I look at it this way, they won despite some bad breaks going against them. Some of the penalties, like the Parsons offsides call were BS. Parsons was not offsides. I thought the PI on Gilmore was very ticky-tack too. But the two defensive plays with 12 men on the field were inexcusable. They need to clean that up.
Still, if not for the muffed punt play, which I think was a bad break for Dallas for a couple of reasons, the defense would have held the Chargers to 10 points. The Cowboys should have put this game away and won at least 23 to 10. It was not their best effort but a win is a win.
I know some people might say that Herbert missing a few throws for big plays was lucky for Dallas, but with a pressure rate of almost 50%, Dallas made that luck. Herbert was clearly bothered by the pressure.
On the other hand, it is obvious the OL needs to play better. I have not idea what the problem is but Dak is getting too much pressure and there is nothing in the running game. Give Dak credit, he found some gaps to run through and used his legs to create opportunities. He save teh offensive line from total embarrassment.
