The Cowboys spent their mini-bye week promising changes aplenty, and several were obvious as Sunday's Week 6 contest got underway: Mike Pettine as a senior defensive ***** istant, Malachi Lawrence announced pregame as a starter over Donovan Ezeiruaku, Brevyn Spann-Ford getting at least the ceremonial intro-yourself-on-TV first-snap nod over Jake Ferguson.
But literally starting with the opening kick, it was just more of the same for the free-falling Cowboys... only worse. The Cowboys dropped the game by a 23-13 score that was never really that close and saw their season record sink to 2-4, a mark that on paper gives them far more respectability than they deserve.
With Christian Parker still on the sidelines but Pettine observing from the coaches' booth (on his sixth day on the job), the unit seemed to show a bit more hustle and fire, but the Cowboys' defensive results nevertheless looked awfully similar to their first five games.
In a dominant first half that was enough to decide the night, Green Bay handily won the time of possession battle, racked up 15 first downs, converted nine of their 10 third-down plays, didn't punt at all, and amassed 225 yards of offense, at a clip of almost six yards per snap.
The Packers held onto the ball for 6:30 on their opening possession, a 14-play drive that actually covered 105 yards and landed in the end zone. A 15-play drive going for 83 yards and eating up 8:17 would soon follow, further continuing a trend of the Dallas defense being unable to get themselves off the field. Along the way, they allowed Green Bay to convert to a pair of 3rd-and-13s, a pair of 3rd-and-8s, and a pair of 3rd-and-6s.

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One of the biggest changes you're going to notice about new defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon's scheme is his Penny package, which is essentially a 3-4 defense on the line of scrimmage with one true off-ball linebacker, split safeties and another deeper safety in the middle of the field. Green Bay Packers fans are familiar with the 3-4 base defense, which was run by Dom Capers, Mike Pettine and Joe Barry in the past, along with the typical 4-2-4 Nickel defense that is played for the majority of snaps league-wide.
This Penny wrinkle, though, is a little different than what you're used to seeing from most NFL teams. That's why we wrote about what it means for the secondary in an article two weeks ago.
Today, though, I want to focus on the line of scrimmage, particularly with how Gannon is deploying "off-ball" linebacker Edgerrin Cooper.
Generally, when 3-4 defenses play Penny, they take their Will linebacker off the field to add a slot defender. The Packers, as a baseline, don't play a slot defender, but a third safety.
The other change-up Green Bay has is that they aren't taking their Will linebacker (Cooper) off the field, at least with the first-team defense. Because Cooper is one of the team's better defenders, Gannon has actually played Cooper on the edge, displacing the edge defender opposite Lukas Van Ness (generally Barryn Sorrell) this preseason.

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Law Roach revealed he has "outgrown" his petty tendencies when it comes to Zendaya's red carpet looks
The stylist once said he avoided a handful of brands after they declined to dress Zendaya early on in her career
"I think that holding grudges makes you ugly, so in my quest to become more beautiful, I've released some of the grudges that I held," Roach said during an interview with Ziwe Fumudoh
Law Roach is getting candid about his choice to exclude certain brands from the opportunity of dressing Zendaya on red carpets.
The celebrated stylist, 48, appeared on Ziwe Fumudoh's You'd Be an Iconic Guest podcast on Aug. 16 and opened up about his "pettiness" journey — which has historically extended to Zendaya's red carpet style. Roach has repeatedly been thrust into the spotlight as the actress' wide range of looks garner praise and admiration.

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It’s a particularly cruel way to make a departure official.
After recently terminating the contract of their Brazilian center-back Léo Coelho, Amazonas FC went even further by posting an Instagram video compiling his biggest blunders, positioning errors, and own goals.
It was a deliberate act of pettiness from the Brazilian third-division club (Brasileiro Série C), in response to the labor claim filed by Coelho, who is demanding nearly 8 million reais (around 1.3 million euros) for unpaid wages and other contractual breaches.
The 33-year-old defender had arrived in the Amazon region last August with the status of an experienced player after spells with Uruguayan giants Nacional and Peñarol. But things quickly turned sour.
While some praised the originality of the move, others saw it as a blatant lack of respect.

The Green Bay Packers’ defensive coordinator search began when Jeff Hafley, who coordinated the defense for two seasons, joined the Miami Dolphins as the head coach in January. At the time, sources reported the Packers had agreed to terms with Gannon on January 25, 2026, and the hire was officially announced on February 2nd, with LaFleur saying he was “thrilled” to add someone with Gannon’s experience as both a coordinator and a head coach.
LaFleur was intrigued by Gannon specifically because of the difficulty he’d had game-planning against his defenses when Green Bay faced the Eagles in 2022 and the Cardinals in 2024 and 2025 — the interview ran a day and a half, and the hiring was expedited. A source told ESPN that LaFleur “loved the fact that Gannon has sat in the head coach’s chair” — making him the fourth defensive coordinator of LaFleur’s eight seasons in Green Bay, following Mike Pettine, Joe Barry, and Hafley.
Over the following seven weeks, Green Bay completed a broader defensive overhaul: trading Rashan Gary to Dallas for a 2027 fourth-round pick on March 11th, signing Javon Hargrave to a two-year, $23M deal on March 13th, and finalizing the full coaching staff by March 19.
Jonathan Gannon comes over from a 3-year head coaching stint with the Arizona Cardinals, a job he took after coordinating the Eagles defense for two seasons, including one trip to the Super Bowl.
He had arrived in Philadelphia in 2021 as an unheralded defensive coordinator hire, a then 38-year-old who had spent his career as a defensive backs coach under Mike Zimmer in Minnesota and Matt Eberflus in Indianapolis. He had never called a defense at any level. What unfolded over his two seasons with the Eagles was a study in how scheme can be maximized by talent — and how devastating the absence of that talent can be.

Far below Philadelphia’s City Hall, boarding the subways on their return from the Lincoln Financial Field, were fans with names on their shirts. Those of Leroy Sane, Jamal Musiala and Joshua Kimmich, the players they hoped to see on 4 July. They had bought their tickets in the hope of a different match. France did not get the game they wanted, either, and not merely because a World Cup win over Germany would have been something to savour.
One with Paraguay was more one to endure than enjoy. There were parties elsewhere in Philadelphia, marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. This was something different: Nigglefest 2026. It was an exhibition of off-the-ball fouls, collapsing to the turf and scuffing up the penalty spot. It was designed to delay, to provoke.
It was, according to interpretation, either disgraceful, mildly irritating or a justified way of trying to stop a superior opponent. If Sweden could be accused of being too accommodating when they lost to France, the same charge could not be levelled at Paraguay. Every other opponent had conceded at least three times to the tournament favourites. Paraguay only let in one goal, and a penalty at that. But was that due to their underhand tactics or the genuinely excellent defending that surrounded it, but which will garner less attention?
Gustavo Alfaro, the Paraguay coach, said his side “fought like lions”. Some of the tactics were scarcely those **** ociated with the king of the jungle. Officially, though, they fought clean. That Paraguay only committed 13 fouls was laughable; for the first time in 28 years, they completed a World Cup game without getting as much as a booking, which could suggest their behaviour was immaculate. Instead, it said rather more about the frankly bizarre performance of Ilgiz Tantashev, the Uzbek referee, who seemed incapable of recognising Paraguayan wrongdoing.
That said, it was scarcely the battle of Philadelphia and more an extended exercise in s**thousery. There was a pettiness to much of it, a streetwise nature to parts of it. There were offences that stopped short of being deemed violent conduct. There were others designed to induce a violent reaction from France.

Iran’s football federation has fired back at a senior Trump administration official who celebrated the team’s early World Cup exit, accusing him of peddling “lies” and displaying “pettiness.”
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said this week that he performed a “happy dance” and “sung a song or two” when Iran failed to reach the last 32 of the tournament co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Iran’s Football Federation hit back on Tuesday, saying its players and staff are long used to hostile treatment from US officials and that ***** ody back home was surprised. The response caps weeks of friction between Iran and the host nation.
Mullin, speaking at a briefing in Washington, made little effort to hide his satisfaction at seeing Iran head home. His comments, and Iran’s reply, were reported by The Guardian.
Mullin said: “I’m just glad they’re done, and they’re not coming back.