The Cowboys have interviewed Saints running backs coach Derrick Foster for the same position on Brian Schottenheimer’s staff, Todd Archer of ESPN reports.
Foster has spent one season in New Orleans, which has yet to make official a head coach hire. Eagles offensive coordinator Kellen Moore is a favorite for the job.
Foster has extensive experience in the college ranks but has only four seasons of NFL experience.
He began his NFL career with the Chargers in 2021, overseeing Austin Ekeler and the team’s other running backs. Foster left when the Chargers hired Jim Harbaugh as their new head coach last year.
Jeff Blasko served as the Cowboys’ running backs coach and run game coordinator last season.
The Cowboys are bringing back a member of Mike McCarthy’s staff as they transition to their first season with head coach Brian Schottenheimer.
The team announced that tight end Lunda Wells will be back with the team for the 2025 season. Wells had drawn interest from other clubs, but has agreed to a new deal in Dallas.
Wells joined the Cowboys in 2020 when McCarthy became the head coach and has remained in charge of the tight ends for his entire run with the team. He spent eight seasons with the Giants — he coached their tight ends for the last two years — before going to Dallas.
The Cowboys have hired defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus, special teams coordinator Nick Sorensen and a handful of defensive coaches, but Wells is the first confirmed member of the offensive staff.
Another candidate has emerged for Dallas’ offensive coordinator vacancy.
According to Jeremy Fowler of ESPN, Ken Dorsey is under consideration for the role.
While details of an interview have not been worked out, but the logistics are being discussed.
Dorsey, 43, was fired earlier this month after one season as the Browns’ offensive coordinator. Cleveland finished the season No. 28 in yards and No. 32 in points. While Dorsey was not the team’s play-caller to begin the year, he took over the role midway through the season.
Dorsey was previously Buffalo’s offensive coordinator from 2022-2023, though he was fired in the middle of the 2023 season.
New Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer was previously Dallas’ offensive coordinator. He is set to call plays for the club in 2025.
Receiver CeeDee Lamb held out of the offseason program and training camp in 2024 before the Cowboys gave him a contract extension. Edge rusher Micah Parsons might have to take the same path to get the deal he wants before the 2025 season.
Parsons is entering the fifth-year option on his deal and unlikely to play on that after being woefully underpaid in 2024 with a $2.989 million base salary.
“I don’t think anyone’s ever underestimated Micah’s value in terms of what he can bring,” executive vice president Stephen Jones told Jori Epstein of Yahoo Sports. “From the day he walked in the door, he’s been one of those [guys who], when he’s rolling, it’s a problem for the other guys, and they got to find him. They got to figure out how they’re going to go at him.
“I don’t want to get into the details [of] early, late, when all that comes. Too early for any of that, but obviously Micah is an important part of what we’re about.”
The Cowboys have a recent history of waiting too long to agree to contracts with their stars, costing them money. They did it last year with Lamb and Dak Prescott, with Lamb waiting to sign until Vikings receiver Justin Jefferson reset the market.
Without a new deal for Parsons before March, the Cowboys could find themselves waiting for Steelers edge rusher T.J. Watt and/or Browns edge rusher Myles Garrett to reset the market.
Parsons has earned whatever he receives from the Cowboys with 52.5 sacks, 112 quarterback hits and 256 tackles. He is a four-time Pro Bowler and a two-time All-Pro. Yet, he has made only $17 million on four years of his rookie contract.
The Cowboys will have to pay him to see him on the field in 2025, and the sooner they do that, the better it will be for the long run.
The Cowboys announced three additions to their coaching staff on Wednesday afternoon.
In addition to confirming the previously reported move to hire Aaron Whitecotton as their defensive line coach, the team also announced that Dave Borgonzi will be their linebackers coach and that Andre Curtis will serve as their defensive passing game coordinator.
Borgonzi and Curtis were both on defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus’s final coaching staff with the Bears and they remained on staff after Eberflus was fired in late November.
Borgonzi, whose brother Mike was recently hired as the Titans General Manager, worked for the Cowboys in 2012 and 2013. He’s also worked for the Buccaneers and Colts.
Curtis was the safeties coach in Chicago and also interviewed for the coordinator job with the Cowboys. He spent 2015-2021 as a defensive backs coach with the Seahawks and Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer was on the staff in Seattle for three of those seasons.
