Cowboys Called Out as Christian Parker ‘Set Up to Fail’

Heading into the 2026 NFL season, the bulk of Dallas Cowboys fans and even stalwart media members had ginned up their enthusiasm about the team based on some presumptions. One was that turning over the roster on the defensive side of the ball was necessarily a good thing, and that the Cowboys had upgraded the talent. The other was that new defensive coordinator Christian Parker was a wunderkind who could install a defensive system so sophisticated that even mediocre personnel could shine.