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In the biggest disappointment for Dallas this season, the Denver Broncos beat up the Cowboys 44-24 in what can only be described as a complete dud.
America’s Team headed into Mile High as underdogs, but a blowout was far from the expectations after an impressive win over the Washington Commanders in Week 7.
Alas, the Boys were clearly outmatched by a rugged and disciplined Broncos team. This was a match-up of two teams on opposite ends of the football spectrum.
In a blowout, finger-pointing is inevitable, but this was a group effort through and through. The offense and defense both played at their lowest level, though the historically bad D was clearly the worst unit of the day.
To recap this one, let’s go through the offense, defense, and coaching performances that led to this critical mid-season loss.
It’s hard to fault the Dallas offense entirely when the defense gives up 44 points, and the Broncos unit is one of the best in football, but they were just not good enough.
To start the game, Dak Prescott & Co. got the ball off an opening turnover, and they failed to punch in a crucial seven points in favor of a chip-shot field goal. They need a touchdown there.
They followed that drive with two consecutive punts that put them in a 14-3 hole.
That drought was ended with a six-minute touchdown drive to former Bronco Javonte Williams, but that became the final meaningful score for Dallas.
Javonte Williams scores the first TD of the day for Dallas
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Two interceptions and two punts followed that drive, while a third-quarter score and garbage-time Joe Milton III bomb to Jalen Tolbert added points to the inevitable final score.
Give the Broncos defense credit, but don’t excuse blame from Prescott, the offensive line, the play-calling, etc.
If you were able to stomach watching this Cowboys’ defense for all four quarters, you deserve some kind of medal. That was as ugly as ugly gets.
They did force that opening drive turnover, as Trikweze Bridges intercepted Bo Nix, but the throw was terrible, and they weren’t able to replicate that kind of performance for the remainder of the game.
In the eight drives that followed that turnover, excluding the halftime kneeldown, the Broncos dominated Dallas for seven scores.
Since Bo Nix's pick, the Broncos have scored on 7 of their last 8 possessions, excluding the end of half kneeldown. Broncos, 44-17
— Todd Archer (@toddarcher) October 26, 2025
Dallas gave up nearly 200 yards on the ground, despite Jerry Jones’ insistence that the run defense was fixed by Kenny Clark, and Bo Nix went for 247 yards and four passing touchdowns.
It was, in no uncertain terms, a demolition. The Cowboys’ defense was punished today.
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