If Dallas wants to get through the Divisional Round for the first time since the 1995 season, the offense must regain the form in which it started the season.
The only way Dallas Cowboys can secure the title of the It is from National Conference In the remainder of Week 15, it is with a tie between the Washington Football Team and the Philadelphia Eagles.
With the playoffs and the division title all but tied up, the final three games of the regular season will be spent trying to solve the mystery of an offense that went cold.
The Cowboys (10-4) are not out of the race for first place in the NFC, with the Washington visit scheduled for Sunday night. Washington could be eliminated from the division fight with a loss on Tuesday to the Eagles, in a game that was postponed due to the COVID-19.
The defense of Dallas was again charged with leading the way in the 21-6 victory over the New York Giants, in which the Cowboys became the first team since the Detroit Lions in 2007 to force at least four turnovers in three consecutive games in the same season.
Dak Prescott and the offense were in trouble again trying to figure out what is not working since he injured his calf in an overtime victory against the New England Patriots in Week 6.
Dallas scored on five possessions against the Giants. The three offensive series that ended in field goals (68, 58 and 37 yards) were longer than the two that ended in touchdowns (13 and 29).
In the first seven games, the Cowboys they never had less than 380 yards on offense. In the seven most recent, they haven’t reached that number five times.
And Dallas wants to overcome the divisional round for the first time since the last title of Super Bowl In the 1995 season, the offense must regain the form with which it started the season.
“I mean, we had some success,” he said. Prescott. “Obviously we want to improve and we want to get more touchdowns and I think if we get touchdowns, we will feel much better about our performance in general.”
It works?
Dallas is tied with Indianapolis for the leadership of the NFL with 31 steals. If the Cowboys get three more, they’ll have their most since they finished with 43 in 1987, two years before Jerry Jones acquired the franchise.
What is not working?
Another part of the offense’s recent woes is difficulty making big plays. In the first six games with Prescott, the Cowboys they averaged nine plays per game with runs of at least 10 yards or passes of 20 yards or more. His average is five in the seven games since then.
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