lot last year because you saw a lot of Ferguson getting targets. You saw a lot of the run game and, and the run game was incredibly successful. The I through the first half, they had 13 carries for 85 yards. I'm sorry, Williams had 13 carries for 85 yards. So six and a half yards per carrying, which is extremely successful. And then it felt like as the game got on and the defense kind of wore down, you know, eroded, fell apart, it disintegrated. The Cowboys got put into kind of a negative game script and started having to throw the ball more. And, and once, once the Bears kind of knew the Cowboys were throwing the ball, it's it. The Cowboys had some success, but then CD Lamb got injured and that kind of threw things even further out of loop. And, and they, on top of that, they just didn't necessarily perform well because they were being put into a situation where Dak was having to throw the ball 40 times. And I just don't know this, this offense overall is ready to, to do that, especially without CD Lamb.
La McCool
It's unbelievable how similar this game was to last year when the Cowboys played Dennis Allen in Week two, when he was the head coach of the Saints. The Cowboys scored 13 points in the second quarter and then three points in the second half. And one of the things that Dennis Allen does is he likes to load up a lot of guys on the line of scrimmage and then he's going to drop some and if sometimes he'll blitz them. All right? And one of the things that was irritating to at least me, and I could be wrong in this one, is it seemed like whenever Dax saw that pressure, his first read was just to throw the ball underneath the Ferguson. And I get it, like he's trying to get rid of the ball out of his hands and let Ferguson make plays after the catch. The problem is Ferguson, I don't think ever broke a tackle in this game. And they love it if you're going to throw the ball short of the sticks. And that was, that's my biggest issue with this offense right now. It feels like it has to be a bunch of six and seven yard gains and there's really no big plays. We got a couple big plays late in the game to Cavante Turpin, but Dak, for whatever reason, just isn't throwing the ball down the field. And it's really hard to play offense that way when you're not attacking 25, 30 yards down the field.
Marcus Moer
Well, there's a reason that it looked like it did last year is because the configuration's the same, right? Like without that second outside wide receiver. You can't attack down the field if they're bracketing your, your outside threat, right? Unless you. When they did and when. The only times they did have success was when they were hitting Turpin, right? They hit Turpin on the, on the, on the, on the nine route, right? And then they hit him on the deep over later, much later in the game because, you know, they're, they're taking away all the deep stuff on the outside and they're allowing you to throw it inside. They're basically funneling the ball inside to Ferguson on short passes and rallying to tackle. And the Cowboys, much like last year, once CD Lamb went out, they didn't have that extra target that could exploit all the extra attention being, you know, given to, to the primary wide receiver and to the tight end that was funneling. They needed that extra guy that could get down the field and it was only Turpin a couple times. What you needed was you needed the attention going to cd, the, the attention going to to Ferguson and then sending Pickens down. But unfortunately because CD got lamb, CD got hurt. I always had lambed. He Pickens got that attention. Ferguson still continued to got get fed but in a situation where he wasn't breaking tackles and it just became untenable.
La McCool
Just a really ugly loss all the way around. The offense was sloppy, the defense was worse. And up next, Micah Parsons in the Green Bay packers in week four. We will be back all week to break down. This loss will get you ready for that Sunday Night Football game. Make sure you follow the channel on YouTube, download the podcast wherever you get your podcast. We are free and available on all platforms and we will see you right back here on Tuesday.
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Date: September 22, 2025
Hosts: Marcus Mosher & Landon McCool
Podcast Network: Locked On Podcast Network
This episode addresses the Dallas Cowboys' devastating Week 3 blowout loss against the Chicago Bears. Marcus and Landon explore whether this defeat signals a worrying turning point for the season. They break down what went so wrong for both the defense and the offense, question the coaching direction, and consider the long-term implications for the Cowboys' playoff hopes and future roster construction.
On the Back-Breaking Bears Drive:
On Defensive Coordinator Eberflus:
On Aging Roster:
On Offense Post-CD Lamb Injury:
The hosts adopt a candid but exasperated tone. They warn fans against overreacting, but also admit the situation may be even bleaker than the 1–2 record suggests. Both Marcus and Landon see fundamental, potentially unfixable flaws in both roster construction and coaching on defense. The offense, beset by injuries and schematic predictability, can't overcome the defense's failures.
For Cowboys fans: This episode pulls no punches—a sobering reflection on a loss that feels like the start of a downward spiral, with roster, coaching, and schedule concerns looming large.