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Harsh lesson for Cowboys: They are not ready for prime time this year
https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/201...iott-dak-prescott-tyron-smith-sean-lee-eagles
Technically, the Dallas Cowboys are still in contention for a playoff spot. Technically.
However, if you apply any standard of logic and reason to the situation they are in after getting publicly humiliated by the Philadelphia Eagles, the real prospects of Dallas making the playoffs seem very small indeed. The team is on a downward trajectory. They pretty much have to reverse that on Thanksgiving versus the Los Angeles Chargers or watch this season just swirl down the tubes.
And the chances of that kind of turnaround are not good.
The Cowboys have the look of a beaten team with no idea how to win games anymore. Offensively they have been completely impotent over the past couple of games. In those games, they have only scored one touchdown and three field goals. The loss of Tyron Smith on top of the finally enforced suspension of Ezekiel Elliott looks to be more than they can overcome. Or perhaps it is the almost complete collapse of Dak Prescott in those same two games. He appears to be a shaken and confused quarterback. Some of his best traits have deserted him, including the ability to make accurate throws on the move and avoid putting the ball up for grabs. Lately, he simply does not look like the same player he was in 2016. There seems to be a relationship between the Elliott suspension, Tyron Smith’s injury, and Prescott’s precipitous decline. The Dallas offense is designed to run the ball first. That is certainly harder to do with Alfred Morris and Rod Smith (Darren McFadden was not even active against the Eagles, which does not bode well for his longevity with the Cowboys), but the running game actually began to produce against Philadelphia. What was completely missing was the passing game. Prescott was mostly way off target, and when he did get the ball to a receiver, the receiver was in no position to make a play because of poor ball placement. Prescott is still a young quarterback, and the horrid play he has demonstrated is worrying. He seems like he should be able to get his game back, especially with better protection. But he was not under nearly as much pressure against the Eagles as he was against the Atlanta Falcons. And still he missed over and over again. Young quarterbacks can be ruined in the NFL. Dallas has to fervently hope that this does not happen to Dak...
https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/201...iott-dak-prescott-tyron-smith-sean-lee-eagles
Technically, the Dallas Cowboys are still in contention for a playoff spot. Technically.
However, if you apply any standard of logic and reason to the situation they are in after getting publicly humiliated by the Philadelphia Eagles, the real prospects of Dallas making the playoffs seem very small indeed. The team is on a downward trajectory. They pretty much have to reverse that on Thanksgiving versus the Los Angeles Chargers or watch this season just swirl down the tubes.
And the chances of that kind of turnaround are not good.
The Cowboys have the look of a beaten team with no idea how to win games anymore. Offensively they have been completely impotent over the past couple of games. In those games, they have only scored one touchdown and three field goals. The loss of Tyron Smith on top of the finally enforced suspension of Ezekiel Elliott looks to be more than they can overcome. Or perhaps it is the almost complete collapse of Dak Prescott in those same two games. He appears to be a shaken and confused quarterback. Some of his best traits have deserted him, including the ability to make accurate throws on the move and avoid putting the ball up for grabs. Lately, he simply does not look like the same player he was in 2016. There seems to be a relationship between the Elliott suspension, Tyron Smith’s injury, and Prescott’s precipitous decline. The Dallas offense is designed to run the ball first. That is certainly harder to do with Alfred Morris and Rod Smith (Darren McFadden was not even active against the Eagles, which does not bode well for his longevity with the Cowboys), but the running game actually began to produce against Philadelphia. What was completely missing was the passing game. Prescott was mostly way off target, and when he did get the ball to a receiver, the receiver was in no position to make a play because of poor ball placement. Prescott is still a young quarterback, and the horrid play he has demonstrated is worrying. He seems like he should be able to get his game back, especially with better protection. But he was not under nearly as much pressure against the Eagles as he was against the Atlanta Falcons. And still he missed over and over again. Young quarterbacks can be ruined in the NFL. Dallas has to fervently hope that this does not happen to Dak...
