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Having the number one offense but last ranked defense created the setting for a wild game on Sunday night.
Last night, the Dallas Cowboys went blow for blow with the Green Bay Packers without CeeDee Lamb or Tyler Booker in a game that nobody gave them a chance to win.
I totally understood why that was the case, but through four weeks, the Cowboys have the No. 1 offense in the NFL entering Monday Night Football at 404.3 yards per game.
They have the WORST defense, sitting at No. 32 defense at 420.5 yards given up per game.
Something Has To Give
Let’s be honest with ourselves here, this was probably the best game Dak Prescott has ever played.
They needed everything they got from him, and he went blow for blow with the team everyone had as Super Bowl champs after three weeks. A defense that was second in scoring coming into this game.
Dak lit them up and that is what he is going to have to do every single game if this team wants a chance.
Trevon Diggs coming on and off the field all night was an interesting new wrinkle for Matt Eberflus’ defense.
For just the third time in his career, the two-time Pro Bowler did not get the start in Week 4. And although he did come on and contribute heavily in Dallas’s 40-40 tie with Green Bay, the 27-year-old himself was at a bit of loss as to why he wasn’t on the field for the first couple defensive stands.
Asked if he was surprised by the lineup move, Diggs was brief in his answer.
“Yeah, maybe,” he said at his locker, trying to keep things light. “A little bit. Little bit. Little bit. Little bit.”
Diggs ended up playing 64% of the team’s defensive snaps, the same as fellow corner (and starter) DaRon Bland, two snaps less than Reddy Steward, and just seven fewer snaps than Kaiir Elam, the other starting corner.
Over the course of the 70-minute game, Diggs logged four tackles and a key tackle for loss on Packers wide receiver Matthew Golden late in the overtime period. He also had a second-quarter interception wiped out by a Cowboys penalty for too many men on the field. His PFF grade of 83.3 was the second-highest of any Dallas defender.
The Cowboys wish it came in a win, but seeing George Pickens dominate in the WR1 role without CeeDee Lamb was a big deal for the offense.
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