Cowboy Roundup: NFC East standings after Week 2; Mike Zimmer's promise

The latest Dallas Cowboys news for Tuesday, September 17.

Jul 30, 2024; Oxnard, CA, USA; Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer during training camp at the River Ridge Playing Fields in Oxnard, California. / Jason Parkhurst-Imagn Images

Happy Tuesday, Dallas Cowboys Nation. We can officially put Week 2 behind us with the calendar flipping to a new week of the 2024 NFL season. If you watched Monday Night Football, seeing some of those who gloated over the Cowboys' loss to the Saints get humbled, moving on to Week 3 is a little easier.

But up next is Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens, so the Cowboys will have to buckle up.

While we wait for news to come out of The Star about the Ravens prep, let's check out some headlines currently making the waves around the team.

MORE: Dallas Cowboys' most glaring weaknesses entering Week 3 vs. Ravens

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Updated NFC East standings after Week 2

It is Washington's world and we are all just living in it pic.twitter.com/jwy6gd9P5F

— Blogging The Boys (@BloggingTheBoys) September 17, 2024

Following the Cowboys' embarrassing loss and Eagles' epic meltdown, the Washington Commanders enter Week 3 atop the NFC East.

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Mike Zimmer's promise for improvement

Cowboys DC Mike Zimmer said when he promises to fix something it gets fixed. He reminded the media that his first game as DC in Dallas was the pickle juice debacle against the Eagles in the 2000 season opener.
He said he wouldn't be standing here today if didn't get fixed. So… pic.twitter.com/V8WXrPfgtR

— Clarence Hill Jr (@clarencehilljr) September 16, 2024

Mike Zimmer vows to make massive improvements with the Cowboys defense after the team's Week 2 stinker against the Saints.

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Cowboys Quick Hits

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