Wade Phillips

Dallas Cowboys Head Coach Wade PhillipsWednesday, December 16, 2009Q: You come into this game already in must win mode to get into the playoffs at this point. Is that a good thing or a bad thing?A: I think it’s good. It tells everybody how important every ballgame is. You don’t get many situations where you’re like the Saints and have a lot of things wrapped up already. I think it keeps your team focused on what you’re doing.Q: Does the...  

NEW ORLEANS - Mr. Fix It, as Wade Phillips occasionally refers to himself, delivered his finest performance as the Cowboys' defensive mastermind Saturday night. It was trumped only by his performance as a head coach. Wade Phillips' defense and his...  

The arcane way Wade Phillips has handled the Cowboys' kicking situation is a microcosm of his three-season tenure with the team and shows why he's much better suited to be a defensive coordinator than a head coach. The best coaches...  

Cowboys coach Wade Phillips basically blamed the offensive line for the three failed attempts from the one-yard line. He and offensive coordinator Jason Garrett felt Marion Barber could get in behind their best run blocker, Leonard Davis, and right tackle...  

At 11:30 a.m., Wade Phillips will hold his press conference today. Players are off although most of them will come in fork workouts anyway, but they are not available to the media today. That leaves Phillips to talk about what's...  

ARLINGTON - The last time Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones hired a head coach, he narrowed his choice to either Wade Phillips or Norv Turner. Considering how things have turned out, Jones should've hired both: Phillips to run things through Thanksgiving, then Turner to take over from there.  

In many ways, Wade Phillips can't win. He can't win enough. And he can't win for losing. And he can't get credit when the Cowboys win. And when they lose, he gets all or most of the blame. It's a...  

DallasCowboys.comCowboys players ready to fight for Wade Phillips' jobUSA TodayThe Cowboys coach, whose team is trying to avoid another December collapse, is under an increasing amount of scrutiny with every loss. ...Brooking: 'Utmost respect' for PhillipsESPNNorv Turner's return raising stout defense of WadeVictoria AdvocateCowboys Next Two Games Will Define Season and a Lot MoreBleacher ReportDallasCowboys.com -Dallas Morning News -San Diego...  

Wade Phillips has his Dallas Cowboys sitting rather pretty: They are 8-3 after 11 games and leading the NFC East by one game over the Philadelphia Eagles. After a slow start, their defense has come on strong, proving themselves to be among the best in the league. The offense has sputtered here and there but has found a spark with Miles Austin as the featured receiver and a stout three-headed running game. All of that is good. It may not be...  

Wade Phillips borders on defiant at times when peppered with questions about his future with the Cowboys. "A lot of guys who have won 30 games in three years, they're not talking about their future,'' Phillips said. "I don't know...  

"Everything rises and falls on leadership." I do not know who first said that. I first heard it from a preacher named Lee Roberson, back in the '70s. Then, John Maxwell popularized it in more recent memory. Whoever said it, said it right. All you can really add to it is, "Amen." The Dallas Cowboys are a team in desperate need of a leader. Plenty of players have emerged as positive locker room and field leaders, not the least of which is Keith...  

Washington PostJerry Jones: Winning will help Wade Phillips keep his job with CowboysUSA TodayThe Cowboys, currently first in the NFC East at 8-3, have gone 3-6 in December and January in Phillips' first two years in Dallas. ...Jones Talks About Phillips's FutureNew York TimesWill the Cowboys Have a December to Remember or Another Forgettable Season?Bleacher ReportNotebook: Former Cowboys DL Happy With Big-City MoveDallasCowboys.comDallas...  

Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Roy Williams says he wants to try to return to the field on Sunday against the Atlanta Falcons after missing last week's game against the Kansas City Chiefs with injured ribs. But coach Wade Phillips says he's worried ...  

At 6-1, 188 pounds, Alan Ball might not be the prototypical safety, but he will get the chance to replace Ken Hamlin, who is one inch and 21 pounds heavier, Sunday against Washington. "It's a position we worked him in...  

Wade Phillips wanted to make sure he wasn't making any announcements when he started talking about DeMarcus Ware after his press conference Monday. But Phillips was effusive in his praise for Ware, and he has been around some of game's...