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One of the questions about the Dallas Cowboys this season involves figuring out what the team really is. Their identity has been hard to determine at times, and it doesn’t help that the team has seemed very different in its losses compared to the wins. Five of their six wins have been by 20 or more points. The first two losses were also by lopsided scores. Only two games were close, with Dallas playing well in a three-point victory over the Los Angeles Chargers and dropping the Philadelphia Eagles contest by five, with a lot of errors and some bad luck costing them a game they could have won.
Complicating that is a clear demarcation in how the team has performed, particularly on offense. After the debacle against the San Francisco 49ers, the offense has looked much more consistent and effective, particularly the connection between Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb. For the past four games, they have been easily the most potent QB-WR combination in the league, and last Sunday against the New York Giants Brandin Cooks decided to get in on the fun to make things even more dangerous for opponents.
We are still left puzzling over just how much we can read into the beatdown of the Giants. That is one of the worst teams in the NFL, but it is worth noting that the Cowboys administered the two worst defeats of the season to New York. This is compounded by the fact that Dallas has not beaten a team with a winning record this year. Heck, they have only faced two, the 49ers and the Eagles. While the next two games will see opponents on the wrong side of .500, they have a five-game gauntlet against teams that are all clearly in the playoff picture after that, although the Buffalo Bills are doing their best (or worst) to fall out of contention.
Logically, the ability to run roughshod over lesser squads should translate into being able to win some games against the upper echelon of the league. That is still very much to be determined. But if they have any problem at all in beating the Panthers, it will put things very much in doubt. The Cowboys need to keep what happened against the Arizona Cardinals that firmly in mind.
https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/202...defense-dak-prescott-tony-pollard-rico-dowdle
Complicating that is a clear demarcation in how the team has performed, particularly on offense. After the debacle against the San Francisco 49ers, the offense has looked much more consistent and effective, particularly the connection between Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb. For the past four games, they have been easily the most potent QB-WR combination in the league, and last Sunday against the New York Giants Brandin Cooks decided to get in on the fun to make things even more dangerous for opponents.
We are still left puzzling over just how much we can read into the beatdown of the Giants. That is one of the worst teams in the NFL, but it is worth noting that the Cowboys administered the two worst defeats of the season to New York. This is compounded by the fact that Dallas has not beaten a team with a winning record this year. Heck, they have only faced two, the 49ers and the Eagles. While the next two games will see opponents on the wrong side of .500, they have a five-game gauntlet against teams that are all clearly in the playoff picture after that, although the Buffalo Bills are doing their best (or worst) to fall out of contention.
Logically, the ability to run roughshod over lesser squads should translate into being able to win some games against the upper echelon of the league. That is still very much to be determined. But if they have any problem at all in beating the Panthers, it will put things very much in doubt. The Cowboys need to keep what happened against the Arizona Cardinals that firmly in mind.
https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/202...defense-dak-prescott-tony-pollard-rico-dowdle