Cowboys Offense and Losses

[xwalker]

Notice a pattern to the Losses? The Cowboys scored 17 points or less in all of the losses and more than 17 points in all of the wins. Oddly they scored exactly 17 in the 1st three losses. They had to go to overtime in their lowest scoring win with 20 points.

1 San Francisco L 28-17
2 Tennessee W 26-10
3 St. Louis W 34-31
4 New Orleans W 38-17
5 Houston W 20-17 OT
6 Seattle W 30-23
7 New York W 31-21
8 Washington L 20-17 OT
9 Arizona L 28-17
10 Jacksonville W 31-17
11 BYE
12 New York W 31-28
13 Philadelphia L 33-10
14 Chicago
15 Philadelphia
16 Indianapolis
17 Washington

 

[Staubacher]

defense has only given up less than 17 once.

god forbid once a year we win a game like 14-10 or something

 

[CF74]

The offense is stacked, the defense not so much so it's up to the vaunted offense to produce.. We knew this coming into the season....

 

[xwalker]

defense has only given up less than 17 once.

god forbid once a year we win a game like 14-10 or something

I think the average points scored by the winning team in the NFL is now in the upper twenties.

 

[Crown Royal]

defense has only given up less than 17 once.

god forbid once a year we win a game like 14-10 or something

The lowest points per game team this year is Oakland at 14. Only the Jets, Jaguars and Raiders average less than 17 points per game. I understand what you are saying, but not many teams score less than 20 per game. If the defense holds it down below 20, this offense has ZERO excuse.

 

[DFWJC]

Averages to not apply to individual games.

 

[Crown Royal]

Averages to not apply to individual games.

You're right. And they kept a few teams under 20. In today's NFL, if you keep another team from scoring 20 or more points, your defense did its job. When I start seeing a bunch of scores over 24, though, it gets worrisome.