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Which Cowboys’ stock is on the rise and whose is falling after the Bronco beat down?
It’s pretty hard to look back at week two and find anyone worth giving praise to in the beat down they received. It was the epitome of a Murphy’s Law game where every little thing that could have gone wrong occurred. As we try to put it behind us, there were a few Cowboys who saw their stock rise and fall after week two.
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Demarcus Lawrence
For the second week in a row, Lawrence played really well and racked up two sacks. He made PFF’s team of the week:
Week 2's PFF Team of the Weekhttps://t.co/5tRw3727Ki pic.twitter.com/4RPgM2a5kS
— Pro Football Focus (@PFF) September 20, 2017
Quite honestly, if not for Lawrence’s strip-sack in the first quarter, the Cowboys might not have have found the end zone:
Demarcus Lawrence is an animal. pic.twitter.com/UwSqfv0CGr
— Marcus Mosher (@Marcus_Mosher) September 19, 2017
Don’t look now but four sacks in two games puts Lawrence at the top, tied with Calais Campbell as the sack-leader. The Cowboys may have found their edge presence and they still have guys like Damontre’ Moore (returns this week) and David Irving (returns in two weeks) on the way.
If not for one terribly called penalty for leverage, Demarcus Lawrence would have no demerits. He’s been outstanding in the first two weeks of football:
Cowboys defensive stats through two games:
DeMarcus Lawrence: 4 sacks, 6 QB pressures, forced fumble, etc. pic.twitter.com/5tYvJF61uL
— Jon Machota (@jonmachota) September 19, 2017
Ezekiel Elliott
It’s worse than a bad day for Elliott when he’s only got eight rushing yards to show on the stat sheet. All this talk about him being a quitter is a bit premature but this game was unlike any game Elliott had seen before. This is not a kid who is used to losing and especially not use to getting his tail kicked:
Ezekiel Elliott asked when's the last time he was held to less than 10 yards rushing? "Never."
— Jon Machota (@jonmachota) September 18, 2017
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La’el Collins
He did a nice job at handling Jason Pierre-Paul in week one and outside of one quarter, he took care of his own against Von Miller, too. Collins is going to experience the growing pains as expected but he’s played about as well as you can against some of the NFL’s best, here’s Bryan Broaddus:
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Dak Prescott
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Jourdan Lewis
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Everyone Else
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