#personnel-moves

#personnel-moves

Although Dallas leads the NFL in total offense and ranks fifth in scoring, the team is all but guaranteed to miss the playoffs. After dropping to 6-7-1 with a loss to the Vikings in Week 15, the Cowboys' chances of earning a postseason bid are under 1%, according to ESPN's Football Power Index. It's fair to place most of the blame for the Cowboys' lackluster season on their defense.

And so in a week where the priority clearly wasn't winning, the owner said the priority is winning starting Sunday against Buffalo at Hard Rock Stadium if jobs are to be kept, starting with coach Mike McDaniel's. Let's fold that demand into recent events: The Dolphins fired general manager Chris Grier (finally), traded their best pass rusher in Jaelan Phillips (smartly) and tried to trade most anyone else on the roster but found no takers (talk about deflating).