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Expectations. The average rank of those 3 teams' defenses last year was 7th, and the average rank of their offenses was 28th.Dallas scored two total touchdowns in the first three quarters of those games.
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So you'd expect Dallas' offense have more trouble than in the average game, and that's what happened. Against those three defenses, the Cowboys scored about 7 points less than their average.
But you'd expect Dallas' defense to have an easy time with all three of those teams. (The Bills, Jets, and Bears offenses were held under 20 points in a combined 28 games last year.) Instead, the defense struggled. The Dallas D allowed those three teams almost a full 9 points per game more than it allowed in its other games.