​EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY – SEPTEMBER 13: Owner of the Dallas Cowboys, Jerry Jones, acknowledges the crowd prior to the game against the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium on September 13, 2026 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) | Getty Images The Dallas Cowboys spent the entire offseason saying Christian Parker would elevate communication on defense. That was his bread and butter. Jerry and Stephen Jones echoed that it was a leading reason they hired him.On Sunday night, the Cowboys owner was left disappointed by how bad it looked against the New York Giants. Dallas needs to correct the communication issues soon, or else the season could go sideways fast.Here is the latest news around the Dallas Cowboys.Jerry Jones ‘disappointed’ in Cowboys’ opener, communication struggles – Tommy Yarrish, DallasCowboys.comJerry Jones sounded very frustrated looking back at how the Cowboys defense lost Week 1.Jones was asked what bothered him more: The communication problems, or New York’s ability to win more up front?“Communication,” Jones said. “The communication aspects of it. Just being out of position. Fundamentally between the two, communication…”“I was taken back that the physicalness of it wasn’t more obvious. We had some guys play hard, and we had some guys do some good things on both sides of the ball, offense and defense. But I was really surprised and dismayed, as all fans were, that we couldn’t basically stop some of that outside stuff. I was frustrated that we didn’t get more out of our running game which would’ve helped us more in our passing game.”Did Dallas Cowboys have unrealistic expectations for Christian Parker, defense? Brian Schottenheimer says no – Clarence Hill Jr., DLLS CowboysDespite a down week, Brian Schottenheimer remains optimistic about who Christian Parker can become this year.“I have no question Christian Parker is the right guy for this job,” Schottenheimer said. “He’s an outstanding coach. He will learn from this, just like our young players are going to learn from this. We’re going to play our young players this weekend too, and they’re going to play better and Christian’s going to call a better game this week and feel better about it. So experiences gained by making mistakes and unfortunately we made too many mistakes last night. That’s why we came up on the short end of the stick.”Cowboys defensive leaders fueled by sense of urgency in Week 2 – Patrik Walker, DallasCowboys.comThe Cowboys leadership council has some heavy lifting to do this week.“Do your job, and at the end of the day, communicate,” [Kenny] Clark added. “. … I don’t think it was a problem with the physicality. I think, up front, we really played the blocks well, and most of the guys, what we’ve been talking about, too, is finding ways to do more. We’ve got to just do more.”Download the SB Nation app today!Fewer adsSeamlessly jump between communities and conversa