Fifty-six days since the truncated Dallas Cowboys training camp held its first full practice in Frisco, 121 days until Super Bowl 55 in Tampa and only two days until the 3:25 start at AT&T Stadium with the New York (football) Giants…. Let’s be honest: Things could not have started worse for the new administration.
https://theathletic.com/2126902/2020/10/09/can-cowboys-course-correct-vs-giants-theyd-better-hope-so-friday-riffing/
I do not know how old most of our readers here are, but unless you are well over 65 years old, you have likely not seen all 981 Dallas Cowboys games played since 1960. There have been some incredible days that required parades. The glory this franchise has enjoyed is right up there with any immortalized organization in the sport. But even the best of the best had their share of incredibly lousy days, too.
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There were 152 plays in Sundays game, and I would submit to you the entire contest changed on one snap that lasted about three or four seconds. It is the second quarter, with 11:23 left on the clock. The Cowboys look unstoppable on offense and the score is 14-14. The Browns have no idea how to defend Dallas, and the same is true in the other direction. So far, the game has been clean and precise, with Dallas already recording an 84-yard touchdown drive and an 88-yard touchdown drive.
https://theathletic.com/2118612/2020/10/06/decoding-kellen-moore-cowboys-going-nowhere-fast-until-they-fix-their-turnovers/
Seven Dallas Cowboys constitute roughly 63 percent of their total cap dollars. In today’s NFL, that is about the maximum number of players you can extend the lion’s share of your salary cap to cover.
https://theathletic.com/2115874/2020/10/05/morning-after-another-cowboys-self-sabotage-leads-to-questions-about-stars/
Forty-nine days since the truncated Dallas Cowboys training camp held its first full practice in Frisco, 128 days until Super Bowl 55 in Tampa and only two days until the noon start at AT&T Stadium with the Cleveland Browns…. There are very few teams that have all-time winning records versus the Dallas Cowboys. In fact, Dallas has a winning record against 26 of the other 31 teams populating the NFL. A 27th is the Raiders, against whom the Cowboys are 6-6 all-time.
https://theathletic.com/2109994/2020/10/02/friday-cowboys-riffing-dallas-opens-a-critical-month-with-a-challenging-test/
One essential aspect of defensive football is almost too basic to discuss at the NFL level. It is drilled in and practiced so often that we figure by a player’s 20th year playing defensive football, it is not even worth our time.
https://theathletic.com/2104048/2020/09/30/the-nolan-report-why-was-the-cowboys-defense-unprepared-for-russell-wilson/
It is pretty difficult to be angry about this game from an offensive perspective. In terms of attacking offensive performances in the post-Romo era, this one is worth discussing in glowing terms. We have seen this team go on the road a number of times for a number of years and not play like this. If we sort for 2016-2020, on the road, and look at it from a higher view, we can see what has frustrated people so much about Dak Prescott and this offense during the last four years.
https://theathletic.com/2101746/2020/09/29/decoding-kellen-moore-an-offensive-performance-worth-commending/
There is the bar. Against Seattle, in Seattle, in the prime of Russell Wilson’s MVP revenge tour now that he has multiple weapons who can demand double-teams. As far as tough tests at perennial contenders in the NFC’s home fields (sans the actual crowd) go, we can argue a trip to Lambeau is on the same level, but that is the entire list of parallels. Seattle is the bar. It has been for a decade in this conference, and it has been for the new coach of the Dallas Cowboys at his other stop, too.
https://theathletic.com/2099153/2020/09/28/the-morning-after-cowboys-stumble-in-seattle-but-theres-reason-for-optimism/
Forty-two days since the truncated Dallas Cowboys training camp held its first full practice in Frisco, 135 days until Super Bowl 55 in Tampa and only two days until the 3:25 start for Week 3’s clash with the Seattle Seahawks at CenturyLink Field…This week, it is 11 on 11. Usually, when you go to Seattle, there are massive concerns about hearing anything.
https://theathletic.com/2092802/2020/09/25/friday-riffing-how-can-the-cowboys-slow-down-russell-wilson-in-seattle/
Two weeks into the NFL season, we are beginning to form an impression on what this Cowboys team looks like. Yesterday, I expressed great optimism about the offense, as weapons appear to be the great equalizer when a tackle gets hurt. This offense has a plan that can and will work most weeks when they have these weapons together, and I believe that the early results are a sign of things to come. Today isn’t about CeeDee Lamb, Amari Cooper and Michael Gallup terrorizing defenses, though.
https://theathletic.com/2086577/2020/09/23/the-nolan-report-cowboys-defense-stuck-in-neutral-without-stops-and-big-plays/
