Inside The Star
Shifting gears just a little bit from the posts about the defensive coordinator, draft picks and everything else, I wanted to touch base on the Dallas offense a little bit.
This offense was as good as anyone in football last year, but did indeed struggle in one major area for much of the year.
When they got into the red zone, according to team rankings, they scored a touchdown only 56% of the time, ranking them 16th in the football.
Let’s be honest, you would like to see that number be over 60% when you have the worst defense in football. Nearly every single team that made the playoffs had it or they had a defense that was not giving up 35 points a game, so they could settle for field goals.
The Cowboys were 83% in the red zone in their first three home games this year. They failed to convert in the red zone just twice in 12 opportunities.
They failed to convert in the red zone at least twice in every one of their final five home games. Their RZ% was 45% in that time.
As I watch other NFL teams, I see the same thing as the Cowboys. Teams get way to cute down in the red area instead of doing what got you down there!
I was very impressed by the Dallas Cowboys offense this season. I thought it was going to be a disaster with the first-year head coach calling the plays, but let’s keep it real. They won 7 games because of that offense.
It had nothing to do with the defense. That side of the ball was the worst in football.
The other issue is, the coaches and players won’t ever say it, but they knew they had to score every single time they touched the football to have any chance.
To me, last season, and if they resign George Pickens and maybe Javonte Williams just has too much firepower to score a touchdown only a little over half of the time you get into the red zone.
I am no offensive coach or anything, but it feels like the play calling from Schotty got a little tight down there, and they banked way to much on throwing up a fade to Pickens and expecting him to come down with it.
Cowboys will need to spend a lot of time this offseason working on their red zone offense.
— Marcus Mosher (@Marcus_Mosher) January 4, 2026
I don’t think the offense next season will have any issues getting back into the red area, it will come down to being able to punch it in, not hurting themselves with a negative play, etc.
Far too many times, I watched the playoffs last weekend, which was maybe the best wildcard round ever, and relied on the pass way to much.
A lot of these teams have great running backs and try and get to cute when they get...
