wade phillips

Wade Phillips' untimely employment search is absurd on so many levels.

Wade Phillips is out as head coach of the 1-7 Cowboys. On the heels of another embarrassing loss, Dallas fired Phillips on Monday.

Jason Garrett will take over for the rest of the season.

It appears that the Wade Phillips era in Dallas is over.

Sometimes I really don't understand Jerry Jones, and the way he chooses to run his football team. Based on the words that have come out of this guy's mouth he has never been happy with Wade Phillips as his head coach.

A few years ago he even went out of his way to give his Offensive Coordinator Jason Garret a huge contract that seemed to install him as the favorite to replace Phillips as head coach of the Cowboys.

Once Garret fell out of favor, it seems Phillips remains the head coach by default.

Wade Phillips is sticking around as coach of the Dallas Cowboys for two more years.

Wade Phillips is sticking around as coach of the Dallas Cowboys for two more years. Dallas won the NFC East for the second time in Phillips' three seasons.

The team also won its first playoff game since 1996 and the first in Phillips' head coaching career. The Cowboys are 34-17 over his three seasons in charge.

So what did we learn from the Cowboys' impressive win over the Eagles? Tony Romo has matured, Dallas' defense is ferocious and Wade Phillips has job security, writes Damon Hack.

Dallas Cowboys linebacker DeMarcus Ware could play Saturday night, an encouraging sign after a scary headfirst collision that left him sprawled on the field for several anxious minutes.

"He's actually a lot better today," coach Wade Phillips said Monday. "He's really in a day-to-day situation as far as where he's going to be, as far as being able to play.

Cowboys tight end Jason Witten was on the field for the start of practice Wednesday, a potentially good sign for his chances of playing against Oakland on Thursday.

Coach Wade Phillips said before the workout that Witten remains a game-time decision because of his sprained left foot.

Phillips said Witten is "getting as many treatments as you can get." The tight end has missed only one...