Cowboys Continue Crushing Opponents
What is left to say about this version of the Cowboys’ offense?
They’re completely dismantling teams home and away.
Dak Prescott looks as confident as ever.
He’s been accurate, completing 70.4-percent of his passes since the loss to the 49ers, with 18 touchdown throws and 2 interceptions in 210 attempts for a 122.3 quarterback rating.
If that’s not a heater, then I don’t know what is.
CeeDee Lamb appears to get open, no matter what route he runs or from what receiver position. He’s already eclipsed the 1,000-yard mark and still has six games to go.
That doesn’t even mention the fact he became the first player in NFL history to have at least 10 catches and 150 yards in three straight games.
Who’s been hotter? Nobody.
Brandin Cooks has come to life since the loss in San Francisco. Starting with the win over the Chargers, Cooks is averaging four catches for 63.1 yards per game. He has caught all four of his touchdowns this season during this stretch.
Important, since the team needs to find a reliable No. 2 behind Lamb.
Cooks is starting to distance himself from the rest of the field on that one.
When the season started, the Cowboys didn’t know what they had in the tight end room.
Twelve weeks later and they have found at least one tight end that can play, and maybe two, in Jake Ferguson and Luke Schoonmaker. Ferguson is the team’s second leading receiver and Schoonmaker is one of just five players with multiple touchdown catches.
A duo that can block, while also becoming a favorite target of Prescott.
With all that productivity, it shouldn’t be surprising that the Cowboys offense continue to pound opponents into submission, see that 35-point smashing of Washington on Thanksgiving Day.
Since that rough afternoon in the Bay Area, the Cowboys offense is averaging 36.3 points per game and have scored over 40 points in half of those six contests.
This offense has been so good at putting their opponents away, and yet here we are on Black Friday and there are questions that still linger around the running game and the offensive line.
But both have shown signs of life over the last few weeks, which probably corelates with each other.
The offensive line is finally coming together. After giving up 20 sacks in the first seven games, they have allowed just three over the last four games – including none over the last 195 offensive snaps in wins over the Giants, Panthers and Commanders.
As for the running game, it’s a little harder to decipher what’s going on, but it’s been a struggle that’s for sure.
The numbers say they’ve had success, but it becomes easier to run when you are regularly pounding teams into submission by early in the four quarter.
Running back Tony Pollard has just the one 100-yard game this season, which came in Week 3. Despite that 122-yard effort against the Cardinals, Pollard averaged just 3.85 yards per carry over the first six games of the season. But since his low point – a 15 carry, 30-yard effort against the Chargers, Pollard has averaged 4.72 yards a tote.
He’s on pace for 1,034 yards rushing this season, which would be a career high.
Overall, the Cowboys are 8-3 and the offense has dominated in seven of those wins.
All eight wins, and one the losses (Arizona), are over teams with losing records.
In the loss to San Francisco, nobody showed up ready to play.
But that seems to be the rock bottom for this team, this season.
In the only loss since, the offense went toe-to-toe with the Eagles and came up just short.
The Cowboys can’t control who they play.
However, they can only control how they play.
And right now, as the stakes continue to rise, the Cowboys are playing pretty damn well.
Next up, a showdown with the Seahawks.